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New York Times buys Wordle

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New York Times buys Wordle

The New York Times announced on Jan. 31 that it had acquired Wordle for an “undisclosed price below seven figures,” a game that sold millions of dollars just four months after the game exploded on the Internet. The phenomenon of people playing.

Created by engineer Josh Wardle, the game requires only six attempts per day to guess a five-letter word.

The game, which launched in October, had just 90 players in early November, according to The New York Times.

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By early January, it had reached more than 300,000 people and is now being streamed by millions every day, in part due to the ease of sharing spoiler-free results on social media.
Jonathan Knight, general manager of The New York Times Games, said in a statement: “This game does what few games do – it captures our collective imagination and brings us closer together. .”

“I have long admired The Times’ approach to the quality of the game and the respect they treat their players,” Mr Wardle said in the statement.

“Their values ​​align with mine on these issues, and I’m delighted that they will be stewards of the game moving forward.”

Mr. Wardle, a UK resident of New York, initially decided not to monetize the game through advertising or subscriptions before selling it to The New York Times.
The paper said the game will remain free and no changes will be made.

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The acquisition comes as The New York Times continues to diversify its output, offering special subscriptions for crossword puzzles and other games that crossed the 1 million subscriber mark in December.

Other products not tied to news include NYT Cooking and the audio platform Audm. Such products made up 11% of turnover in the first nine months of 2021.

Complete News Source : The Hindu

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Day 6 box office receipts for Game Changer: Ram Charan’s film takes another hit, earning over ₹110 crore

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Day 6 box office receipts for Game Changer: Ram Charan’s film takes another hit, earning over ₹110 crore

Game Changer box office collection day 6: Ram Charan and Kiara Advani-starrer released in theatres on January 10.
Game Changer box office collection: Ram Charan, Kiara Advani-Game Changer is one the first big releases of this year, and came with huge audience expectations. However the film opened to mixed reviews and has performed decently at the box office. As per the latest version of Sacnilk.com, Game Changer has minted ₹6.11 crore in its sixth day of release. Game Changer is directed by Shankar.

Game Changer box office collection

The report states that Game Changer has now crossed the ₹110 crore mark at the box office. It minted ₹5.55 crore on its first Wednesday, which is the lowest for the film so far. The film had seen a slight growth on its fifth day of release, with ₹10 crore net. The overall collections now stand at ₹112.26 crore.

Game Changer minted ₹51 crore on its opening day, and saw a dip in collections on its second day with ₹21.6 crore. Day three collections were at ₹15.9 crore whereas day four net was ₹7.65 crore. The film saw a sharp decline in its weekdays and is yet to recover. Game Changer is facing stiff competition from a number of releases, which includes Nandamuri Balakrisha’s Daaku Maharaj, Unni Mukundan’s Marco and Allu Arjun’s Pushpa 2: The Rule.

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Amid box office concerns for the film, a pirated version of Game Changer was allegedly aired on a local TV channel and shown in buses. Screenshots of the same surfaced on X, which caught the attention of producer Sreenivas Kumar. He took to his X account to demand strict action on it.

A few days ago, the makers of the film had filed a complaint against individuals for allegedly leaking a pirated version of the film online. The complaint also states that before the film’s release, the producers and a few team members were threatened through social media and messaging platforms like WhatsApp, wherein the same alleged pirates demanded money from producers and threatened to leak the pirated version if their demands were not fulfilled.

Game Changer is directed by Shankar and stars Ram Charan, Kiara Advani, and SJ Suryah. The film has also been released in Tamil, Kannada, and Malayalam.

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