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New York Times Digital Subscription Numbers Grow 20 Percent

Peter Kafka in Media on February 2 at 6:09 am PT

The New York Times ended 2011 with 390,000 digital subscribers, up about 20 percent from its third-quarter total. Some of the new subscriptions came from the publisher’s International Herald Tribune, which started digital sales last fall. The Times saw overall revenue drop 2.8 percent for the quarter, as ad revenue shrank 7.1 percent while circulation revenue increased.

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A Year After iPad Launch, News Corp.’s Daily Comes to (Some) Google Tablets

Peter Kafka in Media on January 10 at 9:01 am PT

A year after it launched on Apple’s iPad (and much later than AllThingsD had reported), News Corp.’s Daily tablet newspaper has made it to Google’s Android. It will come preloaded on some tablet models marketed via Verizon Wireless, starting with the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 this month. Verizon was a launch sponsor for the Daily a year ago; News Corp. also owns this Web site.

New York Times Starting CEO Search Without a Search Firm

Peter Kafka in Media on December 15, 2011 at 6:17 pm PT

But they are using one to fill a board seat vacated in June. Draw your own conclusions.

Threatening Birds

The threat comes from the direction of everyone who competes with us for the readers’ attention. Even Angry Birds, for that matter, because it consumes people’s time.

— New York Times associate managing editor Jim Schachter, in an interview with Israel’s Globes, talking about who he sees as a threat

Singapore Press Holdings Sues Yahoo

Chun Han Wong, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on November 24, 2011 at 10:21 am PT

Singapore Press Holdings Ltd. is suing Yahoo Inc.’s Southeast Asian unit for alleged copyright violations, saying that the Internet firm reproduced news content from its newspapers without permission, the companies said Wednesday.

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Amazon Defends Warehouse Safety, Again

Peter Kafka in Commerce on October 23, 2011 at 5:15 pm PT

Amazon has posted a statement defending its worker safety record at a Breinigsville, Pa., warehouse, as well as its other warehouses, arguing that “it’s safer to work in the Amazon fulfillment network than in a department store.” It’s the company’s second public response to a month-old newspaper story about unsafe working conditions at the Breinigsville outpost.

Washington Post Chairman — and Facebook Director — Don Graham Talks About Social Reader (Video)

Kara Swisher in Media on September 29, 2011 at 10:01 am PT

I used to work for this man and, believe you me, you should listen to what he has to say about the future of news.

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Advertiser Reveals Rupert Murdoch’s Daily iPad Numbers

Peter Kafka in Media on September 28, 2011 at 1:36 pm PT

The Daily, Rupert Murdoch’s once-hyped iPad newspaper, has 120,000 readers a week, according to a media buyer who works with the publication. An executive at Zenith Optimedia told Bloomberg that the 120,000 figure includes both paid subscribers and free visitors. That circulation figure, Bloomberg notes, puts the paper at the same level as the Toledo, Ohio, daily Blade. News Corp. also owns this Web site.

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