USPS Bail Out Could Hike Postal Rates 41% in Next Five Years
The Postal Regulatory Commission is proposing that publishers’ postal rates increase by an estimated average of 34% to 41% over the next five years. The postage increases would be lower [...]
USA Today Used Facebook’s New Emojis on Its Front-Page Stories, and It’s Awkward
Creativity
Facebook's new emoji-esque "Reactions" haven't launched stateside yet, but USA Today decided to give them an early test run—on
Why This Newspaper Ran an Issue With No Photos After Publishing a Disturbing Refugee Image
Performance Marketing
Few photos in recent memory have had the devastating emotional impact of last week's pictures showing a Syrian toddler drowned on a Turkish beach.
How The New York Times’ Nail Salon Exposé Became ‘the Rare Viral Investigative Story’
Performance Marketing
Regardless of whether you've ever found yourself in a manicurist's chair, there's a good chance that you've heard about The New York Times' recent investigation into the abysmal working conditions [...]
The New York Times Accidentally Invented a New Country, and the Internet’s in Love
Creativity
Sometimes a mistake is so embarrassing, it cycles all the away around the shame circle and becomes kind of awesome. Today's case in point: Kyrzbekistan, a country accidentally invented by [...]
Stuart Elliott Takes Buyout as NYT Continues to Lose Top Media and Advertising Reporters
Performance Marketing
The giant sucking sound you might be hearing from Manhattan this week is probably the vacuum of media and marketing insight being created by New York Times buyouts.