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Trump Bump for President’s Media Archenemies Eludes Local Papers

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  • Dallas, Minnesota newspapers see reader angst over coverage
  • Baquet: Local news is ‘biggest crisis’ in U.S. journalism

RNC Chair Says Trump Is Fighting Back Against the Media

President Donald Trump loves to hurl his Twitter-ready insult at the New York Times: #failingnytimes.

But in the stock market, the New York Times Co. has been looking like a roaring success lately, particularly by the standards of the beleaguered newspaper industry. Since Trump won the presidency in November, the publisher’s share price has soared 57 percent. Online subscriptions are up, bigly -- about 19 percent in the first quarter alone.