New York Times Co 10-Q for FY2026 Q3
New York Times Co (NYT)
10-Q
2026-11-04
For: 2026-09-30
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November 04, 2026
About this 10-Q
New York Times Co filed this 10-Q on November 4, 2026, covering the quarter ended September 30, 2026 (FY2026 Q3).
Headline figures
Quarter ended September 30, 2026, as reported in this filing, compared with the same period a year earlier where the filing states it.
- Revenue
- $768.54M
- up 9.7% from $700.82M a year earlier
- Net income
- $97.36M
- up 19.2% from net income of $81.65M a year earlier
- Diluted EPS
- $0.60
- up 20.0% from $0.50 a year earlier
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-Q
For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2026
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For the transition period from ___ to ___
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Registrant’s telephone number, including area code 212 -556-1234
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
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Number of shares of each class of the registrant’s common stock outstanding as of October 30, 2026 (exclusive of treasury shares):
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THE NEW YORK TIMES COMPANY
INDEX
| PART I | Financial Information | |||||||||||||||||||
| Item | 1 | Financial Statements | ||||||||||||||||||
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of September 30, 2026 (unaudited) and December 31, 2025 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations (unaudited) for the quarters and nine months ended September 30, 2026 and September 30, 2025 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (unaudited) for the quarters and nine months ended September 30, 2026 and September 30, 2025 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity (unaudited) for the quarters and nine months ended September 30, 2026 and September 30, 2025 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (unaudited) for the nine months ended September 30, 2026 and September 30, 2025 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Item | 2 | Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations | ||||||||||||||||||
| Item | 3 | Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk | ||||||||||||||||||
| Item | 4 | Controls and Procedures | ||||||||||||||||||
| PART II | Other Information | |||||||||||||||||||
| Item | 1 | Legal Proceedings | ||||||||||||||||||
| Item | 1A | Risk Factors | ||||||||||||||||||
| Item | 2 | Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds | ||||||||||||||||||
| Item | 5 | Other Information | ||||||||||||||||||
| Item | 6 | Exhibits | ||||||||||||||||||
PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1. Financial Statements
THE NEW YORK TIMES COMPANY
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(In thousands, except share and per share data)
| September 30, 2026 | December 31, 2025 | |||||||||||||
| (Unaudited) | ||||||||||||||
| Assets | ||||||||||||||
| Current assets | ||||||||||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents | $ | $ | ||||||||||||
| Short-term marketable securities | ||||||||||||||
Accounts receivable (net of allowances of $ | ||||||||||||||
| Prepaid expenses | ||||||||||||||
| Other current assets | ||||||||||||||
| Total current assets | ||||||||||||||
| Other assets | ||||||||||||||
| Long-term marketable securities | ||||||||||||||
Property, plant and equipment (less accumulated depreciation and amortization of $ | ||||||||||||||
| Goodwill | ||||||||||||||
| Intangible assets, net | ||||||||||||||
| Deferred income taxes | ||||||||||||||
| Miscellaneous assets | ||||||||||||||
| Total assets | $ | $ | ||||||||||||
See Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.
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THE NEW YORK TIMES COMPANY
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS-(Continued)
(In thousands, except share and per share data)
| September 30, 2026 | December 31, 2025 | |||||||||||||
| (Unaudited) | ||||||||||||||
| Liabilities and stockholders’ equity | ||||||||||||||
| Current liabilities | ||||||||||||||
| Accounts payable | $ | $ | ||||||||||||
| Accrued payroll and other related liabilities | ||||||||||||||
| Unexpired subscriptions revenue | ||||||||||||||
Accrued expenses and other | ||||||||||||||
| Total current liabilities | ||||||||||||||
| Other liabilities | ||||||||||||||
| Pension and postretirement benefits obligation | ||||||||||||||
Other | ||||||||||||||
| Total other liabilities | ||||||||||||||
| Stockholders’ equity | ||||||||||||||
Common stock of $ | ||||||||||||||
Class A – authorized: | ||||||||||||||
Class B – convertible – authorized and issued shares: as of September 30, 2026 – | ||||||||||||||
Additional paid-in capital | ||||||||||||||
Retained earnings | ||||||||||||||
Common stock held in treasury, at cost | ( | ( | ||||||||||||
Accumulated other comprehensive loss, net of income taxes: | ||||||||||||||
| Foreign currency translation adjustments | ( | ( | ||||||||||||
| Funded status of benefit plans | ( | ( | ||||||||||||
| Net unrealized (loss)/gain on available-for-sale securities | ( | |||||||||||||
| Total accumulated other comprehensive loss, net of income taxes | ( | ( | ||||||||||||
| Total stockholders’ equity | ||||||||||||||
| Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity | $ | $ | ||||||||||||
See Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.
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THE NEW YORK TIMES COMPANY
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(Unaudited)
(In thousands, except per share data)
| For the Quarters Ended | For the Nine Months Ended | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| September 30, 2026 | September 30, 2025 | September 30, 2026 | September 30, 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Revenues | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Subscription | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Advertising | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Affiliate, licensing and other | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total revenues | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operating costs | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cost of revenue (excluding depreciation and amortization) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sales and marketing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Product development | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| General and administrative | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depreciation and amortization | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Generative AI Litigation Costs | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Multiemployer pension plan liability adjustments | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total operating costs | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operating profit | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other components of net periodic benefit costs | ( | ( | ( | ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Interest income and other, net | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Income before income taxes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Income tax expense | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Net income | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Average number of common shares outstanding: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Basic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diluted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Basic earnings per share attributable to common stockholders | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diluted earnings per share attributable to common stockholders | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dividends declared per share | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||
See Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.
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THE NEW YORK TIMES COMPANY
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
(Unaudited)
(In thousands)
| For the Quarters Ended | For the Nine Months Ended | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| September 30, 2026 | September 30, 2025 | September 30, 2026 | September 30, 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Net income | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other comprehensive income, before tax: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gain/(loss) on foreign currency translation adjustments | ( | ( | ( | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pension and postretirement benefits obligation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Net unrealized (loss)/gain on available-for-sale securities | ( | ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other comprehensive (loss)/income, before tax | ( | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Income tax (benefit)/expense | ( | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other comprehensive (loss)/income, net of tax | ( | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Comprehensive income attributable to common stockholders | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||
See Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.
