What we know — and don’t know — about The New York Times’ purchase of The Athletic The Times has a goal of reaching 10 million subscribers by 2025. It will now add The Athletic’s 1.2 million subscribers to its current 8.3 million. January 7, 2022 Tom Jones
Ben Smith is leaving the New York Times for … what? The New York Times media columnist provided plenty of fodder for media observers on Tuesday with a quote that many couldn’t quite figure out. January 5, 2022 Tom Jones
How The New York Times handled life-or-death ethical issues while reporting on a popular suicide website The team relied on advice and conversations with experts, veterans, editors and each other December 16, 2021 Barbara Allen
Wirecutter staff strike during Black Friday weekend The strike started Thanksgiving Day and coincides with what is normally the busiest time of year for the site November 26, 2021 Angela Fu
Does NYT Cooking have a seat at your Thanksgiving table? 6 Poynter employees discuss whether they’re using the buzziest recipe site, where to snag fresh chestnuts and how to spatchcock. November 23, 2021 Ren LaForme
New York Times workers rally outside company headquarters in protest of ‘anti-union tactics’ In between chants, union leaders outlined the ways The New York Times has allegedly delayed negotiations. November 17, 2021 Angela Fu
Meet The Mini, the little puzzle that helped launch 930,000 subscriptions to New York Times Games ‘You feel clever when you solve them.’ October 7, 2021 Rick Edmonds
The biggest US papers lost 20% of their daily print circulation during the pandemic, British media site finds National papers had the deepest declines. USA Today, with its hotel-heavy distribution, did worst of all. August 31, 2021 Rick Edmonds
New York Times tech workers escalate union conflict with half-day walkout The workers are accusing Times management of illegally trying to stop their unionization effort August 11, 2021 Angela Fu
At the New York Times, subscription growth slows but financial results are robust Revenue and profits are up from a year ago and slightly ahead from the same period in 2019, before the pandemic ad recession. August 4, 2021 Rick Edmonds
UFOs, once consigned to conspiracy theories, have landed in mainstream American journalism How do journalists balance the offbeat nature of the subject — with its decades of conspiracies and skeptics — with their credibility? July 9, 2021 Amaris Castillo
A New York Times photo error provoked social media criticism about a Gazan child The Times mistakenly used an image of a different girl to identify a 10-year-old who was killed in an Israeli airstrike with her three young cousins. June 4, 2021 Samantha Putterman
Op-eds or guest essays? What’s in a name change? CNN's Brian Stelter asked the New York Times' editorial page editor if the name change had anything to do with high-profile controversies. May 3, 2021 Tom Jones
Looking back at the flawed first official reports of George Floyd’s death The New York Times' tech workers look to unionization and Scripps Howard Awards are out April 23, 2021 Tom Jones
The New York Times took a hard look at itself and found an ‘uncomfortable portrait’ All news organizations should do a self-evaluation like the Times and work toward making sure their newsroom cultures are where they should be. February 25, 2021 Tom Jones
