Times Newspaper

Today, print media has a lot of competition, from dozens of news channels and the web. A new blog appears every day and it seems everyone wants to be a citizen journalist. It's good to know then, that a newspaper steeped in tradition is still thriving and that is true of the NY Times newspaper. The daily broadsheet, including a Sunday edition, has been giving New Yorkers the news since 1851, ten years before the start of the Civil War. It's circulated throughout the world and is the biggest metropolitan newspaper in America.

The Gothic lettering in the title proclaims a certain gravitas and in fact, the paper does have a reputation for being earnest. The NY Times newspaper is sometimes referred to by its nickname of the Gray Lady. It implies a criticism but its supporters would argue that it has won ninety-four Pulitzer Prizes, the highest award for journalism in the US. This is greater than any other newspaper and the Times has always maintained a high standard. The first Pulitzer was awarded for its reports on World War I. The paper coined the slogan, all the news that's fit to print.

Times Square takes its name from the paper after it moved its base there in 1904. The annual ritual of lowering a ball, lit up with electric lights, on New Year's Eve began here in 1907. The paper moved again in 1913 to its present headquarters on West 43rd Street.

It may be accused of being a stick in the mud sometimes, but the Times has led the way on many occasions. The first delivery by air of the paper began in 1910 when it was delivered to Philadelphia. It was slow in printing color photographs however and didn't use one on the front page until 1997, when most other newspapers had taken up the practice already.

The usual subjects that one would expect to find are in the paper. It also has respected sections on technology, science and education. The arts are well covered with playwrights quaking until they see the reviews for first nights. NY Times newspaper critics are so influential that is has been known for a production to shut down after a bad review. Restaurant owners feel much the same way when their establishments are to be reviewed.

The paper is holding its own in a tough, competitive world. The NY Times newspaper web site went live in 1996 and has proved very popular. Along with twenty-six foreign news bureaus across the world, its international reputation is being maintained.