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With widespread vaccinations and the return of mild weather, New York City is springing back to life. Throngs of people fill outdoor bars and restaurants; parks teem with chatter. In a nod to our Jazz Age dandy, Eustace Tilley, Nina Chanel Abneyâs first cover raises a glass to the spirit of the moment. We recently asked Abney a few questions about her approach, her future projects, and her life in lockdown.
The bouquet of
COVID-19 flowers gently captures the struggle of the past year. What do you think a renaissance in New York social culture could look like?
February 14, 2020But can crossword puzzles really affect a news organization’s bottom line? There’s evidence to suggest the answer is
yes. Publishers have found that the number of active days a reader has on their site is a telling metric for determining whether or not they’ll continue a subscription. Encouraging readers to develop a crossword habit may help. At The Wall Street Journal, for example, a team looking to increase subscribers’ active days found that playing a puzzle had a more dramatic impact on reader retention than other actions the team had been promoting to new subscribers, such as subscribing to an email newsletter or downloading the Journal’s app.