'Public anxiety to actually have politicians held to account, and having professional, consistent, properly funded newsroom holding politicians to account, is probably bigger than all the other factors put together. 'The veracity of political statements is a much bigger thing than fake news,' he said. There are various reasons, but Thompson said the main one has to do with 'a very strong belief that politicians are saying things that aren't true and need to be held to account. President Biden on Wednesday celebrated avoiding the giant red wave that many had anticipated in this week’s midterm elections and reaffirmed that he intends. a dramatic increase in willingness to pay for serious, independent journalism,' said Thompson. The company expects to see 200,000 net subscription adds in the fourth quarter, he said.Īs POLITICO reported ahead of Thompson's UBS appearance, the Times has seen a more-than-tenfold increase in daily subscription sign-ups since the election, with more than 10,000 new subscribers registering on some days.

This off-year election featured gubernatorial elections in Virginia. Thompson said the Times is looking at 20 percent digital subscription growth in the fourth quarter of 2016 and that it's 'getting close to having 3 million overall subscriptions,' perhaps by early 2017. OSLO The coalition led by the center-right Conservative Party won the final round of Norway’s national elections on Monday, in what was seen as a referendum on taxes. The 2017 United States elections were held, in large part, on Tuesday, November 7, 2017.

Since Donald Trump became President-elect on November 8, the Times has seen a 'significant' subscriber increase, according to Thompson, particularly with the web-only subscriptions that have become increasingly important for the Times in face of plummeting print revenues and challenges with digital advertising growth. We expect the lively news cycle to continue in America - and given the events in Europe, beyond America - well into 2017.'

Halimah Yacob, 63, a former speaker of Parliament, will become the country’s first. 'We're not seeing that,' said Thompson, speaking at the 44th annual UBS Global Media & Communications Conference in Manhattan. BANGKOK Singapore will get a new president on Wednesday, but she will not be elected.

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