NYTimes: N-D Fire Attracted More Readers Than Mueller Report

The New York Times’ business isn’t just dependent on President Donald Trump and the U.S. political cycle, CEO Mark Thompson told CNBC on Wednesday.

In fact, the fire at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris last month drew more readers than the release of special counsel Robert Mueller’s report into Russia’s interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, he said.

“When news came out that Attorney General Barr was going to receive the Mueller report, that was also the same week when there was the terrible fire at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris,” Thompson said on “Closing Bell. ”

“Notre Dame was a bigger story for the Times than the Mueller report was that week.”