"NZME continues to offer our valued audiences exceptional experiences, and I'd like to thank our teams across the country for their huge contribution in making our digital subscription platforms the success that they are," he said.
NZME Managing Editor Shayne Currie said he was "proud to have reached such a significant milestone" and that hitting the target was "an immense accomplishment for the company's newsrooms and teams across the country".
"I'd like to pay tribute to our hugely talented team at NZME who are behind this success – our journalists and editorial teams across the country who produce this fantastic content, as well as our digital team, and those that sell and market our premium digital subscription offering.
"I'd also like to thank every one of our subscribers – individuals and businesses alike – for their ongoing support of our premium, trusted, quality news. We will continue with our focus of keeping Kiwis in the know, producing the quality, trusted news that Kiwis know and expect from the NZ Herald, BusinessDesk and through our other platforms across NZME," Currie said.
NZME, in November last year, agreed to buy BusinessDesk for an initial cash payment of $3.5 million, followed by an earn-out amount of up to $1.5m if agreed targets are met by the end of December 2023.
