NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 19, 2005--The New York Times
(NYSE: NYT):
-- Subscribers Gain Greater Access to Columnists from The Times
and the International Herald Tribune; 25 Years of Times
Archives; Select Advance News Reports; Multimedia, and
Organizing Tools
-- Home-Delivery Subscribers to Receive TimesSelect at No
Additional Fee
The New York Times today introduced TimesSelect, a new product
offering subscribers exclusive online access to the distinctive voices
of the Op-Ed, Business, Metro and Sports columnists of The New York
Times and the International Herald Tribune (IHT). It also features
enhanced access to The Times's extensive archives, advance previews of
various sections, and new tools for tracking and storing news and
information important to the reader.
The vast majority of NYTimes.com will remain free to all visitors.
TimesSelect subscribers, however, will have exclusive access to 22
columnists of The Times and the IHT, including online dialogues with
Thomas L. Friedman, Paul Krugman and Frank Rich; an exclusive online
book club with John Tierney; and special features by David Brooks,
Maureen Dowd, Bob Herbert and Nicholas D. Kristof.
In addition, subscribers can retrieve up to 100 articles a month
for free from The Times's extensive archive. TimesSelect also offers a
wide array of content and tools including Times File, Times Preview,
and News Tracker. TimesSelect is priced annually at $49.95 or monthly
at $7.95, but is available to home-delivery subscribers at no
additional fee. New subscribers will be offered a two-week free trial
period upon registration.
"This is a great new product," said Martin Nisenholtz, senior vice
president, digital operations, The New York Times Company.
"TimesSelect provides our readers with unique access to some of the
newspaper's most influential and popular columnists as well as a way
for members to communicate with the columnists. It also opens the door
to one of the world's most extensive newspaper archives in an
affordable way."
"TimesSelect is a terrific example of how The New York Times
continues to grow its journalism in highly innovative ways across all
platforms," said Scott Heekin-Canedy, president, The New York Times.
"This unique offering provides an opportunity for Times readers to
interact even more closely with a brand they know and trust."
TimesSelect exclusive features include:
The Columnists - Access to some of the most influential and
insightful columnists writing today, including Op-Ed columnists David
Brooks, Maureen Dowd, Thomas L. Friedman, Bob Herbert, Nicholas D.
Kristof, Paul Krugman, Frank Rich and John Tierney; Sports columnists
Dave Anderson, Harvey Araton, William C. Rhoden, Selena Roberts and
George Vecsey; Metro columnists Peter Applebome, Dan Barry, Clyde
Haberman and Joyce Purnick; Business columnists Gretchen Morgenson,
Joseph Nocera, and Floyd Norris; and IHT columnists Roger Cohen and
John Vinocur.
Many of these columnists plan to enhance their connection to their
readers through the addition of rich media and special features. For
example, The Times Op-Ed columnists will be providing these features:
-- Thomas L. Friedman will conduct a dialogue, inviting readers
to submit questions and comments from which he will regularly
select, respond to and post the exchange.
-- David Brooks' "The Way We Live Now" will focus on American
life and will include anecdotes and observations, demographic
information, links to pertinent and insightful essays and Web
content.
-- Bob Herbert's "Herbert's Heroes" will feature short takes on
unsung heroes with extensive links to their biographies and
backgrounds.
-- Frank Rich's "Everyone's a Critic" will offer his observations
on culture and will ask readers to post their questions and
engage in a lively debate.
-- "John Tierney's Book Club" will feature a roster of selected
reading with online discussions.
-- Paul Krugman's "Money Talks" will feature postings on
economics and international finance and will entertain
comments and questions from readers.
-- Nicholas D. Kristof's "On the Ground" will feature filings
with text, audio and video, from his reporting trips around
the globe.
The Archive - Easy and in-depth searchable access to The Times's
extensive archives initially dating back to 1981, and eventually to
1851.
Multimedia Exclusives - Special audio, video and photo essays from
many of the columnists.
Times File - A new tool that helps readers save and organize
articles from The Times and other Web sites.
Times Preview - An early look at articles that will appear in the
following sections: Real Estate, The New York Times Magazine, Travel
and Sunday Arts & Leisure, Book Review, Autos. Five articles per
section will be featured. Two Times Preview e-mails will be sent:
Wednesday (Travel, Book Review and Magazine) and Friday (Real Estate,
Sunday Arts & Leisure and Autos).
News Tracker - An e-mail alert service that enables readers to
track topics important to them. This successful product is currently
sold separately but will be included as part of TimesSelect. Existing
News Tracker subscribers will receive TimesSelect during the time that
remains on their current subscriptions.
To activate TimesSelect, please visit the site at
www.nytimes.com/TS.
The New York Times Company (NYSE: NYT), a leading media company
with 2004 revenues of $3.3 billion, includes The New York Times, the
International Herald Tribune, The Boston Globe, 15 other daily
newspapers, eight network-affiliated television stations, two New York
City radio stations and 35 Web sites, including NYTimes.com,
Boston.com and About.com. For the fifth consecutive year, the Company
was ranked No. 1 in the publishing industry in Fortune's 2005 list of
America's Most Admired Companies. The Company's core purpose is to
enhance society by creating, collecting and distributing high-quality
news, information and entertainment.
This press release can be downloaded from www.nytco.com and
www.nytco.com/community.
CONTACT: The New York Times Company
Media:
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or
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SOURCE: The New York Times Company
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