On October 29, 2009, The New York Times Company announced the retirement of P. Steven Ainsley, the publisher of The Boston Globe and a named executive officer of the Company, at the end of the year.

SunGard Higher Education, The New York Times Company and Epsilen, LLC announced a partnership to help provide more flexible e-learning options to enrich the learning experience. As part of the project, SunGard Higher Education will integrate Epsilen's e-learning environment with its solutions to help institutions offer their constituents Web 2.0 standards-based personal e-learning solutions. The New York Times Company and SunGard Higher Education will offer Epsilen to SunGard Higher Education customers. Epsilen can be implemented as a standalone solution or to augment the functionality of other campus and learning solutions. It is delivered on a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) basis which provides remote hosting and management. Through its relationship with The New York Times, Epsilen allows teachers and learners to access Times content back to 1851, creating a rich database of articles and information that can be of help for researching and teaching many subjects.

The New York Times Company reported consolidated earnings results for the third quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2009. For the quarter, the company reported revenues of $570,621,000 against $687,042,000 a year ago. Operating loss was $25,438,000 against $150,444,000 a year ago. Loss from continuing operations before income taxes was $38,968,000 against $155,210,000 a year ago. Loss from continuing operations was $35,735,000 against $114,850,000 a year ago. Net loss attributable to company common stockholders was $35,624,000 or $0.25 diluted loss per share against $106,293,000 or $0.74 diluted loss per share a year ago. Loss from continuing operations attributable to company common stockholders was $35,624,000 or $0.25 diluted loss per share against $114,904,000 or $0.80 diluted loss per share a year ago. In the third quarter, total capital expenditures were approximately $3 million. For the nine months, the company reported revenues of $1,764,128,000 against $2,176,802,000 a year ago. Operating loss was $63,741,000 against $103,974,000 a year ago. Loss from continuing operations before income taxes was $113,486,000 against $124,217,000 a year ago. Loss from continuing operations was $70,840,000 against $93,416,000 a year ago. Net loss attributable to company common stockholders was $71,028,000 or $0.49 diluted loss per share against $85,487,000 or $0.59 diluted loss per share a year ago. Loss from continuing operations attributable to company common stockholders was $71,028,000 or $0.49 diluted loss per share against $93,787,000 or $0.65 diluted loss per share a year ago. Year-to-date capital expenditures totaled approximately $38 million. The company expects capital expenditure to be $60 million for the year 2009.