A woman reads The New York Times on her computer on June 15, 2016 in Washington,DC. The grim news for newspapers: digital is doing little to rescue them from their deepening woes. Reeling from weak circulation and ad revenue, the traditional newspaper world faces an ugly picture while social media and tech firms benefit from the shift to digital, a Pew Research Center study released on Wednesday found. / AFP PHOTO / Karen BLEIER
NEW YORK: The New York Times has seen an exceptional surge in digital subscriptions in the period just before and after the November election, its top executive said.
New York Times Co chief executive Mark Thompson told a business conference the prestigious daily has added more than 200,000 net subscribers since late September.
