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For the entire 20th Century, you’d be hard pressed to find a
better business than an American newspaper — Warren Buffett
famously described them as “franchises” — and no American
newspaper stood taller than the New York Times. Controlled by a
single family bound by a legal oath “to maintain the editorial
independence and integrity of The New York Times and to continue
it as an independent newspaper, entirely fearless, free of
ulterior influence and unselfishly devoted to the public
welfare”, the Times served as the paper of record for generations
of Americans and people around the world. But no good thing lasts
forever, and the dawn of the 21st Century saw both the Times and
this once-mighty industry devastated by the dual disruptive
forces of the internet and the 2008 financial crisis. And yet by
2021, The Times, essentially alone of its former peers, has
reemerged from the American newspaper wreckage and transformed
itself into a thriving digital business with an order of
magnitude more subscribers than its print heyday. Curious how it
all happened? We dive into 170 years of history to find
out!
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Links:
The 2014 NYT Innovation Report:
https://archive.org/details/pdfy-59s-4-I2qSvG6MnA/mode/2up
Mine Safety Disclosures’ NYT presentation:
https://minesafetydisclosures.com/blog/newyorktimes
Carve Outs:
Ben:
Titan by Ron Chernow:
https://www.amazon.com/Titan-Life-John-Rockefeller-Sr-ebook/dp/B000XUDGHG
Iteratively: https://iterative.ly
David:
Sabaa Tahir’s Ember in the Ashes series:
https://www.amazon.com/Ember-Ashes-3-Book/dp/B074VDZB17
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