the times
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New York Times Simulator Is A Gripping Exploration Of Modern Media Pitfalls
New York Times Simulator is a new Itch game that gives everyday players an insight into what it takes to maintain a media outlet in 2024.
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Wordle Is Watching You
It’s been less than a month since the New York Times bought Wordle, but it’s wasting no time in ruining everyone’s favourite word game in all the shitty ways you’d expect from a billion-dollar conglomerate. And — you guessed it — that means your little daily puzzles are being loaded with ad trackers now, too.
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The Surprisingly Messy Culture Wars Within The New York Times Crossword Puzzle
In the 1970s Will Shortz submitted a crossword to the New York Times with a word so scandalous that the editor rejected it. The word: bellybutton. Fast forward over four decades and Shortz himself is the Times crossword editor who is now the gatekeeper, selecting puzzles from the nearly 200 submissions he gets a week.…