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The Times Goes Global with Digital Subscriptions

Sheuli — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 17:35:44 +0000

According to The New York Times publisher Arthur Sulzberger, Jr.’s nytimes.com March 28th post, the Times introduced digital subscriptions, available globally, on Monday.

Sulzberger described the subscriptions as “an investment in our future. It will allow us to develop new sources of revenue to strengthen our ability to continue our journalistic mission as well as undertake digital innovations that will enable us to provide you with high-quality journalism on whatever device you choose.”

The Times is offering three digital subscription packages, which vary by device ? computer, smartphone, etc.

Business Quotes – Kenneth Feld

Sheuli — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 21:34:59 +0000

Few interesting quotes from an interview with Kenneth Feld, published in New York Times on October 24, 2010. The interview by Adam Bryant.

About Kenneth Feld from Wikipedia: Kenneth Jeffrey Feld (born 1948 in Washington, DC) is the CEO of Feld Entertainment, which owns Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Circus, Disney on Ice!, Doodlebops Live! and Disney Live! He is also the producer of several Broadway plays. The business was started by his father Irvin Feld and Ken became CEO upon his father’s death in 1984.

Quotes from the interview:
How to be respected by your employee: “It is an absolute lesson in earning respect. Respect does not come from a title. It comes from what you do, and how you do it, and how you work with people, and I think that’s a difficult thing for people to understand.”

You need employees who you can trust: “There’s a trust I have with him that is the same kind of trust that I had with my father and that I have with my daughters, and I think that’s the hardest thing to find? people you can absolutely trust. I don’t need people to give me good news. I mean they’re waiting in line to give you good news.”

How Kenneth interview for a job: “You’re really smart, but do you know how to make money? Tell me some things about how you made money.”

“(…) if they’re going to come to work for our company, it’s great that you have all this knowledge, but how can you translate that into something that is absolutely going to make money for us? Can they think unconventionally? Can they think outside the box?”

The New York Times Paywall

Sheuli — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 22:29:23 +0000

Next year The New York Times will start charging for an access to its online resources. Even that we still are guessing what it will look like, there are some unofficial numbers available.

Possible prices:
– an access to the Times for a 24 hour period will probably cost $2
– monthly web access – $10
– monthly access via web, smartphone app, iPad app and eReader – $15

New York Times TV

Sheuli — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 12:55:56 +0000

Internet overtakes print in news , so print media switch to Internet and try to provide not only text but also multimedia. New York Times made a next big step toward this trend and it is offering a TimesCast. It is a daily video news program about the top stories The Times is following. It will be featured every weekday from 1 to 2 p.m. Eastern time.

New York Times will Charge for Online Access

Sheuli — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 13:16:30 +0000

The New York Times is going to charge readers for an access to some of its Website’s resources. Of course there is a risk that people will go elsewhere to read news. This will affect a traffic and a revenue from online adverts. The company Forrester Research in its recent study mentioned that most people in the U.S.A. are not going to pay for online access to information. 80 percent of the 4,700 U.S. readers announced they will not pay. Right now NYTimes.com is among 18th most popular websites in the U.S., it has 50.2 million unique visitors per month. To compare, Google has 164 million unique visitors.