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☆ Disney is making some progress in an extremely difficult environment, says NY Times’ Jim Stewart
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-13 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailDisney is making some progress in an extremely difficult environment, says NY Times’ Jim StewartThe New York Times columnist James Stewart joins ‘Squawk Box’ to discuss Disney's path to profitability, what the company's latest quarter suggests on its progress, and more.

Persons: Jim Stewart The, James Stewart Organizations: Disney, NY, Jim Stewart The New York Times

☆ Opinion: Biden is in trouble
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-10 | by ( Julian Zelizer | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

The theory is that, by focusing on reproductive rights, as well as other issues that have strong national support, such as fighting climate change, the Biden campaign will be able to overcome the challenge posed by the president’s low approval rating. There are also serious questions being raised about whether abortion rights are as motivating for voters as some Democrats think. But when it comes to a national election featuring two candidates, abortion may just be one of many issues, with differing political impacts, he argued. According to a New York Times/Siena College poll, former President Donald Trump is currently ahead of Biden in five out of six battleground states. With key voters saying they trust Trump more on issues including immigration, the economy and national security, Biden could be in serious trouble in Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada and Pennsylvania.

Persons: Julian Zelizer, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Biden, George W, Bush’s, Massachusetts Sen, John Kerry, Bush, Hurricane, Kerry, —, David Leonhardt, Tim Ryan, Vance, Leonhardt, Donald Trump, Trump Organizations: CNN, Princeton University, The New York Times, America, Democrats, Republican, GOP, Kerry, Swift, Veterans, Truth, Texas Air National Guard, US Air Force, paragon, Fox News, New York Times, Democratic, Ohio, Siena College, White, Trump Locations: Virginia , Ohio, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Iraq, Vietnam, Michigan, Arizona , Georgia, Nevada, Pennsylvania

☆ New York Times beats quarterly revenue estimates as ad sales rebound
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-08 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

People walk past the New York Times Building in New York August 14, 2013. New York Times Co spokeswoman Eileen Murphy said the company thinks the cause of the outage was related to a scheduled maintenance update, which occurred... Acquire Licensing Rights Read moreNov 8 (Reuters) - New York Times Co (NYT.N) beat estimates for quarterly revenue on Wednesday, benefiting from increasing advertising spend and more subscribers converting to higher-priced bundles. The company reported revenue of $598.3 million for the third quarter, above analysts' average estimate of $589.4 million, according to LSEG data. Subscription revenue grew 9.4% to $418.6 million in the three months to September, above estimates, as introductory promotional prices graduated to higher prices for many customers. Advertising revenue increased 6% year-over-year to $117.1 million, exceeding market expectations as well.

Persons: Eileen Murphy, Arsheeya, Maju Samuel Organizations: New York Times, New York Times Co, Times, Meta, Thomson Locations: New York, Bengaluru

Infuse tofu with the flavors of Korean barbecue in this fast weeknight dish from Sam Sifton. You can find it on New York Times Cooking here. This is what Sam calls a “no-recipe recipe,” an invitation for you to improvise in the kitchen.

Persons: Sam Sifton, Sam Organizations: New York Times

☆ The New York Times Passes 10 Million Subscribers
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-08 | by ( Katie Robertson | More About Katie Robertson | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The New York Times now has more than 10 million subscribers, the company said on Wednesday, edging closer to its goal of 15 million by the end of 2027. In its third-quarter report, The New York Times Company said it had added 210,000 net digital-only subscribers in the three months through September, giving it 9.41 million along with 670,000 print subscribers. The Times Company has focused on getting subscribers to sign up for more than one of its offerings, which include the core news report, Cooking, Games, the Wirecutter review site and the sports news site The Athletic. Nearly 3.8 million of the 9.41 million digital-only subscribers are subscribed to at least two products, the company said. Meredith Kopit Levien, the company’s president and chief executive officer, said in a statement that the third-quarter results showed that The Times’s “multiproduct bundle” was performing well and would “further us down the path to building a larger, more profitable company.”

Persons: Meredith Kopit Levien, ” Organizations: New York Times, New York Times Company, The Times Company

☆ Disney to report Wednesday: Here's what you need to know
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-07 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailDisney to report Wednesday: Here's what you need to knowJames Stewart, The New York Times columnist, joins 'Closing Bell' to discuss streaming companies stocks as Disney is set to report earnings tomorrow.

