Sources (and people who want to “leak”) go to a publication with the most impact; opinion makers
and influencers seek the publication with the most sources and scoops — hence the “network effect” so coveted in technology circles, and one well understood by Mr. Bezos
David Fahrenthold won the Pulitzer Prize for national reporting this year for his series debunking President Trump’s claims to charitable contributions
and for the biggest bombshell of the presidential campaign: the revelation of the “Access Hollywood” recording in which Mr. Trump boasted of groping women.
We’re at the point where the public realizes that and is willing to step up and support that work by buying subscriptions.”
He said digital subscriptions had soared this week in the wake of the latest Russia revelations, as they have with other scoops.
Monday’s sensational headline — “Trump revealed highly classified information to Russian
diplomats in their Oval Office meeting last week” — was beyond interesting.
I already pay for and scour (of course), The Wall Street Journal
and The New Yorker, which is a lot to manage before I even get to the books on my night stand and Kindle.
(In an old-fashioned news-gathering war, The Times delivered the latest scoop on
that front this week with a report that Mr. Trump had pressured James B. Comey, as director of the F.
“That and only that are what people are willing to pay for.”
“They’re showing that a digital strategy is viable,” he said.
