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List of assets owned by the New York Times Company

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This is a list of assets owned by the New York Times Company.

Business units

{{anchor|The New York Times News Service & Syndicate}}Media properties

  • Times Books
  • T Brand Studio

Other assets

  • The Athletic
  • Wirecutter
  • Wordle

Joint ventures

  • The New York Times Building (58%) with Brookfield Asset Management

Investments

  • Scroll (web service)

Investment portfolio

  • Atlas Obscura
  • Automattic
  • Betaworks
  • Blendle
  • Federated Media Publishing (FMP)
  • theSkimm

Former assets

Regional Media Group

Thirteen dailies and one weekly newspaper primarily in the Southern United States, including titles in Alabama, California, Florida, Louisiana, North Carolina and South Carolina.

  • The Gadsden Times of Gadsden, Alabama
  • The Tuscaloosa News of Tuscaloosa, Alabama
  • The Press Democrat of Santa Rosa, California
  • The Ledger of Lakeland, Florida
  • Sarasota Herald-Tribune of Sarasota, Florida
  • Star-Banner of Ocala, Florida
  • The Courier of Houma, Louisiana
  • The Daily Comet of Thibodaux, Louisiana
  • The Dispatch of Lexington, North Carolina
  • Times-News of Hendersonville, North Carolina
  • The Star-News of Wilmington, North Carolina
  • Spartanburg Herald-Journal of Spartanburg, South Carolina

Broadcast Media Group

Radio stations

AM StationFM Station
City of license/MarketStation/
FrequencyYears ownedCurrent ownershipWQXR/WQEW 1560WQXR-FM 96.3
New York City1944–2007WFME, owned by Family Radio
1944–2009Owned by New York Public Radio

Television stations

City of license / MarketStationChannel
TV (RF)Years ownedCurrent ownership status
Huntsville, AlabamaWHNT-TV19 (19)1980–2007CBS affiliate owned by Nexstar Media Group
Fort Smith - Fayetteville, ArkansasKFSM-TV5 (18)1979–2007CBS affiliate owned by Tegna Inc.
Moline, Illinois - Davenport, IowaWQAD-TV8 (38)1985–2007ABC affiliate owned by Tegna Inc.
Des Moines, IowaWHO-TV13 (13)1996–2007NBC affiliate owned by Nexstar Media Group
Oklahoma CityKFOR-TV4 (27)1996–2007NBC affiliate owned by Nexstar Media Group
KAUT-TV43 (19)2005–2007The CW owned-and-operated (O&O)
Scranton - Wilkes-Barre, PennsylvaniaWNEP-TV16 (50)1985–2007ABC affiliate owned by Tegna Inc.
Memphis, TennesseeWREC/WREG-TV3 (28)1971–2007CBS affiliate owned by Nexstar Media Group
Norfolk, VirginiaWTKR3 (40)1995–2007CBS affiliate owned by the E. W. Scripps Company

New England Media Group

This comprised two of the three largest-circulation newspapers in Massachusetts, purchased in 1993 (Boston) and 1999 (Worcester). This group also included boston.com.

  • The Boston Globe of Boston, Massachusetts
    • Boston.com
  • Telegram & Gazette of Worcester, Massachusetts
  • Metro Boston LLC (49%) The Globe and the other New England assets were sold to John Henry in August 2013, with the sale taking effect at the end of October. In 2014, Henry sold the Telegram & Gazette to another media group.

Other

  • Fenway Sports Group (17.75%, sold in 2012)
    • Boston Red Sox
    • Fenway Park
    • Liverpool Football Club
    • Fenway Sports Management
    • New England Sports Network (NESN) (80%)
    • Discovery Times (50%)
    • Roush Fenway Racing (50%)
  • About.com (sold in 2012)
  • Baseline StudioSystems (sold in 2011)
  • HelloSociety
  • Investigation Discovery (sold stake to Discovery Communications in 2006, when the channel was known as Discovery Times)

References

References

  1. "The New York Times Company: Company: Business Units". The New York Times Company.
  2. (January 6, 2022). "New York Times to buy The Athletic for $550 million".
  3. Kafka, Peter. (2016-10-24). "The New York Times is buying The Wirecutter for more than $30 million".
  4. Tracy, Marc. (2022-01-31). "The New York Times Buys Wordle". The New York Times.
  5. Snider, Mike. "Gannett joins ad-free media platform Scroll as partner".
  6. "Early Stage Investments".
  7. Haughney, Christine. (2012-09-24). "Times Company Completes Sale of About.com".
  8. (2011-10-08). "NY Times Sells TV/Movie Database Baseline". Deadline.
  9. (24 September 2019). "The New York Times Shuts Down Its Stand-Alone Influencer Agency". Adweek.
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