Persons: James Stewart Organizations: Disney, The New York Times

☆ Chaat Party Has Entered the Party Chat
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-05 | by ( Sam Sifton | More About Sam Sifton | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Good morning. This took a lot of gas, a lot of time and a toll on our bodies. So we laughed hard when the only good fishing we had came at the very end of the day, a few boat lengths from the marina, across from Four Sparrow Marsh near Mill Basin, Brooklyn. For dinner that night, and for you this evening: a chaat party, essentially a no-recipe recipe that Priya Krishna adapted from one in the 2020 cookbook “Chaat,” by Maneet Chauhan and Jody Eddy. It also served as a kind of rehearsal for the celebration of Diwali, the Hindu celebration of lights, on Nov. 12.

Persons: Sandy Hook, Priya Krishna, Maneet Chauhan, Jody Eddy, Naz Deravian’s, gulab jamun, Christina Morales’s Organizations: Midland, Cabanas, New York Times Locations: Lower, Midland Beach, Staten, New Jersey, Queens, Jamaica, Mill Basin , Brooklyn

☆ Stocks week ahead: Here’s how America’s economy could begin to weaken
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-05 | by ( Bryan Mena | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

The job market or spending? The spending argument: But there have been instances in which spending weakened before the job market. “I think it starts with the perception of the labor market,” Drew Matus, chief market strategist at MetLife Investment Management, told CNN. The ticket-industry giant said it has sold a record 140 million tickets so far this year, up 17% year-over-year and has already surpassed the 121 million tickets sold in all of 2022. In the third quarter, Ticketmaster sales surged 57% to $833 million and 90 million fee-bearing tickets were sold in the period.

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☆ Exclusive: Activist hedge fund Starboard eyes Rupert Murdoch's News Corp -sources
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-13 | by ( Svea Herbst-Bayliss | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The fund's plans and the size of its stake in News Corp could not be learned. News Corp declined to comment and Starboard did not respond to a request for comment. Starboard, which has pushed for changes at companies ranging from Salesforce (CRM.N) to Darden Restaurants (DRI.N), would struggle to shake up News Corp without Murdoch's consent. Irenic did succeed in drumming up investor opposition to Murdoch's proposed merger with his other company Fox Corp (FOXA.O), forcing him to abandon the plan. Reporting by Svea Herbst-Bayliss in New York Editing by Greg Roumeliotis and David GregorioOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Rupert Murdoch, Lachlan Murdoch, Bing Guan, Jeffrey Smith, Rupert Murdoch's, Smith, Murdoch, Dow Jones, Irenic, Murdoch's, Lachlan, Svea Herbst, Bayliss, Greg Roumeliotis, David Gregorio Our Organizations: News Corporation, News Corp, Fox, REUTERS, 13D, Investment, New York Times Co, Darden, Corp, Irenic Capital Management, Wall Street, Fox Corp, Reuters, Svea, Thomson Locations: New York, U.S

☆ Nobel economist Paul Krugman gets trolled for saying inflation is over if you just exclude most of what people buy
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-13 | by ( Theron Mohamed | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Paul Krugman was mocked for declaring inflation is over based on a heavily adjusted measure. The Nobel economist shared a chart that excluded basics like food, energy, shelter, and used cars. His X post was still at the top of the popular Wall Street Bets subreddit on Friday morning. "A totally ridiculous measure," Jim Bianco, president and macro strategist of Bianco Research, said about Krugman's chart in an X post. Krugman, a retired MIT and Princeton economics professor, admitted to being too dismissive in a follow-up X post on Friday.

Persons: Paul Krugman, Krugman, —, Jim Bianco, Chris Martenson, Martenson, he'd, They've Organizations: Service, Index, New York Times, Bianco Research, Prosperity, MIT, Princeton, Federal Reserve

☆ Opinion: Washington’s turmoil plays right into Putin’s hands
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-05 | by ( Sheena Mckenzie | Opinion Frida Ghitis | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

In the meantime, a top NATO official warned that the arsenal for supporting Ukraine is running low. Europeans, contrary to the claims of demagogues running for president, are spending heavily to support Ukraine. Their meeting erupted in a round of applause for the Russian president, with delegates shouting “Putin! He voted against four of five bills supporting Ukraine as it sought to defend itself from a Russian invasion, which is now in its 20th month. Asked if Ukraine would be able to fight without US military support, 37-year-old Olha said, “Of course, we will fight — but it will be many times bloodier.”

