The New York Times Adds 250,000 Subs in Q1, Profit Jumps 21%

The New York Times Adds 250,000 Subs in Q1, Profit Jumps 21%

Digital subscription revenue rose 14.4%, while The Athletic posted its first Q1 profit since acquisition

The New York Times Digital Subscriptions Jump 14% in First Quarter

The New York Times is off to a strong start to 2025, according to its first quarter earnings report released on Wednesday morning, with the paper adding 240,000 digital subscribers between January and March — up 14% compared to the gains it made a year prior. The Times also increased sales more than 7% year-over-year, hitting $635.9 million in first quarter revenue. That subscriber growth indicates readers have been turning to the paper in the e…

The Athletic turns 'modest profit' as ad revenue grows

After years of insisting that advertising wouldn’t be a core part of its business, The Athletic is now turning a profit largely thanks to ad revenue. Following The Athletic’s acquisition by The New York Times in 2022, the newspaper company introduced advertising to the platform, a first for the sports-focused publication launched in 2016. And after struggling to reach profitability for much of its existence, The Athletic now finds itself eking o…

The American newspaper New York Times reached 11.66 million paid subscribers at the end of the 1st quarter of 2025. Of these, around 95%, or 11.06 million, are subscribers to the publication's digital packages. Only 600,000 still pay for the printed version. Here is the full financial statement (787 kB, in English), released this Wednesday (7.May. 2025). There were 250,000 new digital subscriptions compared to the 4th quarter of 2024. Print plan…

The NYT reports adding 250K digital-only subscribers in Q1, taking its total subscribers to 11.6M+; digital ad revenue rose 12.4% YoY to $70.9M

Katie Robertson / New York Times: The NYT reports adding 250K digital-only subscribers in Q1, taking its total subscribers to 11.6M+; digital ad revenue rose 12.4% YoY to $70.9M  —  The company had nearly 11.7 million total subscribers at the end of March.  Adjusted operating profit grew 21.9 percent compared with the same quarter a year ago.

Stern+'s digital payment offer is taking off: "In the first two months of this year, we have made as much subscription gain as 2024 in total," says Gregor Peter Schmitz, editor-in-chief of "Star" in an interview with the "Medium Magazin". Since the beginning of the year, 8,000 full-paying new net subscriptions have been added – "an increase of around 30% in just four months", Schmitz is pleased. Stern+, in particular, gave a "push" to the Bundes…