[anthuman]

The high percentage of NYT on the internet and especially social media is due to the NYT spending the last few years bullying social media platforms into giving it special treatment.

They aren't playing a "game". They are using their power as the establishment media to force tech companies to serve nytimes' ( and the elite's ) interests.

As the nytimes and other "authoritative" sources get special treatment online, it's going to crush local news and smaller news.

Funny how a few years ago, it was local news and smaller news upstarts ( vice, vox, huffpo, etc ) dominating online and "authoritative" sources struggling to compete. Why compete when you can change the rules to favor yourself. The NYT isn't playing a strong grassroots/AstroTurf/social media game. They tried for the past 15 years and they failed. So they decided to change the rules in their favor. Why compete when you can cheat?

Also, it was pressure from the NYT and other authoritative sources that forced reddit to start censoring. It was NYT and other authoritative sources that forced twitter to censor criticism of privileged journalists. The push for censorship and control online has been spearheaded by the elitists at the "authoritative" source companies.

[rconti]

I'm also interested in what you consider to be bullying social media platforms into giving them special treatment / using their power to force others to serve their interests.

When I hear this, I think of the equivalent of large beer distributors trying to push retailers to not have tap handles of independent breweries. Or big chip companies paying for shelf space and also to dictate the placement of their competitors. I'm wondering how this works in the news space.

[codyb]

Do you have any sources for this bullying? I like the NY Times. I have a feeling watching nearly every newspaper around them collapse or struggle has spurred them to act in creative ways to stay relevant. I'm not saying they're not throwing their weight around, but I'm just not certain what you're referring to and you seem to really really dislike the NY Times.

And I think it's worked personally, and they've brought some great stories to light as of late.

Plus, as a New Yorker, I enjoy the New York section, and probably have some sense of pride in having such an established and premier news outlet so close.