Persons: Frida Ghitis, you’ve, Kevin McCarthy, McCarthy, Olha Hrubryna, she’s, ”, “, ” Volodymyr Kostiak, MAGA, Robert Fico, Rob Bauer of, Vladimir Putin, Dmitry Peskov, Putin, Donald Trump –, Josep Borrell, Joe Biden, Paul Krugman, Krugman, Trump, “ Putin, Oksana Markarova, Steve Scalise, Jim Jordan, firebrand Trump, he’s, Olha Organizations: CNN, Washington Post, Politics, Republican, Frida Ghitis CNN, House Democrats, Ukraine, Capitol, NATO, European Union, Pro, Royal Dutch Navy, Soviet Union, European, Republican Party, New York Times, Political, firebrand, GOP Locations: Ukraine, Washington, Kyiv, Ukrainian, Slovakia, Russian, China, Russia, United States, –, Europe

☆ If You Think Socialism Is Unpopular Now...
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-27 | by ( James Freeman | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

Photo: Anna Moneymaker/Getty ImagesThis column has lamented the modern evolution of the New York Times from left-leaning journalism to edgy content for progressives—“a juicy collection of great narratives,” in the words of the Times’s former media columnist. Having decided to cater to a limited and fiercely ideological slice of the public with its flagship newspaper, the New York Times Co. then opted to look for growth in entertainment products with broader appeal. But the reaction to a New York Times column this week raises the exciting possibility that even the newspaper’s readers have consumed about all the juicy progressive narratives they can stand. It’s unclear whether this is a precise reading of liberal sentiment, but one dares to hope that the entire Democratic Party might finally be ready to evolve out of its era of radical excess. The timing could be perfect as a warning from one influential leftist suggests that many of the party’s voters still don’t realize how much their ideas will cost them.

Persons: Anna Moneymaker, — Organizations: New York Times, New York Times Co, Democratic Party

LOS ANGELES (AP) — He emerged in front of piercing, sunset-colored LED screens that flashed like strobe lights, percussion pulsing from the stage to the audience floor. For an artist well known for over a decade, Jai Paul made this tour opener feel like the first time. Before Jai Paul hit the stage at Los Angeles' Mayan Theater on Tuesday night, he'd only performed a handful of times, and never before this year. A decade later, he made his live debut at Coachella 2023, then performed two nights in London and New York. On Tuesday night in Los Angeles, he kicked off a new tour leg.

Persons: Jai Paul, he'd, He's, Gallagher, Paul, —, they'd, “ BTSTU, — Paul, Drake, Beyoncé, Prince, “ Jasmine, Ed Sheeran, ” Jai Paul Organizations: ANGELES, Mayan, XL Records, New York Times Locations: Los Angeles, British, London, New York, Mumbai

☆ No one thought of Disney theme parks as a growth business, says New York Times' Jim Stewart
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-20 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailNo one thought of Disney theme parks as a growth business, says New York Times' Jim StewartJames Stewart, The New York Times columnist, joins 'Squawk Box' to discuss Disney's plans to nearly double its investment in parks and cruises business, what it means for the company's business model and its media and entertainment business, and more.

Persons: Jim Stewart James Stewart Organizations: New York Times, The New York Times

☆ American economic power is potent but unstable
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-08 | by ( Peter Thal Larsen | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +8 min

LONDON, Sept 8 (Reuters Breakingviews) - For the past 15 years, the iPhone has been a totem of U.S. economic power. If the country is cooling on the $2.8 trillion company, it’s a potent indicator of increasingly frosty relations with the United States. Perhaps most significantly, the U.S. government realised it could use the internet to spy on adversaries and the financial system to subdue them. The tendency of capitalism to produce a handful of giant companies, many of them headquartered in the United States, helped successive administrations exert their authority. A complete severing of economic links between China and the United States is hard to imagine.

