The Everything-PR hub on the New York Times digital transition: 12.78 million subscribers, $2 billion digital revenue, the Sulzberger ownership model, the bundle strategy (Games, Cooking, Athletic, Wirecutter, Audio), what the industry can copy, and what is not transferable.
Two and a half years into the NYT v. OpenAI lawsuit, the Times's archive remains largely outside ChatGPT and the major answer engines. Why the bet is rational — and what happens to the publisher class regardless of how the case resolves.
Google's relationship with the broader news industry remains one of the more substantial unresolved questions in modern media. The Google News referral economy, the Eric Schmidt public statements, the Rupert Murdoch criticism, the paywall experimentation, and the broader future of journalism conversation that continues to develop.
