The online readers of the New York Times will now have to pay notably less than the $11.70 a week price for the printed edition. The price would also be less than $19.99, the price that the readers pay for the monthly subscription to NYT on Amazon’s Kindle.

The New York Times is examining the work of one of its reporters who has been accused of plagiarism. After observing a number of similarities between an article of February 5 of The Wall Street Journal's Web site and articles that later appeared in the online and printed editions of the Times, Zachery Kouwe, New York Times business reporter, resigned.

The New York Times Co. posted more than triple fourth-quarter earnings, benefitted by one-time gains. Print advertising fell 20%, but the decline was smaller than those seen earlier in 2009.

Reports have confirmed that starting next year, the New York Times will be making access to its online content paid, a development which has come as a major effort by a prominent newspaper to find effective ways to try and survive on an online platform, with rapidly declining sales of print subscriptions and advertising.

In what can termed as an anticipatory response to the rumored release of the Apple tablet as well as the burgeoning e-reader market, a strategic policy change is round the corner at The New York Times – with the newspaper intending to revert to a subscription-based access to its online service for readers.

On the lines of The Financial Times’ policy, Arthur Sulzberger Jr., Chairman of The New York Times, has proposed a change in policy, whereby the online content of the esteemed newspaper will become a subscription-based service, after providing the readers a free access to some articles.

In a Wednesday meeting with the employees of The Boston Globe, Janet Robinson, CEO of New York Times Co, said that though The Times still intends selling The Globe, the decision has now become "not so imperative," with The Globe showing notable improvements in its finances, largely due to cost reductions.

With an almost 18 percent drop in its advertisement revenue, The New York Times Co reported a 48 percent fall in its net income during the fourth quarter - to $27.6 million, or 19 cents a share, as against the year-earlier figures of $53 million, or 37 cents a share.

Attempting to guard its newspaper franchise from the speedily falling revenue and raise cash, the New York Times Company is open to the sale of its stake in the Boston Red Sox baseball team. The Wall Street Journal reports say that, of late, the company's investors have been pressuring it to sell non-core assets.

The Boston Globe’s parent company, the New York Times Co., is in trouble! On Monday, GateHouse Media Inc. filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against the company for linking to GateHouse articles on the Globe’s recent local websites. These new community websites are in no way authorized to use online material from GateHouse.