May 6 (Reuters) - New York Times NYT.N on Wednesday added digital subscribers above estimates, helped by stronger demand for news as readers closely followed fast-changing global political and economic developments.
The newspaper added 310,000 net digital-only subscribers in the first quarter, compared with analysts' average estimate of 270,513, according to data compiled by Visible Alpha.
(Reporting by Kritika Lamba in Bengaluru; Editing by Shinjini Ganguli)
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