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NYT Earnings: Expect More of the Same, Stock Full at $7.50
New York Times (NYSE:NYT) looks on track to achieve around 500,000 digital subscriptions for 2011, which stood at around 324,000 by Q3 2011. However, the company’s foray into increasing digital content will be anything but easy in 2012. For...
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NYT Still Worth $7.50, Despite Free Nooks Promotion
New York Times (NYSE:NYT) and book retailers Barnes & Noble have struck a unique agreement – subscribe to NYT and get the Nook devices for free or at a discount. NYT has been pushing its digital content aggressively, especially as the m...
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NYT Ready to Throw in the Towel on Local Newspapers
As Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) and Facebook continue to provide stiff competition in the online advertising space, New York Times (NYSE:NYT) is considering to let go of its Regional Media group. The division stands out as a relatively weaker link for th...
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NYT Gets More Social With New Comment System
The New York Times (NYSE:NYT) made a big step forward last week to focus on the social element of NYTimes.com. The company unveiled a brand new commenting system last week, encouraging readers to post their takes on articles/blogs on the site. Th...
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NYT Moves Further Into Tablet Space With About.com
After launching its fashion app for iPad a couple of weeks ago, New York Times (NYSE:NYT) is now undertaking an effort to turnaround its lifestyle news site About.com, which saw a +20% decline in revenues for Q3 2011. NYT has recently started pro...
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NYT Extends Mobile Reach Through iPad App for Fashion
As New York Times (NYSE:NYT) sees digital advertising declines in past quarters, the company is rolling out new initiatives in the mobile space to increase user traffic and engagement. The latest one is an iPad app called The Collection, which ag...
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Despite Lower Ad Revenue Guidance, NYT Should Benefit from its Paywall
The New York Times Company (NYSE:NYT) needs to show robust growth in its digital subscriptions to reassure its investors. Since the company lowered its Q3-2011 guidance, its stock has slid from above $7 to below $6 in just under a week. The NYT c...
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NYT Takes Bold Step to Drive Engagement with Beta620
The New York Times (NYSE:NYT) is seeking to increase user engagement through its recently launched Beta620, a public Beta site to showcase its experimental projects. The launch is intended to increase user feedback and community discussions, whic...
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NYT Can Wobble to $9 on Digital Growth as About.com Suffers
The New York Times (NYSE:NYT) recently announced its Q2 results. Overall print advertising revenues continued to decline although this was partially offset by growth in digital advertising revenues. The NYTimes.com digital subscription growth was...
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NYT Q2 Earnings Preview: What We’re Watching
The New York Times (NYSE:NYT) is expected to release its Q2 2011 earnings results on July 21, 2011. For this quarter, we focus our attention on the newly added digital subscription feature and its potential impact on NYT’s digital-based rev...
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How Google Algorithm Changes Affect NYT
During The New York Times Company’s (NYSE:NYT) Q1 2011 earnings conference call, management discussed the negative impact that the recent algorithm changes in Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) have had on NYT. Specifically, the company showed concern re...
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NYT Confident in its New Paywall
The New York Times Company (NYSE:NYT) recently announced its Q1 2011 earnings and provided an initial glimpse into the results of its newly introduced paywall. The paywall was recently implemented to encourage “heavy users” to subscri...
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NY Times Investors Pin Hopes on Digital Subscribers
The New York Times (NYSE:NYT) reported disheartening numbers despite its recent attempts to clamp down on costs and launch its digital platform. Net revenues slumped to $567 million from $588 million last year and advertising revenue sagged to $2...
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A Quantitative Look at NYT’s Digital Subscription Service
The New York Times (NYSE:NYT) recently unveiled its digital subscription service designed to charge a fee to “heavy users” of its online platform. A few days back, we took look at the qualitative impact on NYT from the new paywall (see Uncertain ...
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NYT’s Paywall Introduction Could be AOL’s Gain
Since its spin-off from Time Warner (NYSE:TWX) in December 2009, AOL (NYSE:AOL) has pushed forward with a variety of strategic initiatives to resurrect its struggling business. These decisions include several acquisitions aimed at driving traffi...
