| 1850年 |
Founded in 1851 as the New-York Daily Times, the paper aimed to distinguish itself from the sensationalist press of the era through deep, serious-minded reporting. |
| 1851-09-17 |
The first issue of The New-York Daily Times is published on Sept. 18. Founding editor Henry Jarvis Raymond aligns the paper with the anti-slavery Republican Party, which he also helped to found. Although its commitment to independence would come later, The Times separates itself from the more sensational newspapers of the day through its serious reporting on important issues. |
| 1861-04-11 |
The Times’s Civil War coverage is so fast, accurate and comprehensive that it regularly scoops even the reports of Union generals to Washington. At one point, Lincoln’s war secretary complains to his military commanders that he can get reliable information on the war from the The Times days sooner than he gets it from them. |
| 1871-08-18 |
In an influential early example of investigative reporting, a Times series brings down the corrupt Tweed Ring and ends its domination of City Hall. “Boss” William M. Tweed is convicted of stealing millions of dollars from New York City. The newspaper’s publisher refuses a $5 million bribe to halt the exposés. |
| 1896年 |
The newspaper’s reputation for quality was still strong when the paper changed hands in 1896. The new owner, Adolph Ochs, made his famous pledge of The Times independence, promising to “give the news impartially, without fear or favor, regardless of party, sect, or interests involved.” |
| 1896-01-01 |
Nameplates, Jan. 1, 1896. |
| 1896-04-20 |
Advertising poster, Easter 1896. |
| 1896-08-13 |
Telegram from Effie Ochs to Adolph Ochs, Aug. 13, 1896. |
| 1896-09-06 |
In an effort to provide more value for readers, Ochs adds the Sunday Magazine and Books Review to the newspaper. |
| 1896-10-25 |
“All The News That’s Fit to Print,” a slogan coined by Ochs himself, appears in the paper for the first time. It is added to the front page the following year, where it remains to this day. |
| 1896-10-25 |
Adolph S. Ochs, a self made newspaperman from Tennessee, receives a telegram informing him that The New-York Times is up for sale. He acquires a controlling stake on Aug 18, 1896 and publishes his first edition the next day. |
| 1897-02-10 |
Nameplates, Feb. 10, 1897. |
| 1904-04-08 |
In honor of the new midtown headquarters of The New York Times, the city renames Longacre Square as Times Square. |
| 1904-11-08 |
Article, Nov. 8, 1904. |
| 1910-05-28 |
The first photo appears on the front page, documenting the historic flight by Glenn H. Curtiss from Albany to New York City. |
| 1912-01-01 |
The Times becomes a leader in using new technology innovations to gather and publish the news. It uses radio systems to transmit the news from Europe to New York, and later to receive the first radio-transmitted photograph. A couple years later it becomes the first American newspaper to publish high-quality photographs. |
| 1912-06-23 |
The Hundred Neediest Cases, now known as The New York Times Communities Fund, makes its first appeal. It has since raised hundreds of millions of dollars in direct aid to people in need in New York and around the world. |
| 1914-12-28 |
The Mid-Week Pictorial, Dec. 31, 1914. |
| 1917年 |
Pulitzer Gold Medal, 1917. |
| 1918-06-23 |
The Times wins its first Pulitzer Prize, for its reporting on World War I. Today it has 149, nearly twice as many as any other news organization. |
| 1926-11-06 |
The Times receives the first photograph transmitted by commercial radio technology. |
| 1928-11-06 |
The newspaper installs the “zipper” — an enormous news ticker wrapped around one of the paper’s buildings in Times Square. Its first headline is the result of the presidential election: Republican Herbert Hoover’s crushing victory over his Democratic rival. |
| 1929-11-28 |
The Times sponsors polar explorers on both sides of the globe as well as aviation pioneers, running the exclusive first-person accounts of Charles Lindbergh, Amelia Earhart, Richard Byrd and Roald Amundsen. |
| 1930-09-06 |
The Times revolutionizes foreign coverage when it reports on a military coup in Argentina by wireless telephone — a technology so new the plotters had failed to censor it. The Times uses the technology to secure an exclusive interview with the newly installed dictator. |
| 1940-06-11 |
Wartime ushers in years of government newsprint rations. As in World War I, The Times decides to reduce the number of advertisements it runs — even at the cost of important revenue — in order to ensure sufficient space for important war news. |
| 1942-02-15 |
The Sunday Crossword and Best-Seller list appear for the first time in the newspaper. They are designed to give readers a break from the bleak news of World War II. |
| 1945-07-16 |
A Times science reporter becomes the sole journalist to embed with the Manhattan Project to chronicle the development and deployment of the atomic bomb. This follows The Times breaking news of secret plans for what would become the United Nations and the Marshall Plan. |
| 1951年 |
“Get All the News and Get It Right.” George Krikorian, 1951. |
| 1958年 |
Eagle logo, 1958. |
| 1963-03-12 |
After Times Cold War scoops repeatedly rile the John F. Kennedy administration, the White House orders the F.B.I. to wiretap The Times’s chief military correspondent and its Washington Bureau. The full scope of the illegal operation was not revealed until 2007. |
| 1964-03-09 |
Following years of lawsuits from southern segregationists aimed at stopping the paper’s coverage of the Civil Rights Movement, The Times wins the landmark Times v. Sullivan case in the Supreme Court, widely viewed as establishing one of the most critical protections for the free press. |
