The New York Times
The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City. The New York Times covers domestic, national, and international news, and publishes opinion pieces, investigative reports, and reviews. As one of the longest-running newspapers in the United States, the Times serves as one of the country's newspapers of record. As of 2023, The New York Times is the second-largest newspaper by print circulation in the United States; including online subscribers, the Times has a circulation of 10.36 million, the most of any newspaper in the U.S. The New York Times is published by The New York Times Company; since 1896, the company has been chaired by the Ochs-Sulzberger family, whose current chairman and the paper's publisher is A. G. Sulzberger. The Times is headquartered at The New York Times Building in Midtown Manhattan.
Some of the key events about The New York Times
- 1851Established as a daily newspaper, setting a new standard for American journalism
- 1852Published an article criticizing Italian revolutionary Giuseppe Mazzini, revealing his private letters
- 1871Exposed the corruption of New York's Tammany Hall political machine
- 1898Introduced the use of photographs in a daily newspaper
- 1918Won its first Pulitzer Prize for comprehensive coverage of World War I
- 1920Failed to report on the Wall Street bombing, one of the deadliest terrorist attacks in U.S. history
- 1932Deliberately downplayed the severity of the Ukrainian famine, known as the Holodomor
- 1941Underreported the extent of the Holocaust during World War II
- 1942Began publishing the international edition, expanding global reach
- 1961Suppressed its own reporter's article about the Bay of Pigs invasion plans at the request of the Kennedy administration
- 1971Published the Pentagon Papers, revealing government secrets about the Vietnam War
- 1971Delayed publication of the Pentagon Papers for three months due to government pressure
- 1980Introduced special themed sections, enhancing content diversity
- 1996Launched its website, pioneering digital journalism
- 2002Published articles containing inaccurate claims about Iraq's weapons of mass destruction program
- 2003Delayed for a year the publication of a story about warrantless surveillance of U.S. citizens by the NSA
- 2011Introduced a digital subscription model, ensuring sustainable online journalism
- 2014Fired its first female executive editor under controversial circumstances
- 2020Won Pulitzer Prize for groundbreaking 1619 Project on the legacy of slavery in America
- 2020Published an op-ed calling for military intervention in U.S. protests, leading to significant internal and public backlash
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