Join us on July 30 in NYC for a breakfast & panel
The media world is in the midst of a gaming bonanza. Several years after publishers realized (again) that games are a great way to build habit, loyalty and consumer revenue, more and more publishers have sought to incorporate them into their products.
Earlier this month, The New York Times announced that it now has 1 million Games subscribers. Digiday isn’t quite there yet, but our own thousand-mile journey, which began in the Media Briefing this summer, continues with this puzzle. Enjoy it.
Tweet your comments, complaints and screenshots of this completed puzzle to @maxwillens, and enjoy your holiday.
More in Media
Publisher ad supply fell by up to 40% in Q2 as AI search choked the open web
Publisher ad supply fell by up to 40% in Q2 of 2026 as AI‑era, zero‑click search choked the flow of traffic to news and other open‑web sites, per U.S. and U.K. benchmarking data from Ozone, shared exclusively with Digiday.
Inside the newsroom push to turn print reporters into video talent
As reporter-led video becomes a priority, publishers are investing in newsroom training to help journalists deepen audience relationships.
WTF is SPUR’s publisher-run Content Telemetry Framework?
SPUR is publisher‑run and fixated on one thing: turning AI’s use of their content from opaque scraping into a transparent, usage‑based licensing system they control.