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Wirecutter’s union threatens to walk out over Black Friday — and urges readers to boycott the site then — if a deal with The New York Times isn’t reached

Laura Hazard OwenAugust 31, 2021

Wirecutter, which makes money when you shop, is going behind The New York Times’ paywall

Most Wirecutter readers don’t already pay for The New York Times. That may be about to change.

Ken DoctorNovember 13, 2017

Newsonomics: The New York Times’ Mark Thompson on regulating Facebook, global ambition, and when to stop the presses (forever)

“I think over the next five years, it’s possible the competitive landscape will actually get in some ways more attractive for The New York Times, because I’m afraid I see a lot of casualties over the next few years because of the economics of the industry.”

Fidget spinner lip gloss, $2 dongles: How BuzzFeed and The New York Times are making money from selling stuff

Ken DoctorJune 9, 2017

Newsonomics: CEO Mark Thompson thinks The New York Times can “aspire to a different order of magnitude”

“For the first time in the history of the company, and arguably for one of the first times in the history of legacy media, we have the beginnings of a fundamentally integrated approach.”

Laura Hazard OwenFebruary 28, 2017

Amazon just provided a nice little reminder of why it’s risky to build a journalism business on affiliate fees

Amazon is a powerful partner, but as book publishers have learned, it can also be a fickle one.