A Tabloid New York Times?
Posted by Jean Yves Chainon on December 21, 2006 at 4:39 PM
Even The New York Times is planning on a tabloid-format newspaper to suit the younger generation’s desires, although “it’s way too early to talk about it,” said executive editor Bill Keller.
“It’s one of many projects that are still in the noodling stage,” he added.
Other approaches broached by the Times’ committee included a daily e-mail newsletter listing events around the Big Apple.
Similar ventures attempted by other major dailies have had mitigated success until now: RedEye and Red Streak, tabloids launched in 2002 by the competing Chicago Tribune and Sun-Times respectively, ate each other up as a result. Red Streak shut down in 2005.
To avoid a head to head with amNewYork and Metro, the Times would probably distribute a weekly, with emphasis on event listings.
It won’t be – at least – another six months before a hard copy is actually distributed.
Source: New York Observer
Other approaches broached by the Times’ committee included a daily e-mail newsletter listing events around the Big Apple.
Similar ventures attempted by other major dailies have had mitigated success until now: RedEye and Red Streak, tabloids launched in 2002 by the competing Chicago Tribune and Sun-Times respectively, ate each other up as a result. Red Streak shut down in 2005.
To avoid a head to head with amNewYork and Metro, the Times would probably distribute a weekly, with emphasis on event listings.
It won’t be – at least – another six months before a hard copy is actually distributed.
Source: New York Observer
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