| 1968-04-04 |
A Times journalist is the lone reporter on the scene when an assassin’s bullet kills the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on the balcony of a motel in Memphis, Tenn. |
| 1969-07-21 |
“Men Walk on Moon” in 96-point type becomes the largest headline in Times history and still is its most famous. A copy of the paper later is sent into orbit by NASA. |
| 1970-09-21 |
The Times establishes the first Op. Ed. page so readers can hear directly from the world’s most notable politicians and civic leaders, reaffirming The Times commitment to a diversity of opinions and creating a model for the rest of the newspaper industry. |
| 1971年 |
“Piano keys” logo, 1971. |
| 1971-06-13 |
The Times publishes the Pentagon Papers, a series of stories that show how four presidential administrations misled the American public about Vietnam. The Times stands up to White House pressure to halt the series. In another landmark case, the Supreme Court sides with The Times. |
| 1976-01-01 |
In financial straits, The Times introduces a suite of new sections focused on subjects like sports, science, culture, and home life. The sections attract new readers and drive the newspaper back to economic health. |
| 1980年 |
The New York Times Company Annual Report, 1980. |
| 1984-11-02 |
The story of two Times reporters fleeing the Khmer Rouge is made into the Oscar-nominated film, “The Killing Fields”, the first of many movies based on Times reporting. |
| 1994年05月 |
@times home page on AOL, May 1994. |
| 1996-01-22 |
The Times launches nytimes.com. Originally called “The New York Times on the Web.” This marks the beginning of the transition from a once a day text based newspaper to an always publishing, multimedia website. As a result of this move Times coverage now reaches readers all over the world. |
| 1997-10-16 |
The Gray Lady begins wearing color: The Times publishes Page 1 in color for the first time, paving the way for the vibrant, visual news coverage that now populates the report in print and online. |
| 2001-09-12 |
Readers line up at truck bays to buy the paper after the Sept. 11 attacks. “A Nation Challenged” and “Portraits of Grief” chronicle 9/11 and its aftermath. The Times wins seven Pulitzer Prizes that year, which remains a record. |
| 2005-12-15 |
The Times discloses the Bush administration’s warrantless wiretapping program over the White House’s vehement objection, prompting a national debate about the balance between privacy and national security. The article is initially published online to preempt an injunction. |
| 2007-06-11 |
The new Times building opens at 620 Eighth Avenue. It is the first Times headquarters since 1851 without printing presses. Local copies of the paper have been printed since 1997 at a sprawling plant in College Point, Queens. |
| 2009-04-01 |
In the wake of the 2008 global financial crisis, The Times begins selling off all its other assets in order to maintain its investment in its newsroom. This strategy adheres to the century-old belief that the best path through adversity is more and better journalism. |
| 2014-09-17 |
The Times expands its digital offerings with the launch of NYT Cooking, providing a one-stop shop for home chefs with tens of thousands of recipes; and NYT Games, eventually offering a suite of puzzles like the Crossword, Spelling Bee, Wordle and Connections. |
| 2015-03-18 |
“The Yield Curve,” March 18, 2015. |
| 2016年 |
Bill Cunningham Corner sign, 2016. |
| 2016-10-24 |
The Times acquires Wirecutter, adding the rigorous reviews website to its portfolio of service journalism offerings. |
| 2017年 |
“The Truth Is Hard” marketing campaign, 2017. |
| 2017-01-28 |
The Times debuts, “The Daily,” a first of its kind news show that revolutionizes audio journalism. The show, which has been downloaded more than 5 billion times, anchors a growing suite of podcasts such as “Hard Fork,” “Serial” and “The Interview.” |
| 2017-10-05 |
The Times’s groundbreaking coverage of the sexual harassment and misconduct by Harvey Weinstein and other prominent men sparks what becomes known as the #MeToo movement. |
| 2019-08-14 |
The New York Times Magazine marks the anniversary of the first ship carrying enslaved Africans into the United States with the 1619 project. Its cultural influence spans from books to documentaries to television series. |
| 2020-03-02 |
The Times launched a continuously updated live briefing to guide readers through the firehose of daily updates on the coronavirus pandemic. More than 1,000 journalists contribute to the coverage, which is made free to all readers. It leads to The Times’s seventh Pulitzer Gold Medal for meritorious public service, the most of any news organization. |
| 2020-05-03 |
The Times relaunches “The Morning,” which has more than 16 million subscribers, the most of any newsletter. |
| 2020-06-24 |
“How the Virus Won,” June 24, 2020. |
| 2022-01-06 |
The Times acquires The Athletic, a sports journalism website with the largest staff of sports reporters in the world. It adds another pillar to The Times’s group of standalone lifestyle products — Games, Cooking and Wirecutter, a product recommendation site — that are available bundled with The Times core news report. |
| 2023-12-28 |
The newsroom crosses 2,000 journalists, the largest in Times history. With three headquarters — New York, London and Seoul — the newsroom operates as a global, 24/7 operation that reports from more than 150 countries every year. |
| 2026-05-06 |
The Times crosses 13 million subscribers, the largest paid subscriber base of any news organization in the world. |
