The New York Times website received 0.22 million paid readers and said the charging test was successful.

Comment: This is a landmark event. "The New York Times website received 0.22 million paid readers and said the charging test was successful." First, the newspaper will not perish, but the living space has moved to the Internet. Second, it indicates that the Internet does not adhere to free sharing and allows creators to gain benefits. This is the key to promoting the next vigorous development of the Internet.

According to foreign media reports, as a world-renowned newspaper, the charging plan for the digital version of The New York Times was noticed by the media industry on August 1, July 22, Beijing time. On Thursday, the New York Times Company released its second-quarter earnings report. Although its revenue and profit indicators are not ideal, it has made significant progress in reading the digital version of billing.

The New York Times parent company, The New York Times, reported that operating losses in the second quarter amounted to $0.114 billion, revenue fell by 2.2% year-on-year, $0.577 billion, and advertising revenue fell by 4%, the distribution revenue remains unchanged. However, online advertising revenue has increased by 2.6%, partially offsetting the shrinking of paper advertising revenue by up to 6.4%.

In terms of digital billing, The New York Times reported good news. It is said that at present, the New York Times has already paid 0.224 million subscribers for online versions, and 57 thousand subscribers for Kindle and other readers have already paid 0.281 million subscribers for all digital versions.

At the time of the financial report, The New York Times times the company's CEO, Janet L. robinson said that the second quarter had a historical significance for the company. The company successfully launched the New York Times online billing reading and started to see the results from financial data, the reader's positive response to paid reading shows that the reader cherishes the high-quality news, analysis, and comments of the New York Times, and the reader originally pays for the newspaper content on different digital terminals, this will bring growth momentum to the New York Times.