Persons: Norman Angell, Thomas Friedman, Vladimir Putin, Edward Snowden, Henry Farrell, Abraham Newman, Johns Hopkins SAIS, Putin, Biden, ”, Farrell, Newman, Donald Trump, ” Farrell, Allen Lane, Jeffrey Goldfarb, Aditya Sriwatsav Organizations: Reuters, Apple, World Trade Organization, New York Times, National Security Agency, U.S . Treasury, Johns Hopkins, Georgetown University, WTO, Huawei, BNP, Biden Administration, Intel, U.S ., European, United, Thomson Locations: China, Beijing, United States, France, Russian, U.S, North Korea, Iran, New York, Washington, Sudan, Cuba, Ukraine, America, Russia, Germany, United, Europe

☆ The New Reality for College Dining Halls: Dozens of Dietary Restrictions
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-05 | by ( Priya Krishna | More About Priya Krishna | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The group has run on-campus trainings in how to use an EpiPen, and hosted discussions among students with allergies. Ms. Auerbach and Mr. Bajaj are already in contact with students at several other campuses to set up new chapters. “Colleges as a whole need to do more to support food allergy education and awareness,” Mr. Bajaj said. “The goal overall is to spread the club all over, to give a voice to food allergies.”Follow New York Times Cooking on Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, TikTok and Pinterest. Get regular updates from New York Times Cooking, with recipe suggestions, cooking tips and shopping advice.

Persons: “, Kethan Bajaj, Julia Auerbach, Auerbach, Bajaj, Mr Organizations: Northwestern, College, Food Allergy, Colleges, New York Times, Facebook, YouTube Locations: Northwestern

☆ The Glamorous, Lonely Lives of Private Chefs
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-02 | by ( Amelia Nierenberg | More About Amelia Nierenberg | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Other chefs who live with their clients while working have to leave loved ones for months. He is welcome to have friends and family visit. “Those days that I’m alone and it’s just me here in the house, it’s psychologically not easy,” he said. And I can’t say anything but ‘I’m sorry.’”Follow New York Times Cooking on Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, TikTok and Pinterest. Get regular updates from New York Times Cooking, with recipe suggestions, cooking tips and shopping advice.

Persons: Phoenix, Meehan, it’s, Younge, Noah Brown, don’t, ”, “ Organizations: Hamptons, New York Times, Facebook, YouTube Locations: San Francisco, New York, Houston , Los Angeles, Miami

☆ I visited 4 Subway locations and saw firsthand what challenges its new owners will face. I found stale bread, bad tuna, and outdated, dirty restaurants.
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-01 | by ( Nancy Luna | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

We visited four Subway in Southern California to figure out how Roark can fix the brand. So I visited four Subway stores near my Southern California home. It is one of hundreds of Subway stores that have been remodeled over the years. In 2021, The New York Times conducted its lab test and published a report stating that it found no tuna DNA in Subway tuna sandwiches. I ordered the tuna sandwich at a Subway in Santa Ana, California, an aging stand-alone store in a former adobe-style Taco Bell building.

Persons: Roark, Dunkin, Fred DeLuca, Jared Fogle, It's, haven't, Nancy Luna, Burger King, —, Tim Powell, Powell Organizations: Roark Capital, Buffalo Wild Wings, Service, Subway, Royce, Owners, The New York Times, Chapman University Locations: Southern California, Wall, Silicon, Jersey, North America, Miami, Orange , California, Santa Ana , California, Orange

☆ Mark Thompson, former New York Times Company and BBC exec, expected to serve as the next CEO of CNN after Chris Licht's epic PR fail, according to new report
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-30 | by ( Kelsey Vlamis | Erin Snodgrass | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Puck reported CNN has tapped Mark Thompson to step in as CEO and chairman. Thompson formerly served as CEO of the New York Times Company and director general at the BBC. The news comes after Chris Licht stepped down following low ratings and what many called a PR disaster. AdvertisementAdvertisementMark Thompson, who formerly served as CEO of the New York Times Company and director general at the BBC, has been tapped to take over as CEO and chairman at CNN, Puck News first reported Tuesday. Licht's 13 months at CNN were characterized by big shakeups and a widely criticized town hall with former President Donald Trump.

