Inch by Inch, the New York Times Seeks Daylight Down the Field
Inch by inch, the New York Times’ strategies seem to be working. This is, though, a game of almost inches, as we look at the Times’ full-year and fourth-quarter financials, just released this morning....
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The Newsonomics of NYT Now’s “Collective Intelligence”
Follow Newsonomics on Twitter @kdoctor First published at Harvard’s Nieman Journalism Lab It’s an ambitious launch. Within it, we can hear many of the digital news buzzwords of the moment: mobile...
View ArticleNYT’s 3Q, 2014: Inside the Digital Acceleration of the Business
Call it acceleration of the digital transition. Those are the words that best describes this morning’s 3Q New York Times financial report and conference call. Take this month of October, the biggest ad...
View ArticleNew York Times Digital Chief Search Hits a Bump, After Erik Huggers’ Rejection
In The New York Times Company’s annual earnings conference call tomorrow, expect few surprises: 2014’s four quarters won’t be markedly different from 2013’s, the numbers adding up to a business still...
View ArticleThe Jack Griffin – Eli Broad Stare-Down in L.A.
It’s power vs. power. Who will blink first — and, importantly, how quickly? On Thursday, a group of 60 Los Angeles civic leaders, topped by two former mayors and such heavyweights as Mickey Kantor,...
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Newsonomics: Setting the News Table for 2016
How can we set the table for 2016? Advertising woes continue — deepen, actually. Whole new forms of storytelling open up and go mainstream more quickly. Virtual reality joins the harsher realities....
View ArticleMichael Ferro Cleans The House That Jack (Griffin) Built
Some of Jack Griffin’s top executive hires will soon follow him out the door at Tribune Publishing. Griffin’s ouster, which I was able to break the news of one week ago (“Jack Griffin Out at Tribune”),...
View ArticleTribune’s New Ferro Era Begins, With Massive Leadership Change
The Jack Griffin era at Tribune Publishing is over – almost before it had really taken hold. The company this morning confirmed the sweeping reorganization of its top management that I had reported on...
View ArticleNewsonomics: NYT’s Mark Thompson: “It’s a Really Long Game, and We’re Up for It”
Companion column: NYT Elevates Meredith Levien — And Aims To Jumpstart New Product What’s the life cycle of change for a modern news organization? How about 18 months? “We are finding that about once...
View ArticleNewsonomics: Can The L.A. Times Pull From the Washington Post Playbook?
Pay up. News readers get that message more and more frequently these days, as big news sites tighten up their paywalls, allowing fewer free articles per month. While The New York Times and The...
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