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THE NEW YORK TIMES COMPANY
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
For the Quarters Ended September 30, 2026 and September 30, 2025
(Unaudited)
(In thousands, except share data)
| Capital Stock – Class A and Class B Common | Additional Paid-in Capital | Retained Earnings | Common Stock Held in Treasury, at Cost | Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss, Net of Income Taxes | Total Stockholders’ Equity | |||||||||||||||
| Balance, June 30, 2025 | $ | $ | $ | $ | ( | $ | ( | $ | ||||||||||||
| Net income | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
| Dividends | — | — | ( | — | — | ( | ||||||||||||||
| Other comprehensive income | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
| Issuance of stock-based awards, net of withholding taxes: | ||||||||||||||||||||
Restricted stock units vested – | ( | — | — | — | ( | |||||||||||||||
Share repurchases – | — | — | — | ( | — | ( | ||||||||||||||
| Stock-based compensation | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
Balance, September 30, 2025 | $ | $ | $ | $ | ( | $ | ( | $ | ||||||||||||
| Balance, June 30, 2026 | $ | $ | $ | $ | ( | $ | ( | $ | ||||||||||||
| Net income | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
| Dividends | — | — | ( | — | — | ( | ||||||||||||||
| Other comprehensive loss | — | — | — | — | ( | ( | ||||||||||||||
| Issuance of stock-based awards, net of withholding taxes: | ||||||||||||||||||||
Restricted stock units vested – | ( | — | — | — | ( | |||||||||||||||
Share repurchases – | — | — | — | ( | — | ( | ||||||||||||||
| Stock-based compensation | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
Balance, September 30, 2026 | $ | $ | $ | $ | ( | $ | ( | $ | ||||||||||||
See Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.
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THE NEW YORK TIMES COMPANY
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2026 and September 30, 2025
(Unaudited)
(In thousands, except share data)
| Capital Stock – Class A and Class B Common | Additional Paid-in Capital | Retained Earnings | Common Stock Held in Treasury, at Cost | Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss, Net of Income Taxes | Total Stockholders’ Equity | |||||||||||||||
Balance, December 31, 2024 | $ | $ | $ | $ | ( | $ | ( | $ | ||||||||||||
| Net income | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
| Dividends | — | — | ( | — | — | ( | ||||||||||||||
| Other comprehensive income | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
| Issuance of stock-based awards, net of withholding taxes: | ||||||||||||||||||||
Restricted stock units vested – | ( | — | — | — | ( | |||||||||||||||
Performance-based awards – | ( | — | — | — | ( | |||||||||||||||
Employee stock purchase plan – | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||
Share repurchases – | — | — | — | ( | — | ( | ||||||||||||||
| Stock-based compensation | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
Balance, September 30, 2025 | $ | $ | $ | $ | ( | $ | ( | $ | ||||||||||||
Balance, December 31, 2025 | $ | $ | $ | $ | ( | $ | ( | $ | ||||||||||||
| Net income | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
| Dividends | — | — | ( | — | — | ( | ||||||||||||||
| Other comprehensive income | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
| Issuance of stock-based awards, net of withholding taxes: | ||||||||||||||||||||
Restricted stock units vested – | ( | — | — | — | ( | |||||||||||||||
Performance-based awards – | ( | — | — | — | ( | |||||||||||||||
Employee stock purchase plan – | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||
Share repurchases – | — | — | — | ( | — | ( | ||||||||||||||
| Stock-based compensation | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
Balance, September 30, 2026 | $ | $ | $ | $ | ( | $ | ( | $ | ||||||||||||
See Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.
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THE NEW YORK TIMES COMPANY
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(Unaudited)
(In thousands)
| For the Nine Months Ended | ||||||||||||||
| September 30, 2026 | September 30, 2025 | |||||||||||||
| Cash flows from operating activities | ||||||||||||||
| Net income | $ | $ | ||||||||||||
| Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities: | ||||||||||||||
| Depreciation and amortization | ||||||||||||||
| Amortization of right-of-use asset | ||||||||||||||
| Stock-based compensation expense | ||||||||||||||
| Multiemployer pension plan liability adjustments | ||||||||||||||
| Change in long-term retirement benefit obligations | ( | ( | ||||||||||||
| Other – net | ||||||||||||||
| Changes in operating assets and liabilities: | ||||||||||||||
| Accounts receivable – net | ||||||||||||||
| Other assets | ||||||||||||||
| Accounts payable, accrued payroll and other liabilities | ( | ( | ||||||||||||
| Unexpired subscriptions | ||||||||||||||
| Other noncurrent assets and liabilities | ||||||||||||||
| Net cash provided by operating activities | ||||||||||||||
| Cash flows from investing activities | ||||||||||||||
| Purchases of marketable securities | ( | ( | ||||||||||||
| Maturities of marketable securities | ||||||||||||||
| Capital expenditures | ( | ( | ||||||||||||
| Other – net | ||||||||||||||
| Net cash used in investing activities | ( | ( | ||||||||||||
| Cash flows from financing activities | ||||||||||||||
| Dividends paid | ( | ( | ||||||||||||
| Payment of contingent consideration | ( | |||||||||||||
| Capital shares: | ||||||||||||||
| Repurchases | ( | ( | ||||||||||||
| Share-based compensation tax withholding | ( | ( | ||||||||||||
| Net cash used in financing activities | ( | ( | ||||||||||||
| Net (decrease)/increase in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash | ( | |||||||||||||
| Effect of exchange rate changes on cash | ( | ( | ||||||||||||
| Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at the beginning of the period | ||||||||||||||
| Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at the end of the period | $ | $ | ||||||||||||
See Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.
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THE NEW YORK TIMES COMPANY
NOTES TO THE CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)
NOTE 1. BASIS OF PRESENTATION
In the opinion of management of The New York Times Company (the “Company”), the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements present fairly the financial position of the Company as of September 30, 2026, and December 31, 2025, and the results of operations, changes in stockholders’ equity and cash flows of the Company for the periods ended September 30, 2026, and September 30, 2025. The Company and its consolidated subsidiaries are referred to collectively as “we,” “us” or “our.” All adjustments necessary for a fair presentation have been included and are of a normal and recurring nature. All significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. The financial statements were prepared in accordance with the requirements of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) for interim reporting. As permitted under those rules, certain notes or other financial information that are normally required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) have been condensed or omitted from these interim financial statements. These financial statements, therefore, should be read in conjunction with the Consolidated Financial Statements and related Notes included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025. Due to the seasonal nature of our business, operating results for the interim periods are not necessarily indicative of a full year’s operations.
