The Trump boom is fueling both old and new media:
Not so long after old-school publications fretted about financial survival, digital subscriptions are booming at The New York Times ($99 million in the second quarter, a 20% jump from a year earlier), The Washington Post and The New Yorker — fueled by Trump fascination and extraordinary journalism for historic times.
An AP headline after Michael Cohen’s plea and Paul Manafort’s conviction: “A bad week for Trump means a good week for Rachel Maddow.” Typical of the daily ratings entries on TVNewser: MSNBC’s “Rachel Maddow was No. 1 on all of cable TV, drawing a solid 3.5 million viewers … Fox News held steady at No. 1 in total viewers.”
Simon & Schuster says Bob Woodward’s “Fear” sold 750,000 all-format copies (including preorders) on Tuesday — the largest first-day sale for any title in company history. At the Barnes & Noble near Axios HQ, a table full of “Fear” was gone in a day.
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