The New York Times is going down the tubes!
Why do you say that, it's ranked 18th in the world by circulation.
That's like being the 18th richest person on a sinking ship. Newspapers are struggling and the TImes is diluting its brand faster than you can shake a stick.
It was founded in 1851 so it's been around a long time - perhaps they can recover.
It is possible, but they used to be number 1 in a great industry, and now they're 18th in a dying industry. They need to innovate fast or perish.
Since the mid 70s they have greatly expanded their layout and organization - perhaps it's time to do it again.
I think they need to rethink their medium fundamentally and have the humility to recognize their own stagnant ideology.
Their motto, all the news that's fit to print, seems a bit archaic since that's not really what they do.
It truly isn't. I could predict their stance on a topic before reading it.
structure. It has been owned by the family since 1896; A.G. Sulzberger, the paper's publisher, and his father, Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Jr., the company's chairman, are the fourth and fifth generation of the family to head the paper.
Nicknamed "The Gray Lady", the "Times" has long been regarded within the industry as a national "newspaper of record". The paper's motto, "All the News That's Fit to Print", appears in the upper left-hand corner
The New York Times
The New York Times (sometimes abbreviated as the "NYT and NYTimes") is an American newspaper based in New York City with worldwide influence and readership. Founded in 1851, the paper has won 127 Pulitzer Prizes, more than any other newspaper. The "Times" is ranked 18th in the world by circulation and 3rd in the U.S..
The paper is owned by The New York Times Company, which is publicly traded and is controlled by the Sulzberger family through a dual-class share