The Company has one reportable segment.
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements. Actual results could differ from these estimates.
NOTE 2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
As of September 30, 2026, our significant accounting policies, which are detailed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025, have not changed.
Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements
| Accounting Standard Updates | Topic | Effective Period | Summary | ||||||||
| 2024-03 2025-01 | Income Statement - Reporting Comprehensive Income-Expense Disaggregation Disclosures: Disaggregation of Income Statement Expenses | Fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2026, and for interim periods beginning after December 15, 2027. Early adoption is permitted. | Requires entities to disclose additional information about specific expense categories in the notes to the financial statements on an interim and annual basis. We are currently in the process of evaluating the impact of this guidance on the Company’s disclosures. | ||||||||
| 2025-06 | Intangibles - Goodwill and Other - Internal-Use Software (Subtopic 350-40): Improvements to the Accounting for and Disclosure of Internal-Use Software | Fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2027, and for interim periods within those fiscal years. Early adoption is permitted at the beginning of an annual period. | Removes all references to software development project stages. Under the new guidance, entities are required to capitalize software costs when management has authorized and committed to funding the software project and it is probable that the project will be completed and the software will be used as intended. We are currently in the process of evaluating the impact of this guidance on the Company’s consolidated financial statements and related disclosures. | ||||||||
NOTE 3. REVENUE
We generate revenues principally from subscriptions and advertising.
Subscription revenues consist of revenues from subscriptions to our digital and print products (which include our news product, as well as The Athletic and our Audio, Cooking, Games and Wirecutter products), and single-copy and bulk sales of our print products. Subscription revenues are based on both the number of digital-only subscriptions and copies of the printed newspaper sold, and the rates charged to the respective customers.
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THE NEW YORK TIMES COMPANY
NOTES TO THE CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)
Advertising revenue is primarily derived from advertisers (such as luxury goods, technology and financial companies) promoting products, services or brands on digital platforms in the form of display, audio, email and video ads; in print in the form of column-inch ads; and at live events. Advertising revenue is primarily determined by the volume (e.g., impressions or column inches), rate and mix of advertisements. Digital advertising includes (i) display revenue (which includes website and mobile applications); and (ii) non-display revenues generated from advertisements placed in audio, email, and video, as well as revenues generated by creative services fees. Advertisements are sold either directly to marketers by our advertising sales teams or, for a smaller proportion of advertising revenue, through programmatic auctions run by third-party ad exchanges. Print advertising includes revenue from column-inch ads and classified advertising, as well as preprinted advertising, also known as freestanding inserts.
Affiliate, licensing and other revenues primarily consist of revenues from licensing, Wirecutter affiliate referrals, commercial printing, the leasing of floors in our New York headquarters building located at 620 Eighth Avenue, New York, New York (the “Company Headquarters”), our live events business and retail commerce.
Subscription; advertising; and affiliate, licensing and other revenues were as follows:
| For the Quarters Ended | For the Nine Months Ended | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (In thousands) | September 30, 2026 | As % of total | September 30, 2025 | As % of total | September 30, 2026 | As % of total | September 30, 2025 | As % of total | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Subscription | $ | % | $ | % | $ | % | $ | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Advertising | % | % | % | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Affiliate, licensing and other(1) | % | % | % | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total revenues | $ | % | $ | % | $ | % | $ | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(1)Affiliate, licensing and other revenues include building rental revenue, which is not under the scope of Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606). Building rental revenue was $6.7 20.2 million and $20.1 million for the first nine months of 2026 and 2025, respectively.
The following table summarizes digital-only and print subscription revenues, which are components of subscription revenues above, for the third quarters and first nine months ended September 30, 2026, and September 30, 2025:
| For the Quarters Ended | For the Nine Months Ended | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (In thousands) | September 30, 2026 | As % of total | September 30, 2025 | As % of total | September 30, 2026 | As % of total | September 30, 2025 | As % of total | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Digital-only subscription revenues(1) | $ | % | $ | % | $ | % | $ | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Print subscription revenues(2) | % | % | % | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total subscription revenues | $ | % | $ | % | $ | % | $ | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(1)Includes bundled and standalone subscriptions to our news product, as well as to The Athletic and our Audio, Cooking, Games and Wirecutter products.
(2)Includes domestic home-delivery subscriptions, which include access to our digital products. Also includes single-copy, NYT International and other subscriptions.
The following table summarizes digital and print advertising revenues, which are components of advertising revenues above, for the third quarters and first nine months ended September 30, 2026, and September 30, 2025:
| For the Quarters Ended | For the Nine Months Ended | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (In thousands) | September 30, 2026 | As % of total | September 30, 2025 | As % of total | September 30, 2026 | As % of total | September 30, 2025 | As % of total | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Digital advertising revenues | $ | % | $ | % | $ | % | $ | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Print advertising revenues | % | % | % | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total advertising revenues | $ | % | $ | % | $ | % | $ | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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THE NEW YORK TIMES COMPANY
NOTES TO THE CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)
Performance Obligations
We have remaining performance obligations related to digital archive and other licensing and certain advertising contracts. As of September 30, 2026, the aggregate amount of the transaction price allocated to the remaining performance obligations for contracts with a duration greater than one year was approximately $144 million. The Company will recognize this revenue as performance obligations are satisfied. We expect that approximately $26 million, $63 million and $55 million will be recognized in the remainder of 2026, 2027 and thereafter through 2031, respectively.
Unexpired Subscriptions
Payments for subscriptions are typically due upfront, and the revenue is recognized ratably over the subscription period. The proceeds are recorded within Unexpired subscriptions revenue in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. Total unexpired subscriptions as of December 31, 2025, were $207.6 million, of which approximately $193.8 million was recognized as revenues during the nine months ended September 30, 2026.