Persons: Puck, Mark Thompson, Thompson, Chris Licht, Puck's Dylan Byers, bigwigs, Nich Carlson, Licht's, Donald Trump Organizations: CNN, New York Times Company, BBC, Puck News

☆ Ginger Chicken With Peanut Sauce, Coconut Rice With Shrimp and Corn
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-29 | by ( Emily Weinstein | More About Emily Weinstein | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

We recently published a collection of the 50 most popular recipes of the year so far on New York Times Cooking. If nothing else, I hope it reminds you to make our furikake tomato sandwiches while supplies last (and by that I mean audaciously juicy summer tomatoes), and that there are few pleasures more pure than plunging deep into a bowl of Magnolia Bakery banana pudding. I’ve included a few recipes from that collection below, and others I want you to know about before summer ends. I’m dearemily@nytimes.com if you want to reach out. I always love to hear from you.

Persons: I’m Organizations: New York Times

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☆ CNN is reportedly in talks to bring in a British boss to clean up Chris Licht's mess
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-28 | by ( Chris Johnston | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Two British media figures have been linked with the top job at CNN, Semafor reported. Mark Thompson, the former New York Times Company CEO, is the "leading candidate," per the outlet. Not one, but two, British media figures have been linked with the role, Semafor first reported. Before an eight-year stint as The New York Times boss, he was director-general of the BBC. The decision to launch CNN Max comes about year after the company axed CNN+.

Persons: Semafor, Mark Thompson, James Harding, Chris Licht, Licht, Donald Trump, He'd, Jeff Zucker, Thompson, he'd, Semafor's Ben Smith, David Zaslav, Oli Scarff, Harding, WBD, CNN Max Organizations: CNN, New York Times Company, BBC News, Morning, The, Street Journal, New York Times, BBC, Financial Times, Washington DC, Max Locations: British, London, AFP, Asia, Washington

☆ California Rolls for a Crowd
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-23 | by ( Mia Leimkuhler | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

For years, my party go-to has been Sheldon Simeon’s pan sushi dynamite, a recipe from his excellent cookbook, “Cook Real Hawai’i.” Pan sushi — or sushi bake — never fails to delight. It’s a generous sheet of sushi rice topped with fish that has been baked just long enough to marry with its sauce, placed on the table with palm-size squares of nori for D.I.Y. Naz’s recipe has the same sushi-casserole heart, but with California roll vibes. Imitation crab is mixed with cream cheese, mayo and Sriracha, baked on vinegary sushi rice, showered with furikake and topped with sliced cucumber and avocado. Naz notes that you can use canned tuna or salmon (or, indeed, real crab) instead; I can confidently confirm that sushi bake is a great use of canned salmon.

Persons: I’m, Naz, Sheldon, “ Cook Organizations: New York Times Locations: California, mayo

☆ Pork Chops With Cherry Peppers With Linguine With Clams
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-18 | by ( Sam Sifton | More About Sam Sifton | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

There’s no substitute for dessert at The Lemon Ice King of Corona afterward, I’m afraid. Another dish I’d like to make this weekend: Ali Slagle’s Old Bay grilled shrimp. Ali adds a little bit of baking soda to the seasoning, which helps keep the shrimp snappy while they cook, and then tops everything with lemon zest, parsley and garlic. I think that’d be a fine Sunday lunch, in advance of a nap in front of a fan. There are many thousands more recipes to cook this weekend waiting for you on New York Times Cooking.

Persons: Corona, I’m, Ali, I’ve Organizations: Bassmaster, New York Times Locations: Plattsburgh, Lake Champlain

☆ Crispy Rice, Spicy Tuna, Easy Dinner
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-16 | by ( Mia Leimkuhler | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Speaking of smashing things (and having rough days) — here’s Hetty Lui McKinnon’s recipe for crispy potato tacos. Also comforting — in that it’s built on a pantry staple and comes together in a half-hour — is Kay Chun’s linguine and clams with fresh red sauce. It’s the base for all sorts of easy desserts and beverages, like blueberry cream Popsicles and no-churn olive oil ice cream, Brazilian lemonade and Thai iced tea. And if I’ve sold you on the virtues of a rice cooker, here’s Wirecutter’s guide to the best rice cookers out there. My Zojirushi model has been going strong for over a decade; it sings “Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star” when it’s done doing its thing.

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