New York Times, The

The New York Times newspaper, an American daily newspaper owned by The New York Times Company, was established by Henry Jarvis Raymond and George Jones on September 18, 1851. It is published in New York City and is a highly regarded publication. As of 2019, The New York Times had won 127 Pulitzer Prizes, awarded for excellence in journalism, and is regarded as a national newspaper of record in the United States. This entry discusses the history of The New York Times and some of the challenges it has faced.

Since 1896, the paper has been controlled by the Ochs-Sulzberger family. Arthur Gregg Sulzberger took over as publisher in 2018 from his father, Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Jr. The paper’s international version, earlier the International Herald Tribune, ...