New York Times Buys Serial Productions, Inks Deal With ‘This American Life’

Patrick Hipes Executive Managing EditorNew York Comic Con said Tuesday it is canceling its annual in-person convention this year at the Javits Center and instead will host an all-digital confab set for October 8-11.Organizer ReedPop said it is partnering with YouTube on the event, with exclusive live streams of panels set for NYCC’s YouTube channel.

Jill Goldsmith Co-Business EditorThe New York Times said digital revenue exceeded print for the first time ever for the second quarter ended in June when it added 669,000 net new digital subscriptions.That included 493,000 net new subscriptions to its core news product and 176,000 to other digital products, like Cooking, Crossword and audio.

The New York Times’ digital revenue surpassed its print revenue for the second quarter of 2020 for the first time in history, though ad revenue took another year-over-year drop as the coronavirus pandemic continued.The Times added 669,000 net new digital subscribers during the quarter, according to Wednesday morning’s earnings release from the company.

What’s the story?The three-part series, by the makers of Don’t F**K With Cats, follows the true story of the history-making organised crime investigation and prosecution case that was brought against New York’s most formidable mob bosses.“New York was held in the grip of the mafia.

NEW YORK -- Tucker Carlson says The New York Times wants to put his family in danger, the newspaper says he knowingly lied and now the Fox News host's fans are taking up the fight. The latest media conflagration flaring Tuesday is more than ideological, with issues of personal privacy and safety at its heart.

The New York Times Co. has agreed to acquire Serial Productions, the company behind podcast hit Serial,as it looks to build out its audio business.

Tom Grater International Film ReporterThe New York Times has acquired Serial Productions, the company behind the hit podcast Serial.As part of the deal, the media company will enter into a creative and strategic alliance with longtime radio show This American Life, which developed the original Serial pod, about the murder conviction of Adnan Syed.

said on Wednesday.Levien, who is currently the news organization’s chief operating officer, will succeed Mark Thompson on Sept. 8 and serve on the company’s board after it unanimously voted on Tuesday to elevate her to the role.“It’s the honor of a lifetime to lead The New York Times.

Serial” debuted in 2014 and was created in partnership with the creators of  “This American Life” and Chicago Public Radio’s WBEZ. The narrative-driven true crime podcast won the National Edward R.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorThe New York Times Company announced that COO Meredith Kopit Levien, who has overseen its digital businesses, will succeed Mark Thompson as president and CEO effective Sept. 8.Kopit Levien, 49, will become the youngest chief exec of the media and publishing company.

Dade Hayes Finance EditorMeredith Kopit Levien, the COO of the New York Times Co. and a key architect of the media company’s surge in digital subscriptions in recent years, has been named CEO.The company announced Wednesday that Kopit Levien will succeed Mark Thompson on September 8.

has expressly denied the accusations on their behalf.) But at the end of the episode, Carlson spoke about the New York Times, which he accused of having “personal animosity” for him.Also Read: Tucker Carlson Calls Ex-Writer's Racist Posts 'Wrong' - But Lashes Out at 'Ghouls' Celebrating 'Destruction of a Young Man'“Why is The New York Times doing a story on the location of my family’s house? Well, you know why,” he told his viewers.

Dominic Patten Senior Editor, Legal & TV Critic“We’re off last week, it’s good to be back,” declared Tucker Carlson at the outset tonight of his Fox News Channel show.And if viewers or critics were expecting the top-rated host to dive into controversies like a new lawsuit that alleges sexual harassment and retaliation by Carlson, they were barking up the wrong cable news tree.

reports, Pompeo attacked the newspaper’s project during a Thursday speech as he revealed a new draft report by the Commission on Unalienable Rights.“The New York Times’ 1619 project, so named for the year the first slaves were transported to America, wants you to believe that our county was founded for human bondage, they want you to believe that America’s institutions continue to reflect the country’s acceptance of slavery at our founding, they want you to believe the Marxist ideology that

Ted Johnson Bari Weiss, staff editor and writer in The New York Times’ opinion section, resigned on Tuesday, descrying what she said was “constant bullying by colleagues who disagree with my views” and an environment where she said “self-censorship has become the norm.”“What rules that remain at The Times are applied with extreme selectivity,” she wrote in a lengthy resignation letter, which she posted to her personal website.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorBari Weiss, a staff writer and editor for the New York Times’ increasingly heated Opinion section, is leaving her job, she announced in a letter to the publisher.“Twitter is not on the masthead of The New York Times. But Twitter has become its ultimate editor,” Weiss said in a statement posted on her personal site Tuesday.

New York Times ran a piece entitled, “.” In the vacuum of decisive information around this pandemic, I’ve been obsessively consuming articles like these. After more than 100 days isolating in my apartment, I’m starved for any intel about when it might be safe to see friends and family again.

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