American Press:
the New York Times and
the New York Times
Magazine.
Prepared by
Evgeniya Bolshakova,
the 1st English group.
 The New York Times
is a daily broadsheet
newspaper founded
by
Henry Jarvis
Raymond and
George Jones on
September 18,1851.
George Jones
Henry J. Raymond
The first issue
 "We publish today the first
issue of the New-York Daily
Times, and we intend to
issue it every morning
(Sundays excepted) for an
indefinite number of years to
come.“
Henry J. Raymond,
George Jones.
New-York Daily Times
1851.
 The third largest local
metropolitan newspaper
after the Wall Street
Journal and USA Today.
 Its motto, created by A.
Ochs in 1896, is printed in
the upper-left hand corner
of the paper and says: “All
the News That's Fit to
Print."
 The newspaper was originally published every day
except Sunday, but on April 21, 1861, due to the
demand for daily coverage of the Civil War, The
Times, along with other major dailies, started
publishing Sunday issues.
 Since then it has a
regular Sunday publication.
3 sections of the NYTimes:
Opinion which includes editorials, letters to the
editor and Op-Eds (“opposite the editorial page” opinion pieces by outside writers, placed on the
page opposite the newspaper’s editorials – space
previously reserved for obituaries.)
2) News which includes national, international news,
business, health, sports, technology, science, etc.
3) Features which includes arts, travel, fashion &
style, theatre, movies.
4) Sometimes a Metro section is included.
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The New York Times company
 Nowadays the NYTimes
newspaper and magazine are
owned by the NYTimes
Company whose core purpose
is to "enhance society by
creating, collecting and
distributing high-quality news,
information and entertainment”.
 Its chairman is Arthur Ochs
Sulzberger Jr. whose family
has controlled the newspaper
since 1896.
The NYTimes headquarter in Manhattan
Circulation
 The Times remains the
largest seven-day
newspaper in the
United States, with:
print circulation of 1.4
million Sunday and
nearly 1 million daily in
2009
a quality audience of
over 22 million
unduplicated readers
online and in print.
April Fools’ issue
Audience
The research (Spring, 2009) shows that
the NYTimes is read mostly by
adults:
Men - 108,664*,
Women - 116,235.
Age 25 to 54 – 126,809.
Popular among college students 121,641.
Job title/occupation – employed fulltime – 116,179.
Home ownership/value – average
home value $ - $263, 184.
* Number of people
Audience and delivery
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The Times is delivered to more than 1,200 colleges
and universities and used by more than 1,500
schools in the United States.
The Times is the #1 national newspaper among
college students.
It is delivered in bags made of recyclable plastic as
it is the most effective approach to protect the paper
against damage from inclement weather, morning
dew, sprinkler systems and being thrown from a
moving vehicle.
Care for people
 Each week, the NYTimes publishes the Large Type
Weekly, the only newspaper in America printed in
large type for people with low vision. It offers a
selected package of the week's news including
articles, editorials and the NYTimes crossword puzzle.
 The NYTimes's Newspaper in Education program
offers discounted newspapers for classrooms as
well as supplemental guides
for teachers.
Investment in Reporting
 The NYTimes is widely spread. It has:
10 news bureaus in the New York region;
11 national bureaus across the United States, The
Times continues to offer comprehensive coverage of
national issues, including the health care debate, the
economy, and state and national elections;
26 foreign news bureaus. The Times maintains a
strong commitment to providing its readers with news
from around the world.
Digital initiatives
 The Times Company is an industry leader in
innovation.
 It was the first among its peers to integrate its print
and digital newsrooms.
 The NYTimes newspaper Web site
(www.nytimes.com) is one of the most frequently
visited and one of the leading popular American
online newspaper Web sites.
The NYTimes Web site
Digital initiatives
 In 2008 NYTimes.com's iPhone application is
released. It gives readers offline capabilities, a photo
browser with links to related articles and
personalization
options.
The NYTimes on Facebook,
Twitter, Youtube and Google
 NYT Crossword Widget on Google: an online product that
gives users the ability to personalize their Google homepage
with The New York Times crossword puzzle.
 NYT News Quiz on Facebook: The New York Times News
Quiz is part of a larger strategy to deliver content in parts and
pieces as widely as possible for consumption around the Web.
