Is the Athletic worth $550m? How NYT deal compares with other news media valuations
On some basic financial measures, the New York Times’ $550m acquisition of the Athletic is one of the priciest media…
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New York Times buys loss-making The Athletic for $550m adding 1.2m to its subs total
The New York Times Company has agreed a $550m deal to buy sports news business the Athletic. The deal, which…
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100k Club: Top English-language news publishers reach 28m paying online readers
At least 30 English-language news publishers and publications now have 100,000 digital subscribers or more, Press Gazette research today shows.…
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Covid comeback: News Corp, NYT, Gannett, DMGT, Reach and Future market caps surpass pre-pandemic heights
In March last year, at the height of the global Covid-19 panic, company share prices across the world plummeted. In…
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Death of cookies could be bad news for clickbait ‘made for advertising’ sites
Programmatic advertising has got a “bad name” but could “work really hard” for trusted publishers in the future, especially as…
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Delta delays office return for US news giants – mask and vaccine policies vary
The Delta variant of Covid-19 has forced many of America’s largest newsrooms to delay their return-to-office plans indefinitely. Out of…
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Top 25 US newspapers by circulation: America’s largest titles have lost 20% of print sales since Covid-19 hit
America’s top 25 largest newspapers have lost 20% of their weekday print circulation since the Covid-19 crisis began, a Press…
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Death threats, social media scrubbing and chaos: How the CPJ is fighting to help Afghan journalists flee the Taliban
The Committee to Protect Journalists is receiving hundreds of “SOS emails” a day from Afghans attempting to flee the Taliban,…
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