New York Times Co. Reports $24M Profit, Thanks to Digital Subscribers

Post by dazc » Thu, Aug 09, 2018, 6:07 AM UTC

undreren wrote: post #19

TheAceOfHearts wrote: post #9

It's surprising to see how small they are. Only 3.8 million subscribers, and you have to imagine that some percentage of that barely reads their content. I wonder if there's public numbers estimating how many people in total read the New York Times, and how it compares to emerging forms of media and entertainment like YouTube. One criticism of New York Times that I've read online is that they won't allow you to cance…

> One criticism of New York Times that I've read online is that they won't allow you to cancel your digital subscription through their website. They force you to call them. I'm not sure if that has changed recently, but that's a pretty questionable dark pattern. This is illegal in Europe. By law, it has to be at least as easy to cancel subscriptions, as it is to buy them. I love Europe. :)

Post by dazc » Thu, Aug 09, 2018, 6:09 AM UTC

mey wrote: post #8

As a paid sub, really don't like that they still attempt to blast you with ads.

Post by glup » Thu, Aug 09, 2018, 6:11 AM UTC

sigfubar wrote: post #4

Why would anyone subscribe to NYT when the content is readily available online behind a trivially bypassed paywall?

Post by robotron » Thu, Aug 09, 2018, 6:14 AM UTC

nicodjimenez wrote: post #7

Good for them! But is it good for us? I don't know how I feel about news organizations (liberal or conservative) profiting from the Donald Trump era.

Post by [deleted] » Thu, Aug 09, 2018, 6:17 AM UTC

dubrocks wrote: post #15

sigfubar wrote: post #4

Why would anyone subscribe to NYT when the content is readily available online behind a trivially bypassed paywall?

Not as trivially-bypassed on mobile, I presume.