 The Times Company on Twitter: The New York Times offers
news updates on Twitter from the NYTimes.com homepage and
various other sections of the site.
 NYTimes.com Videos on YouTube: NYTimes.com YouTube
edition features videos from the acclaimed writers, producers
and editors of The New York Times.
Some historical facts
 1851, September 18 – The first issue of the New-
York Daily Times.
 1861, April 21- Responding to the thirst for Civil War
news, major dailies, including The Times, start
Sunday Issues.
 1865, April 15 - Its front-page columns bordered in
black, The Times reports the assassination of
Lincoln.
 1884, October - The Times casts off its reputation as
a Republican newspaper when it endorses Grover
Cleveland, a Democrat, for president.
Some historical facts
 1896, August 18 - Adolph S. Ochs, publisher of The
Chattanooga Times, acquires controlling ownership
of The Times for $75,000, nearly all of it borrowed.
He installs himself as publisher. Circulation: 9,000.
 1896, September 6 - An illustrated Sunday magazine
begins, carrying the newspaper's first photographs.
 1896, October 25 – Adolph S. Ochs creates a slogan
for the newspaper: “All the News That’s Fit to Print”
 1918, June 3 - The Times wins its first Pulitzer Prize,
for public service in publishing the texts of dozens of
official reports, documents and speeches about
World War I.
Some historical facts
 1920, July 4 - Beginning an Independence Day
tradition, The Times publishes a reproduction of the
Declaration of Independence.
 1937, February - The Times begins an editorial
crusade, one of the most intensive in its history,
against Franklin D. Roosevelt’s plan to pack the
Supreme Court. "Though not fashioned by the hand
of a dictator," it says, the plan "smacks of the
dictator’s method.“
 1948, June 20 -The Times introduces an
international edition. It is produced in New York and
airmailed to Paris for publication a day later.
Some historical facts
 1964, March 9 - Supreme Court in the case called
“NYTimes Co v. Sullivan” created a national rule,
which revolutionized libel suits in the USA. Since
1964 it has become practically impossible for the
public figures to sue any American newspaper for
libel. It was one of the key decisions supporting the
freedom of press.
 1967, Spring - The Times discontinues its 19-yearold international edition and joins with the owners of
the defunct Herald Tribune and The Washington Post
to publish The International Herald Tribune in Paris.
Some historical facts
 1971 - the New York Times and the Washington Post
published “The Pentagon Papers”, a classified US
Defence document about the US role in Vietnam War.
Pentagon brought the issue to the Supreme Court,
claiming that the papers had gone too far. The Court,
however, ruled against Pentagon.
 1980, August 18 - The Times begins publishing a
national edition.
Some historical facts
 1996, January 19 - The Times on the Web –
www.nytimes.com – goes online, giving readers
anywhere in the world access to the newspaper's
articles and pictures on the night of publication.
 1997, October 16 - The first color photograph on the
front page appeared.
The New York Times magazine
 The NYT magazine is a
supplement to the
NYTimes newspaper
Sunday issue.
 It was first published on
September, 6, 1896 and
carried the newspaper's
first photographs.
The New York Times magazine
 From the time of its creation the magazine covered
those elements that were not included into the
NYTimes newspaper: fiction, gossip columns,
photographs.
 Nowadays it focuses on everything from politics to
social matters, art to entertainment.
 There was the tradition of publishing
the writings of well-known NYT
contributors.
The New York Times magazine
 The NYT magazine
captures the most
highly charged
moments in American
culture and explores the
compelling ideas,
issues and personalities
that define American
world.
The New York Times magazine
 In 1979 the magazine began publishing a column
discussing issues of English grammar, use and
etymology.
 In 2004 the NYTimes Magazine began publishing an
entire supplement devoted to style. It is called “T”
and is published 14 times a year.
 In 2005 there appeared a literary section called “The
Funny Pages” but soon it became unpopular and
unfunny.
Sources
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1) http://www.nytco.com
2) http://www.nytimes.whsites.net
3) http://www.nytimes.com
4)http://community.livejournal.com/nytimesinmosco
w/profile
5)http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid28
806281001?bctid=27457638001 – watch a video
about the New York Times newspaper.
6) http://www.ffl.msu.ru/students/courses/3/freedom
of press
7) http://www.nytimes.com/pages/magazine