NOTE 4. MARKETABLE SECURITIES
The Company accounts for its marketable securities as available for sale (“AFS”). The Company recorded $8.1 million of pre-tax net unrealized losses and $3.2 million of pre-tax net unrealized gains in Accumulated other comprehensive income (“AOCI”) as of September 30, 2026, and December 31, 2025, respectively.
The following tables present the amortized cost, gross unrealized gains and losses, and fair market value of our AFS securities as of September 30, 2026, and December 31, 2025:
| September 30, 2026 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (In thousands) | Amortized Cost | Gross Unrealized Gains | Gross Unrealized Losses | Fair Value | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Short-term AFS securities | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| U.S. Treasury securities | $ | $ | $ | ( | $ | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Corporate debt securities | ( | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| U.S. governmental agency securities | ( | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total short-term AFS securities | $ | $ | $ | ( | $ | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Long-term AFS securities | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Corporate debt securities | $ | $ | $ | ( | $ | |||||||||||||||||||||
| U.S. Treasury securities | ( | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| U.S. governmental agency securities | ( | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total long-term AFS securities | $ | $ | $ | ( | $ | |||||||||||||||||||||
| December 31, 2025 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (In thousands) | Amortized Cost | Gross Unrealized Gains | Gross Unrealized Losses | Fair Value | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Short-term AFS securities | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| U.S. Treasury securities | $ | $ | $ | ( | $ | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Corporate debt securities | ( | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total short-term AFS securities | $ | $ | $ | ( | $ | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Long-term AFS securities | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Corporate debt securities | $ | $ | $ | ( | $ | |||||||||||||||||||||
| U.S. Treasury securities | ( | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| U.S. governmental agency securities | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total long-term AFS securities | $ | $ | $ | ( | $ | |||||||||||||||||||||
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NOTES TO THE CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)
The following tables represent the AFS securities as of September 30, 2026, and December 31, 2025, that were in an unrealized loss position for which an allowance for credit losses has not been recorded, aggregated by investment category and the length of time that individual securities have been in a continuous unrealized loss position:
| September 30, 2026 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Less than 12 Months | 12 Months or Greater | Total | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (In thousands) | Fair Value | Unrealized Losses | Fair Value | Unrealized Losses | Fair Value | Unrealized Losses | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Short-term AFS securities | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| U.S. Treasury securities | $ | $ | ( | $ | $ | $ | $ | ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Corporate debt securities | ( | ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| U.S. governmental agency securities | ( | ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total short-term AFS securities | $ | $ | ( | $ | $ | $ | $ | ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Long-term AFS securities | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Corporate debt securities | $ | $ | ( | $ | $ | $ | $ | ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| U.S. Treasury securities | ( | ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| U.S. governmental agency securities | ( | ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total long-term AFS securities | $ | $ | ( | $ | $ | $ | $ | ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| December 31, 2025 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Less than 12 Months | 12 Months or Greater | Total | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (In thousands) | Fair Value | Unrealized Losses | Fair Value | Unrealized Losses | Fair Value | Unrealized Losses | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Short-term AFS securities | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| U.S. Treasury securities | $ | $ | $ | $ | ( | $ | $ | ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Corporate debt securities | ( | ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total short-term AFS securities | $ | $ | ( | $ | $ | ( | $ | $ | ( | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Long-term AFS securities | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Corporate debt securities | $ | $ | ( | $ | $ | $ | $ | ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| U.S. Treasury securities | ( | ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total long-term AFS securities | $ | $ | ( | $ | $ | $ | $ | ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
We assess our AFS securities for impairment on a quarterly basis or more often if a potential loss-triggering event occurs.
As of both September 30, 2026, and December 31, 2025, we did not intend to sell, and it was not likely that we would be required to sell, these investments before recovery of their amortized cost basis, which may be at maturity. Unrealized losses related to these investments are primarily due to interest rate fluctuations as opposed to changes in credit quality. Therefore, as of both September 30, 2026, and December 31, 2025, we had recognized no
As of September 30, 2026, our short-term and long-term marketable securities had remaining maturities of less than one month to 12 months, and 13 months to 27 months, respectively. See Note 8 for additional information regarding the fair value of our marketable securities.
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NOTES TO THE CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)
NOTE 5. GOODWILL AND INTANGIBLES
The changes in the carrying amount of goodwill as of September 30, 2026, and since December 31, 2024, were as follows:
| (In thousands) | Total | |||||||
| Balance as of December 31, 2024 | $ | |||||||
Foreign currency translation(1) | ( | |||||||
| Balance as of December 31, 2025 | ||||||||
Foreign currency translation(1) | ( | |||||||
| Balance as of September 30, 2026 | $ | |||||||
(1)The foreign currency translation line item reflects changes in goodwill resulting from fluctuating exchange rates related to the consolidation of certain international subsidiaries.
The aggregate carrying amount of finite-lived intangible assets of $208.5 million is included in Intangible assets, net, in our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of September 30, 2026. As of September 30, 2026, and December 31, 2025, the gross book value and accumulated amortization of the finite-lived intangible assets were as follows:
| September 30, 2026 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (In thousands) | Gross Book Value | Accumulated Amortization | Net Book Value | Remaining Weighted-Average Useful Life (Years) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Trademark | $ | $ | ( | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Existing subscriber base | ( | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Developed technology | ( | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Content archive | ( | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total finite-lived intangibles | $ | $ | ( | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| December 31, 2025 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (In thousands) | Gross Book Value | Accumulated Amortization | Net Book Value | Remaining Weighted-Average Useful Life (Years) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Trademark | $ | $ | ( | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Existing subscriber base | ( | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Developed technology | ( | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Content archive | ( | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total finite-lived intangibles | $ | $ | ( | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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NOTES TO THE CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)
Amortization expense for finite-lived intangible assets included in Depreciation and amortization in our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations was $6.9 million and $7.0 million for the third quarters of 2026 and 2025, respectively, and $20.8 million and $20.6 million for the first nine months of 2026 and 2025, respectively. The estimated aggregate amortization expense for the remainder of 2026, and each of the following fiscal years ending December 31, is presented below:
| (In thousands) | ||||||||
| Remainder of 2026 | $ | |||||||
| 2027 | ||||||||
| 2028 | ||||||||
| 2029 | ||||||||
| 2030 | ||||||||
| Thereafter | ||||||||
| Total amortization expense | $ | |||||||
NOTE 6. INVESTMENTS
Non-Marketable Equity Securities
Our non-marketable equity securities are investments in privately held companies/funds without readily determinable market values. Gains and losses on non-marketable equity securities revalued, sold or impaired are recognized in Interest income and other, net, in our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations.
