The New York Times regularly breaks embargoes to reveal excerpts before the book's release date, angering rivals and publishers. The paper's deal with an airport bookstore chain may be the secret to its access ahead of competitors.
Only one of the 25 largest U.S. newspapers increased its circulation in the last six months: The Wall Street Journal. USA Today, The New York Times, The Washington Post and The Los Angeles Times were all down significantly. The
Verbal bullets were flying Monday at a launch event for the Journal's New York City metro section. Managing Editor Robert Thomson accused the Times of alienating readers with biased reporting and risking its reputation by outsourcing some news gathering.
New York Times publisher Arthur Sulzberger thinks Rupert Murdoch's frequent denunciations of Google prove he doesn't understand the Internet. Sulzberger says he wants to work with Internet companies like Google, not pick on them.
Twitter's new @anywhere platform brings the service closer to users by integrating more easily with sites like The New York Times and Amazon.com.
Copyright and fair use doctrine were at the heart of a recent debate about how news organizations are going to make money in the digital age -- if indeed they are.
Mexico's Carlos Slim Helu tops Forbes's World's Billionaires 2010 list, unseating perennial inhabitants Bill Gates and Warren Buffett and becoming the first non-American to top the list since 1997.
Carlos Slim is one of the New York Times Co.'s biggest shareholders, but most of his holdings are in the form of warrants received after loaning the media company $250 million. The Mexican billionaire's growing stake has raised concerns about whether he would try to influence the fabled journalism brand in any way.
In the fourth quarter of 2009, when other huge newspaper companies were experiencing a mild turnaround, The New York Times Co. recorded a 14.7% drop in advertising revenue, according to its year-end earnings report.
With social networking transforming the way people relate to each other, some fear technology "generation gaps" are increasing. Yet just as Mick Jagger's lips didn't end Western Civilization, the truth is texting, twittering and blogging will only increase connections between people and generations.
Correctly or naively, print publishers all seem to think the iPad, Apple's new touchscreen tablet computer, is going to save their hides -- and Wall Street seems to agree, at least cautiously, as several print media companies saw their stocks rise today.
The New York Times finally committed last week to a plan to start charging readers of its website for some of the articles they read. And, as with most events preceded by enormous buildup, it was a bit of a disappointment. Here's why.
After months of deliberations, The New York Times has finally decided on both a structure for charging readers to access to its popular website and a date when the pay demands will take effect.
The American print-publishing industry isn't healthy -- and the food it's serving its workers may not be, either. A quick survey of cafeteria health inspection records shows some alarming results. Lunch anyone?
The return of traditional office clothing, inspired by hip-hop artists, hipsters, and Hollywood, is good news for some low-cost retailers.
A New York Times-Wall Street Journal feud heats up. Following news that the Journal accused The Times of having tried two years ago to influence the come of a journalism award, the Journal is now releasing a nearly two-year-old response from its then-editor.
