Businessweek

The New York Times Company operates as a multimedia news and information company. The company’s activities include newspapers, digital businesses, investments in paper mills, and other investments. Divisions The company has two divisions: The New York Times Media Group, which includes The New York Times (The Times), the International Herald Tribune (the IHT), NYTimes.com and related businesses; and the New England Media Group, which includes The Boston Globe (the Globe), BostonGlobe.com, Boston.com, the Worcester Telegram & Gazette (the T&G), Telegram.com and related businesses. The New York Times Media Group The New York Times Media Group comprises The Times, the IHT, NYTimes.com and related businesses. The Times is a daily (Monday to Saturday) and Sunday newspaper. The IHT is a daily newspaper. The IHT offers digital subscription packages for full access to its news applications on the iPhone and iPad and on NYTimes.com. These digital packages are free to IHT home-delivery subscribers who subscribe for a minimum of five days per week. The Times and the IHT reach a broad audience in print, online at NYTimes.com and global.nytimes.com and on other digital platforms. The Times and the IHT have also expanded their reach and deepened engagement with readers and users by delivering content online and across other digital platforms, including mobile and e-reader applications and social networking sites. As of December 30, 2012, The Times’s average circulation, which includes paid and verified circulation of the newspaper in print, online and on other digital platforms, was 1,670,500 for weekdays and 2,138,500 for Sunday. The IHT’s average circulation, which includes paid circulation of the newspaper in print and electronic replica editions, for the year ended December 30, 2012, was 224,771. In 2012, NYTimes.com had a monthly average of approximately 29 million unique visitors in the United States and approximately 43 million unique visitors worldwide. Paid subscribers to digital subscription packages, e-readers and replica editions of The Times and the IHT totaled approximately 640,000, as of December 30, 2012. The IHT is printed under contract at 38 sites throughout the world and is sold in approximately 135 countries and territories. Other Businesses The New York Times Media Group’s other businesses primarily include the New York Times Index, which produces and licenses The New York Times Index, a print publication; Digital Archive Distribution, which licenses electronic archive databases to resellers of that information in the business, professional and library markets; and the New York Times News Services Division, which is made up of Syndication Sales and Business Development. Syndication Sales transmits articles, graphics and photographs from The Times, the Globe and other publications to approximately 1,300 newspapers, magazines and Web sites in approximately 100 countries and territories worldwide. Business Development principally comprises photo archives, The New York Times store, book development and rights and permissions. New England Media Group The New England Media Group comprises the Globe, BostonGlobe.com, Boston.com, the T&G, Telegram.com and related businesses. The Globe is a daily and Sunday newspaper. The T&G is a daily and Sunday newspaper. In 2011, the Globe launched BostonGlobe.com, a paid subscription Website with access to the range of The Globe’s content. All print home-delivery subscribers to the Globe receive free digital access to BostonGlobe.com. Boston.com, a free Web site developed by the Globe, serves as a community portal for the greater Boston area and offers general community-focused information to consumers. The Globe reaches an audience in print, online and other digital platforms. The Globe is distributed in print throughout New England, although its circulation is concentrated in the Boston metropolitan area. As of December 30, 2012, the Globe’s average circulation, which includes paid and verified circulation of the newspaper in print, online and other digital platforms, was 233,000 for weekday and 373,000 for Sunday. Boston.com, a regional n