As of September 30, 2026, and December 31, 2025, non-marketable equity securities included in Miscellaneous assets in our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets had a carrying value of $24.9 million and $24.7 million, respectively. The carrying value includes $15.3 million of unrealized gains and $4.2 million of unrealized losses as of September 30, 2026.
NOTE 7. OTHER
Restricted Cash
A reconciliation of cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash as of September 30, 2026, and September 30, 2025, from the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets to the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows is as follows:
| (In thousands) | September 30, 2026 | September 30, 2025 | ||||||||||||
| Reconciliation of cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash | ||||||||||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents | $ | $ | ||||||||||||
| Restricted cash included within miscellaneous assets | ||||||||||||||
| Total cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash shown in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows | $ | $ | ||||||||||||
Substantially all of the amount included in restricted cash is set aside to collateralize workers’ compensation obligations.
Revolving Credit Facility
On June 13, 2025, the Company entered into an amendment and restatement of its previous credit facility that, among other changes, increased the committed amount to $400.0 million and extended the maturity date to June 13, 2030 (as amended and restated, the “Credit Facility”). Certain of the Company’s domestic subsidiaries have guaranteed the Company’s obligations under the Credit Facility. Borrowings under the Credit Facility bear interest at specified rates based on our utilization and consolidated leverage ratio. The Credit Facility contains various customary affirmative and negative covenants. In addition, the Company is obligated to pay a quarterly unused commitment fee at an annual rate of 0.20 %.
As of both September 30, 2026, and December 31, 2025, there were no 0.4
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NOTES TO THE CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)
Generative AI Litigation Costs
The Company recorded $3.8 million and $2.4 million of pre-tax litigation-related costs for the third quarters of 2026 and 2025, respectively, and $12.6 million and $10.3 million for the first nine months of 2026 and 2025, respectively, in connection with certain lawsuits alleging unlawful and unauthorized copying and use of the Company’s journalism and other content in connection with their development of generative artificial intelligence products (“Generative AI Litigation Costs”). See Note 14 for additional information.
College Point Land Sale
On December 9, 2020, we entered into an agreement to lease and subsequently sell approximately four acres of excess land at our printing and distribution facility in College Point, N.Y. The transaction was accounted for as a sales-type lease and, as a result, we recognized a gain at the time of the lease commencement on April 11, 2022. On February 21, 2025, we finalized the sale and received net proceeds of approximately $33 million, which were recorded in Net cash provided by operating activities – Other assets in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the nine months ended September 30, 2025.
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NOTES TO THE CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)
NOTE 8. FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS
Fair value is the price that would be received upon the sale of an asset or paid upon transfer of a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. The transaction would be in the principal or most advantageous market for the asset or liability, based on assumptions that a market participant would use in pricing the asset or liability. The fair value hierarchy consists of three levels:
Level 1–quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that the reporting entity has the ability to access at the measurement date;
Level 2–inputs other than quoted prices included within Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly; and
Level 3–unobservable inputs for the asset or liability.
Assets/Liabilities Measured and Recorded at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis
The following table summarizes our financial assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of September 30, 2026, and December 31, 2025:
| (In thousands) | September 30, 2026 | December 31, 2025 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Total | Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assets: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Short-term AFS securities(1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| U.S. Treasury securities | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Corporate debt securities | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| U.S. governmental agency securities | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total short-term AFS securities | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Long-term AFS securities(1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Corporate debt securities | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| U.S. Treasury securities | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| U.S. governmental agency securities | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total long-term AFS securities | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Liabilities: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Deferred compensation(2)(3) | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(1)We classified these investments as Level 2 since the fair value is based on market observable inputs for investments with similar terms and maturities.
(2)The deferred compensation liability, included in Other liabilities—other in our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets, consists of deferrals under The New York Times Company Deferred Executive Compensation Plan (the “DEC”), a frozen plan that enabled certain eligible executives to elect to defer a portion of their compensation on a pre-tax basis. The deferred amounts are invested at the executives’ option in various mutual funds. The fair value of deferred compensation is based on the mutual fund investments elected by the executives and on quoted prices in active markets for identical assets. Participation in the DEC was frozen effective December 31, 2015.
(3)The Company invests the assets associated with the deferred compensation liability in life insurance products. Our investments in life insurance products are included in Miscellaneous assets in our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets, and were $41.9 million as of September 30, 2026, and $40.2 million as of December 31, 2025. The fair value of these assets is measured using the net asset value per share (or its equivalent) and has not been classified in the fair value hierarchy.
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NOTES TO THE CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)
NOTE 9. PENSION BENEFITS
Pension
Single-Employer Plans
We maintain The New York Times Companies Pension Plan, a frozen single-employer defined benefit pension plan. The Company also jointly sponsors a defined benefit plan with The NewsGuild of New York known as the Guild-Times Adjustable Pension Plan (the “APP”) that continues to accrue active benefits.
We also have a foreign-based pension plan for certain employees (the “foreign plan”). The information for the foreign plan is combined with the information for U.S. non-qualified plans. The benefit obligation of the foreign plan is immaterial to our total benefit obligation.
The components of net periodic pension cost were as follows:
| For the Quarters Ended | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| September 30, 2026 | September 30, 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (In thousands) | Qualified Plans | Non- Qualified Plans | All Plans | Qualified Plans | Non- Qualified Plans | All Plans | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Service cost | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Interest cost | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Expected return on plan assets | ( | ( | ( | ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Amortization of actuarial loss | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Amortization of prior service credit | ( | ( | ( | ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Net periodic pension cost | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| For the Nine Months Ended | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| September 30, 2026 | September 30, 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (In thousands) | Qualified Plans | Non- Qualified Plans | All Plans | Qualified Plans | Non- Qualified Plans | All Plans | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Service cost | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Interest cost | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Expected return on plan assets | ( | ( | ( | ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Amortization of actuarial loss | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Amortization of prior service credit | ( | ( | ( | ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Net periodic pension cost | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
During the first nine months of 2026 and 2025, we made pension contributions of $10.1 million and $9.4 million, respectively, to the APP. We expect contributions made to satisfy the greater of minimum funding or collective bargaining agreement requirements to total approximately $14 million in 2026.
