Tag archive: New York Times

As reported earlier today by the New York Times, over 2.1 million people watched a streaming version of Super Bowl XLVI through the Internet on Sunday according to measurements conducted by two separate research organizations. Representatives at NBC believe that this is the largest amount of people to watch any single sporting event through an online, streaming source. This also marks the first time that any network has simultaneously broadcast… Read More

You heard from Apple's Tim Cook on Friday, responding to a New York Times report concerning the harsh working conditions employees reportedly face at China's Foxconn manufacturing plants. The report speaks of excessive working hours, underage workers and flat-out unsafe working conditions. Cook defended his company's relationship with Foxconn in a statement, and now BSR, a consulting group that promotes corporate… Read More

As reported by the New York Times earlier today, an Amazon merchant known as VIP Deals issued a letter to all customers that purchased the Vipertek black leather, case folio cover designed for the newly released Kindle Fire. As detailed in the correspondence here, the merchant offered a full refund of the $10 case in exchange for a review on Amazon. While the letter didn't specifically ask for a positive review, it stated “Please… Read More

An email sent by the New York Times to readers asking them to reconsider canceling their subscriptions was only supposed to go out to 300 people, but ended up in the inbox of eight million. The email, sent on Wednesday, should have been sent to a small number of people who had decided to stop having the newspaper delivered to their home. But an employee at the newspaper mistakenly sent it out to millions of people on an email marketing list. Not… Read More

Designed by the research and development lab at the New York Times, a team has been working on a mirror that delivers media content to the user while spending time in the bathroom. Likely utilizing a Phillips Mirror TV, the display is tied into a Microsoft Kinect sensor that sits at the top of the mirror. Using voice recognition and motion sensing from the Kinect, the television allows the user to browse through the latest news headlines in the… Read More

Most of the time, reporters are the ones asking the questions. But tomorrow (Tuesday, July 19), and then again for the following two Tuesdays, three journalists from The New York Times will answer questions live on question-and-answer site Quora. First on the list is Diana B. Henriques, a “dogged investigator and graceful writer,” as described by Jim Schachter, who is tasked with promoting “innovative ideas at The New York… Read More

Monthly traffic to the Huffington Post has surpassed that of The New York Times website, making HuffPo the most-visited newspaper sites on the 'Net, according to new numbers out from Comscore and a report from Business Insider. HuffPo brought in 35.6 million unique visitors last month. Compare that to NYTimes.com's traffic, which topped out at 33.6 million. That makes May the first month in the history of the Internet that an… Read More

The New York Times ignited some controversy with its plans to require paid subscriptions to access content via its Web site—first by taking the Grey Lady behind a paywall, second by announcing unexpectedly high subscription prices for online access…and then by deployed a paywall that was trivially easy to bypass. In reporting its financial results for its first quarter of 2011, however, the company sees a bright spot in its future… Read More

Yesterday, The New York Times erected a paywall around nytimes.com to encourage regular visitors to enroll in one of three paid subscription plans. While reactions to the paywall have tended towards the negative, it's hard to accuse The Times of being ungracious about its implementation. While users who access more than 20 articles per month directly through nytimes.com are be required to subscribe, The Times also included a provision to… Read More

The New York Times has officially announced that it will roll out its montly digital subscription plan for U.S. users on March 28. Under the plan, those defined as “heavy consumers” — users who access more than 20 nytimes.com articles per month –  will be required to enroll in one of three subscription plans in order to access content. The plans will also cover those who access the site through mobile apps. “As the market… Read More

It’s no secret that The New York Times is looking at new ways to profit. The publication will soon charge for access to its site, and now it looks like it plans to sell e-books. In addition to announcing its own e-book documenting its involvement in recent WikiLeaks escapades, NYT provided an excerpt from the book chronicling the saga it famously participated in, as well as describing leader Julian Assange as “smart and well educated,… Read More

In what was easily one of the more convoluted Facebook events, former President George W. Bush visited the social network’s headquarters for a Q&A session and to promote his book, Decision Points. Right off the bat, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg attempted to lend a little clarity to the situation, asking Bush to explain why he chose to interview at Facebook. “I’m shamelessly marketing,” Bush said, and referenced Facebook’s incredibly dominant… Read More

Joining the growing number of news agencies that are looking to capitalize on the mobile device market, Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. has announced that it will launch a new digital newspaper for mobile readers.  The newspaper will be released through the New York Post, but it will feature content created exclusively for digital distribution. The new subscription-based service is expected to be released later this year under the New York Post… Read More

Traditional print news media like magazines and newspapers have been struggling to adapt to the online world: as print advertising sales plummet and a growing number of newspapers scale back or close down entirely, there's been growing momentum in the industry—spearheaded by News Corp's Rupert Murdoch—to take online news content behind so-called “paywalls,” where only paid subscribers will be able to access… Read More

The New York Times has announced it intends to take its online news offering behind a “paywall” beginning in early 2011. Frequent readers of its Web site will have to pay the newspaper for access to online versions of its content; access will be available for a flat fee, and subscribers to the print edition will be have full access to the Web site at no additional charge. “Our new business model is designed to provide… Read More