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New York Times digital subscribers soar past 2 million despite Trump’s claim they are failing
The New York Times building stands in Manhattan on July 27, 2017. New York Times Company shares have surged to a nine-year high after posting strong earnings on Thursday, partly due to new digital subscriptions following the election of Donald Trump as president. Photo: AFP
The New York Times Co said on Thursday its digital-only subscriptions topped 2 million at the end of June, up 63.4 per cent from a year earlier, despite President Donald Trump’s repeated claim that the news giant is failing.
The newspaper publisher said it had some 2.33 million total digital-only subscribers, including subscriptions for its crossword product. Of them, digital-only news product subscriptions were 2.03 million, up 66.7 per cent.
“We believe that more and more people are prepared to pay for high quality in-depth journalism that helps them make sense of the world,” Mark Thompson, chief executive of The Times, said in a statement.
On Thursday, Trump continue to attack the Times:
Wow, the Failing @nytimes said about @foxandfriends "....the most powerful T.V. show in America."
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 27, 2017