Multiemployer Plans
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NOTES TO THE CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)
NOTE 10. INCOME TAXES
The effective income tax rate for the third quarter of 2026 was 25.0 % compared with 24.4 % in the third quarter of 2025. The Company recorded $32.5 million and $26.4 million of income tax expense in the third quarters of 2026 and 2025, respectively.
The effective income tax rate for the first nine months of 2026 was 21.1 % compared with 24.5 % in the first nine months of 2025. The Company recorded $74.7 million and $69.5 million of income tax expense in the first nine months of 2026 and 2025, respectively.
The effective income tax rates for the third quarters of 2026 and 2025 were higher than the federal statutory tax rate primarily due to state and local income taxes, partially offset by federal tax credits for research and development. Tax rate drivers for the first nine months of 2026 and 2025 were similar to those for the respective quarters; however, the effective income tax rate for the first nine months of 2026 included an additional tax benefit from stock-based awards that settled in the first quarter of 2026.
On July 4, 2025, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (the “OBBBA”) was enacted into law. The OBBBA includes provisions retroactive to January 1, 2025, and, among other provisions, eliminates the requirement to capitalize and amortize domestic research and experimentation expenditures over five years and provides an election for taxpayers to deduct such expenditures in the year incurred. These changes will result in lower cash tax payments for fiscal year 2026.
The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development published Pillar Two Model Rules defining a global minimum tax, which calls for the taxation of large multinational corporations at a minimum rate of 15% in each jurisdiction in which the group operates. A number of countries have enacted legislation to implement the core elements of Pillar Two, with certain rules becoming effective on January 1, 2024. Based on the Company’s analysis, this minimum tax does not have a material impact on the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.
NOTE 11. EARNINGS PER SHARE
We compute earnings per share based upon the treasury stock method. Earnings per share is computed using both basic shares and diluted shares. The difference between basic and diluted shares is that diluted shares include the dilutive effect of the assumed vesting of outstanding securities. Our stock-settled long-term performance awards, restricted stock units and Employee Stock Purchase Plan (“ESPP”) could impact the diluted shares. The difference between basic and diluted shares was approximately 0.9 million and 1.1 million in the third quarter and first nine months of 2026, respectively, and 1.4 million and 1.3 million in the third quarter and first nine months of 2025, respectively, and resulted from the dilutive effect of our stock-based awards.
Securities that could potentially be dilutive are excluded from the computation of diluted earnings per share when a loss from continuing operations exists or when the grant price exceeds the market value of our Class A Common Stock because their inclusion would result in an anti-dilutive effect on per share amounts.
There were no
NOTE 12. SUPPLEMENTAL STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY INFORMATION
Share Repurchases
The Board of Directors approved Class A Common Stock share repurchase programs in February 2023 ($250.0 million) and February 2025 ($350.0 million). The authorizations provide that shares of Class A Common Stock may be purchased from time to time as market conditions warrant, through open-market purchases, privately negotiated transactions or other means, including Rule 10b5-1 trading plans. We expect to repurchase shares to offset the impact of dilution from our equity compensation program and to return capital to our stockholders. There is no expiration date with respect to these authorizations.
During the nine months ended September 30, 2026, repurchases totaled approximately $170.8 million (excluding commissions and excise taxes), which fully utilized the 2023 authorization. As of September 30, 2026, approximately $179.4 million remains available and authorized for repurchases under the 2025 authorization.
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NOTES TO THE CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income
The following table summarizes the changes in AOCI by component as of September 30, 2026:
| (In thousands) | Foreign Currency Translation Adjustments | Funded Status of Benefit Plans | Net Unrealized Gain/(Loss) on Available-For-Sale Securities | Total Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Balance as of December 31, 2025 | $ | ( | $ | ( | $ | $ | ( | |||||||||||||||||||
| Other comprehensive loss before reclassifications, before tax | ( | ( | ( | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss, before tax | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Income tax (benefit)/expense | ( | ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Net current-period other comprehensive (loss)/income, net of tax | ( | ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Balance as of September 30, 2026 | $ | ( | $ | ( | $ | ( | $ | ( | ||||||||||||||||||
The following table summarizes the reclassifications from AOCI for the nine months ended September 30, 2026:
(In thousands) Detail about accumulated other comprehensive loss components | Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss | Affects line item in the statement where net income is presented | ||||||||||||
| Funded status of benefit plans: | ||||||||||||||
Amortization of prior service credit(1) | $ | ( | Other components of net periodic benefit costs | |||||||||||
Amortization of actuarial loss(1) | Other components of net periodic benefit costs | |||||||||||||
| Total reclassification, before tax | ||||||||||||||
| Income tax expense | Income tax expense | |||||||||||||
| Total reclassification, net of tax | $ | |||||||||||||
(1)These AOCI components are included in the computation of net periodic benefit cost for pension benefits. See Note 9 for additional information.
Stock-based Compensation Expense
Total stock-based compensation expense included in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations is as follows:
| For the Quarters Ended | For the Nine Months Ended | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (In thousands) | September 30, 2026 | September 30, 2025 | September 30, 2026 | September 30, 2025 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cost of revenue | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sales and marketing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Product development | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| General and administrative | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total stock-based compensation expense | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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NOTES TO THE CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)
NOTE 13. SEGMENT INFORMATION
The Company identifies a business as an operating segment if (i) it engages in business activities from which it may earn revenues and incur expenses; (ii) its operating results are regularly reviewed by the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer (who is the Company’s Chief Operating Decision Maker (“CODM”)) to make decisions about resources to be allocated to the segment and assess its performance; and (iii) it has available discrete financial information.
The Company has one reportable segment. The segment is evaluated regularly on a consolidated basis by the Company’s CODM in assessing performance and allocating resources. The Company’s CODM uses net income and adjusted operating profit to allocate resources during the annual budgeting and forecasting process and to assess the Company’s performance. Refer to our Consolidated Statements of Operations for net income and significant segment expenses. Adjusted operating profit is defined as operating profit before depreciation and amortization, severance, multiemployer pension plan withdrawal costs and special items. Adjusted operating profit is presented below, along with a reconciliation to income before income taxes. Asset information is not a measure of performance used by the Company’s CODM. Accordingly, we have not disclosed asset information.
