1950s
Alex Hardiman's great-grandmother founded one of the first television stations in the Midwest in the 1950s.
“She founded one of the very first TV stations in the Midwest in the nineteen fifties.”
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12 facts from 1 episode, in date order. These are what speakers said on the shows, each linked to the moment it was said. They aren't independently verified.
1950s
To bring television to South Dakota and North Dakota, Alex Hardiman's great-grandmother had to build a chain of microwave transmitters.
“one of the first things she had to do to really bring TV to South Dakota and to North Dakota was to erect a chain of microwave transmitters.”
2006-2016
Alex Hardiman worked at The New York Times from 2006 to 2016, leading its mobile team at a time when the company had no mobile presence.
“I was there from 2006 to 2016, and it was a period of really deep transformation for the company. I was leading our mobile team, and back in 2006, we had no presence whatsoever on mobile.”
2016
In 2016 Alex Hardiman joined Meta to lead a team helping micro sellers in low-bandwidth parts of India get online and transact through social commerce.
“It was 2016, and I decided to go to Meta to lead a team where we were helping micro sellers in low bandwidth parts of India come online for the first time and transact using social commerce”
2016
Alex Hardiman says that at Meta after the 2016 election she worked on ranking accurate information, which Facebook's News Feed was not designed to do.
“How do we classify and algorithmically rank accurate, high-quality information? That's just not what News Feed was meant to do.”
2019
Alex Hardiman returned to The New York Times in late 2019, shortly before the COVID-19 pandemic.
“that's when I ultimately found myself back, uh, at the New York Times in late 2019, right before the pandemic.”
Undated
Alex Hardiman says she is technically the first chief product officer of The New York Times, and that the newspaper is one of the company's best products.
“So I am technically the first chief product officer. But when you think about one of the best products that the New York Times has ever made, it's the newspaper.”
Undated
Alex Hardiman says The New York Times is closing in on about 12 million subscribers and has more than doubled its newsroom to over 2,600 journalists.
“We're now closing in on about 12 million subscribers. We've more than doubled our newsroom now to over 2,600 journalists.”
Undated
After her first stint at The New York Times, Alex Hardiman worked at Meta for several years and then at The Atlantic before returning to the Times.
“Then I left and I went to Meta for several years, then went to the Atlantic and then came back to the New York Times.”
Undated
Alex Hardiman says over 90% of The New York Times' news and opinion stories now have an automated voice mode.
“if you just open up the product on any given day, over 90% of our news and opinion stories now have an automated voice mode attached to it.”
Undated
Alex Hardiman says over 50% of NYT Cooking's international users use the AI metric-conversion feature.
“We now have over 50% of our international users using this feature and just finding that the product helps them cook in a very easy and effective way.”
Undated
Alex Hardiman says value exchange between publishers and AI platforms now includes licensing of news and co-development of products, beyond the older model of referral traffic.
“we're seeing licensing of high quality news and information. We're seeing co-development of products, right?”
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