![]() Spotpass was founded in 2020 by Howe and Garry Duursma, who have recently been joined by new board member former AAP chief executive Bruce Davidson, who is currently chief executive of Mediality. The company claims it is the first time in Australia, users have been offered access to premium content exclusively through micropayments. Working with Pagemasters and micropayments start-up Spotpass, it offers access to its puzzles from 25 cents each via a new “megasite”. Its latest venture, Times Puzzles claims to be “the online home for Victoria’s toughest and most addictive crosswords and other word games”. ![]() Wordle will now play a part in that daily experience, giving millions more people around the world another reason to turn to The Times to meet their daily news and life needs.Īs part of our portfolio of games, Wordle will have an exciting future with the help of a team of talented engineers, designers, editors and more, furthering the user experience.Īustralia’s puzzle publishers: Bruce Davidson now on boardĪs regional publishers look for the key to success with local content, Victoria’s Surf Coast News reckons it’s onto a winner with low-cost crosswords and word games, reported GXpress this week.īased in the state’s surfie heaven of Torquay, the company launched a new website after receiving a government grant of $302,000 in 2019 and now has seven localised news sites. Our games already provide original, high-quality content and experiences every single day. New York Times Games are a key part of that strategy. The Times remains focused on becoming the essential subscription for every English-speaking person seeking to understand and engage with the world. Wordle, which gives players six tries to guess a five-letter mystery word, will join New York Times Games’s portfolio of original, engaging puzzle games that delight and challenge solvers every day. In announcing the acquisition, The New York Times said:Īs The Times looks to entertain more solvers with puzzles every day - especially during these anxious times - we’re thrilled to announce that we’ve acquired Wordle, the stimulating and wildly popular daily word game that has become a cultural phenomenon. ![]() Wardle has noted that at least initially, Wordle will remain free to play, but expect it to be part of the puzzle app eventually where users can subscribe for an ad free experience. New York Times Games have been played more than 500 million times so far this year. The Games app, which began with the original famed Daily Crossword, introduced the snackable Mini in 2014 and subsequently launched a number of wildly popular games including Spelling Bee, Tiles, Letter Boxed and Vertex. The Times explained last year when it hit the 1m mark: As of late last year both the Times Crossword app and The Times Cooking app each had 1m subscribers as part of The Times’s overall 8m+ total. Part of that target is being driven by subscribers to its games and puzzles contained in The New York Times Crossword app. ![]() The New York Times has set a target of having 10m digital subscribers by 2025. ![]() The New York Times announced earlier this week that it was buying the new word puzzle Wordle from its founder Josh Wardle for “low-seven figures”. Not strictly pages though as most of The New York Times’ success with games and puzzles is coming from digital subscriptions. Just days after Mediaweek wrote about how London’s The Daily Telegraph was turning to puzzles to entertain new Sunday readers, The New York Times has invested further in its puzzle pages with the acquisition of Wordle. ![]()
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