The following table presents segment information with respect to the Company’s single operating segment for the third quarters and nine months ended September 30, 2026, and September 30, 2025:
| For the Quarters Ended | For the Nine Months Ended | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (In thousands) | September 30, 2026 | September 30, 2025 | September 30, 2026 | September 30, 2025 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Revenues | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Subscription | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Advertising | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Affiliate, licensing and other | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total revenues | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Less: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cost of revenue (excluding depreciation and amortization) | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sales and marketing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Product development | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Adjusted general and administrative(1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total adjusted operating profit | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Less: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other components of net periodic benefit costs | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depreciation and amortization | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Severance | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Multiemployer pension plan withdrawal costs | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Generative AI Litigation Costs | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Multiemployer pension plan liability adjustments | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Add: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Interest income and other, net | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Income before income taxes | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||
(1)Excludes severance and multiemployer pension plan withdrawal costs.
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NOTES TO THE CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)
NOTE 14. CONTINGENCIES
Legal Proceedings
We are involved in various legal actions incidental to our business that are now pending against us. These actions generally assert damages claims that are greatly in excess of the amount, if any, that we would be liable to pay if we lost or settled the cases. We record a liability for legal claims when a loss is probable and the amount can be reasonably estimated. Although the Company cannot predict the outcome of these matters, no amount of loss in excess of recorded amounts as of September 30, 2026, is believed to be reasonably possible.
On December 27, 2023, we filed a lawsuit against Microsoft Corporation (“Microsoft”), OpenAI Inc. and various of its corporate affiliates (collectively, “OpenAI”) in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (“SDNY”), alleging copyright infringement, unfair competition, trademark dilution and violations of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”), related to their unlawful and unauthorized copying and use of our journalism and other content. We are seeking monetary relief, injunctive relief preventing Microsoft and OpenAI from continuing their unlawful, unfair and infringing conduct and other relief. On February 26, 2024, and March 4, 2024, respectively, OpenAI and Microsoft filed partial motions to dismiss, seeking dismissal of the unfair competition, contributory copyright infringement and DMCA claims. OpenAI also sought dismissal of a portion of the direct copyright infringement claim as being time-barred. On March 26, 2025, the court dismissed our unfair competition claim and DMCA claims, with leave to replead the latter, which we repled in part on May 28, 2025. The court permitted our other disputed claims to go forward. On April 3, 2025, the Judicial Panel for Multidistrict Litigation consolidated our case with others pending against OpenAI before our assigned judge in the SDNY. On June 11, 2026, OpenAI filed a motion for judgment on the pleadings, seeking dismissal of our contributory infringement claims based on the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Cox Communications, Inc. v. Sony Music Entertainment, 146 S. Ct. 959 (2026). On June 25, 2026, we filed a motion for leave to amend our complaint to dismiss the contributory infringement claim against OpenAI, amend the contributory infringement claim against Microsoft, and dismiss trademark claims against both OpenAI and Microsoft. On August 6, 2026, our motion for leave to amend our contributory infringement claim against Microsoft was denied. On September 4, 2026, the parties cross-moved for summary judgment. We intend to vigorously pursue all of our legal remedies in this litigation, but there is no guarantee that we will be successful in our efforts.
On December 5, 2025, we filed a lawsuit against Perplexity AI, Inc. (“Perplexity”) in the SDNY, alleging copyright infringement, trademark dilution and trademark infringement, related to Perplexity’s unlawful and unauthorized copying and use of our journalism and other content. We are seeking monetary relief, injunctive relief preventing Perplexity from continuing its unlawful and infringing conduct and other relief. On February 27, 2026, Perplexity filed a partial motion to dismiss, seeking dismissal of one direct infringement claim (concerning the use of our content to create outputs), the contributory and vicarious infringement claim, and the trademark claims. In response to the motion, we filed an amended complaint on March 20, 2026. Perplexity filed a renewed partial motion to dismiss on April 17, 2026, addressing the same claims. We intend to vigorously pursue all of our legal remedies in this litigation, but there is no guarantee that we will be successful in our efforts.
On November 2, 2026, we filed a lawsuit against Brave Software, Inc. (“Brave”) in the SDNY, alleging copyright infringement, violations of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, and unjust enrichment related to Brave's unlawful and unauthorized copying and use of our journalism and other content. We are seeking monetary relief, injunctive relief preventing Brave from continuing its unlawful and infringing conduct and other relief. We intend to vigorously pursue all of our legal remedies in this litigation, but there is no guarantee that we will be successful in our efforts.
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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
EXECUTIVE OVERVIEW
We are a global media organization focused on creating and distributing high-quality news and information that help our audience understand and engage with the world. We believe that our original, independent and high-quality reporting, storytelling, expertise and journalistic excellence set us apart from other sources and are at the heart of what makes our journalism worth paying for.
We generate revenues principally from the sale of subscriptions and advertising. Subscription revenues consist of revenues from standalone and multiproduct bundle subscriptions to our digital products and subscriptions to and single-copy and bulk sales of our print products. Advertising revenue is derived from the sale of our advertising products and services. Affiliate, licensing and other revenues primarily consist of revenues from licensing, Wirecutter affiliate referrals, commercial printing, the leasing of floors in the New York headquarters building located at 620 Eighth Avenue, New York, New York (the “Company Headquarters”), and retail commerce. Our main operating costs are employee-related costs.
In the accompanying analysis of financial information, we present certain information derived from our consolidated financial information but not presented in our financial statements prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America (“GAAP”). We are presenting in this report supplemental non-GAAP financial performance measures that exclude depreciation, amortization, severance, non-operating retirement costs and certain identified special items, as applicable. In addition, we present our free cash flow, defined as net cash provided by operating activities less capital expenditures. These non-GAAP financial measures should not be considered in isolation from or as a substitute for the related GAAP measures and should be read in conjunction with financial information presented on a GAAP basis. For further information and reconciliations of these non-GAAP measures to the most directly comparable GAAP measures, see “— Results of Operations — Non-GAAP Financial Measures.”
