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