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A 2013 internal review at The New York Times concluded that the organization was systematically suppressing its most innovative digital ideas and thinkers.
By 2013, digital-native competitors like BuzzFeed, Vox, and Vice had overtaken The New York Times in digital audience size.
In the decade leading up to 2013, The New York Times' workforce was reduced from 12,000 to 3,500 employees.
Within two years of building its new headquarters, The New York Times was forced to sell the building and lease back the space.
Around 2014, The New York Times' print business still accounted for approximately 80% of its revenue and was losing significant amounts of money.
During the Trump administration, The New York Times increased its investment in investigative reporting by a factor of five.
The New York Times increased its spending on journalist safety, security, and press freedom initiatives by a factor of ten in response to a more hostile environment.
A.G. Sulzberger asserts that the Trump administration studied and implemented an anti-press playbook used by eroding democracies such as Hungary, India, and Turkey.
Donald Trump is the first sitting U.S. president to sue a news organization, having sued The New York Times on three separate occasions.
The New York Times is suing OpenAI and Perplexity for copyright infringement, arguing the companies used its journalism to train their AI models without permission or compensation.
A.G. Sulzberger believes that if AI companies are not required to pay for copyrighted training data, creative industries such as journalism, film, music, and book publishing will collapse.
President Joe Biden became the first U.S. president in a century to not grant a single interview to The New York Times, reportedly due to his displeasure with its coverage of his age and fitness.