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Because its opening up, everybody can get the news their own way and tweet each other about what they think is important. >> im tired of people saying "joe, get your head out of your phone." its like seven of the greatest inventions combined in one. maybe try to be a little more entertaining and i wont have to stop paying attention. >> tom: i was at a bar on the other night and a guy yelled at me for going on my phone, and i said "youre a boring guy." he was boring me. it was a stranger. >> "the...

About us. we dont have great, positive raltin ratings with the public. you look at confidence and its low overall in the u.s. even though subscriptions are up at the new york times. theres a real eagerness to get access to good news. i think its important to go back to the basics and the facts and try to put into officials that when were asking for access, were not just asking for the sake of access but because we have a service to render. i think there is an add justment period as well under th...

They like trump pounding the media. and some people despise them. but the fact is, lets just all admit it, "the new york times" subscriptions at an all-time high and cnn is doing better than cnn has ever done before. their numbers are outrageous ever since he called the costa fake news. our numbers. i think we had our best month ever total viewers just keeps going up. everybody doesnt hate the media because everybody is tuning into to the media. they love the ft and i do agree, especially with a...

Analyze this, i want you to wear two hats, first as our media guru, but also as an alum of the "new york times." >> when i was working there, we were not running commercials like that. this is definitely unusual and it comes at a moment when the "new york times" is trying to gain lots and lots of subscribers. i had my editor on the program this morning, he said that subscriptions grow every time trump complains about the paper. but this is an attempt to capitalize on all of the temples right now...

Hes tweeted about the nyt labeling it failing 53 times trying to get that nickname to stick. joining me is the head of that news room, the executive editor of the new york times. is the times failing? why does he say it? what are the facts? >> were not failing at all. our digital subscriptions are going through the roof. even print subscriptions are up. were a profitable company. were a news room thats hiring. were big, vibrant, important newsroom. i think the reason he goes after us, to be fran...

Convince his supporters were not to be trusted. hes wrong. >> when he tweets about your company, does that help subscriptions? is trump the best thing to happen to the times subscription strategy? >> trump is the best thing to happen to the times subscription strategy. yes. every time he tweets it drives subscriptions wildly. if i can say something hes accomplished. i think that there was a long time when the press wondering about its place in the society. the last several years as newspaper sub...

Subscription strategy. every time he tweets, it drives subscriptions wildly. and all eyes will be on hollywood tonight as the 89th annual academy awards are presented. and its fair to anticipate that the trump presidency will be mentioned a few times. its the subject of this weeks state of the cartoonian by jake tapper. >> reporter: its probably a safe bet that president trump will be watching the oscars tonight ready to tweet thoughts if anything gets political. one wonders how president trum...

And website has ad for adding subscriptions be aable i hope its their entire front page. pete: democracy dies in darkness. new tag line in "the washington post." they are unhinged. abby: there has been a ton of news. i feel like we always get that on the weekend shows. saturday and sunday is crazy. yesterday was the race for who is going to head up the dnc. important role to figure out how the democratic party picks itself up and starts winning races again. clayton: keith ellisons name was at th...

At the moment about the truth and how one fights it. we see that -- weve seen since the election quite a growth in our subscriptions so we know that being in the news ours has everything to do with that growth. we were looking for a high profile appointment viewing moment. this is when our ad was ready and this is the biggest thing on tv upcoming. >> was there much debate within the "times" on whether you should do this? >> whether we should do the campaign itself? not really. weve seen a couple...

>> indira, on that point we have something brand-new from the president tweeting tonight fake news media knowingly doesnt tell the truth. a great danger to our country. the failing "new york times" has become a joke. likewise cnn. sad. you can say hes baiting the press on the one hand. on the other hand that word "danger" as we respond to sean spicers notion of dictatorships, that word "danger" does stick out. >> "new york times" subscriptions are at a new high, cnn viewership is at a new high. ...