We have one reportable segment.
Financial Highlights
•Total revenues increased 9.7% to $768.5 million in the third quarter of 2026 from $700.8 million in the third quarter of 2025.
•Total subscription revenues increased 10.7% to $547.5 million in the third quarter of 2026 from $494.6 million in the third quarter of 2025. Digital-only subscription revenues increased 14.6% to $421.3 million in the third quarter of 2026 from $367.4 million in the third quarter of 2025. The Company added approximately 420,000 net digital-only subscribers compared with the end of the second quarter of 2026, bringing the total number of subscribers to 13.76 million subscribers, including approximately 13.22 million digital-only subscribers. Compared with the end of the third quarter of 2025, there was a net increase of 1,460,000 digital-only subscribers. Digital-only average revenue per user (“ARPU”) increased 1.4% year-over-year to $9.93.
•Total advertising revenues increased 7.8% to $142.6 million in the third quarter of 2026 from $132.3 million in the third quarter of 2025, due to an increase in digital advertising revenues of 12.0% to $109.9 million.
•Affiliate, licensing and other revenues increased 6.2% to $78.4 million in the third quarter of 2026 from $73.9 million in the third quarter of 2025, as a result of higher licensing and Wirecutter affiliate referral revenues.
•Operating costs increased 8.5% to $646.6 million in the third quarter of 2026 from $596.0 million in the third quarter of 2025. Adjusted operating costs, defined as operating costs before depreciation, amortization, severance, multiemployer pension plan withdrawal costs and special items (a non-GAAP financial measure discussed below under “Non-GAAP Financial Measures”), increased 8.7% to $618.9 million in the third quarter of 2026 from $569.4 million in the third quarter of 2025.
•Operating profit increased 16.4% to $121.9 million in the third quarter of 2026 from $104.8 million in the third quarter of 2025. Adjusted operating profit, defined as operating profit before depreciation, amortization, severance, multiemployer pension plan withdrawal costs and special items (a non-GAAP financial measure discussed below under “Non-GAAP Financial Measures”), increased 13.9% to $149.6 million in the third quarter of 2026 from $131.4 million in the third quarter of 2025.
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•Operating profit margin (operating profit expressed as a percentage of revenues) increased to 15.9% in the third quarter of 2026, compared with 15.0% in the third quarter of 2025. Adjusted operating profit margin, defined as adjusted operating profit expressed as a percentage of revenues (a non-GAAP financial measure discussed below under “Non-GAAP Financial Measures”), increased to 19.5% in the third quarter of 2026, compared with 18.7% in the third quarter of 2025.
•Diluted earnings per share were $0.60 and $0.50 for the third quarters of 2026 and 2025, respectively. Adjusted diluted earnings per share, defined as diluted earnings per share excluding amortization of acquired intangible assets, severance, non-operating retirement costs and special items (a non-GAAP financial measure discussed below under “Non-GAAP Financial Measures”), were $0.68 and $0.59 for the third quarters of 2026 and 2025, respectively.
Industry Trends, Economic Conditions, Challenges and Risks
We operate in a highly competitive environment that is subject to rapid and, at times, unpredictable change. We compete for audience, subscribers, advertisers and licensees against a wide variety of companies. Companies shaping our competitive environment include content creators, providers and distributors; news aggregators; search engines; social media platforms; streaming services; and AI companies, certain of which have attracted and any of which may further attract audiences, subscribers, advertisers and/or licensees to their platforms and away from ours. Competition among these companies is robust, and new competitors can quickly emerge and have in recent years. We have designed our strategy to navigate the challenges and take advantage of opportunities presented by this period of transformation in our industry.
We and the companies with which we do business are subject to risks and uncertainties caused by factors beyond our control, including economic weakness, instability and volatility, including the potential for a recession; expanded or retaliatory tariffs or taxes or other trade barriers; a competitive talent market; inflation; supply chain disruptions; high interest rates and interest rates volatility; and political and sociopolitical uncertainties and conflicts. These factors may result in declines and/or volatility in our results. Macroeconomic uncertainty has had in the past, and may have in the future, an adverse impact on both digital and print advertising spending. Additionally, we believe that there is marketer sensitivity to being adjacent to news or specific news topics, impacting overall advertising spend.
The newspaper industry has transitioned from being primarily print-focused to digital and is experiencing secular declines in both print subscription and print advertising revenues, and we do not expect this trend to reverse. Our printing and distribution costs have been impacted as a result of this transition, and may be further impacted in the future by higher costs, including those associated with raw materials, delivery and distribution and outside printing, or if they were to become subject to expanded or retaliatory tariffs.
We actively monitor industry trends and political and economic conditions, challenges and risks to remain flexible and to optimize and evolve our business as appropriate; however, the full impact they will have on our business, operations and financial results is uncertain and will depend on numerous factors and future developments. The risks related to our business are further described in the section titled “Item 1A — Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025.
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RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
The following table presents our consolidated financial results:
| For the Quarters Ended | For the Nine Months Ended | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (In thousands) | September 30, 2026 | September 30, 2025 | % Change | September 30, 2026 | September 30, 2025 | % Change | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Revenues | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Subscription | $ | 547,517 | $ | 494,630 | 10.7 | % | $ | 1,602,268 | $ | 1,440,307 | 11.2 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Advertising | 142,573 | 132,291 | 7.8 | % | 418,520 | 374,341 | 11.8 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Affiliate, licensing and other | 78,448 | 73,900 | 6.2 | % | 222,441 | 207,956 | 7.0 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total revenues | 768,538 | 700,821 | 9.7 | % | 2,243,229 | 2,022,604 | 10.9 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operating costs | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cost of revenue (excluding depreciation and amortization) | 373,466 | 349,075 | 7.0 | % | 1,104,243 | 1,022,491 | 8.0 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sales and marketing | 89,542 | 79,577 | 12.5 | % | 252,314 | 214,701 | 17.5 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Product development | 72,279 | 66,989 | 7.9 | % | 212,822 | 197,468 | 7.8 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| General and administrative | 86,382 | 76,640 | 12.7 | % | 258,601 | 239,105 | 8.2 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depreciation and amortization | 21,145 | 21,341 | (0.9) | % | 62,831 | 64,115 | (2.0) | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Generative AI Litigation Costs | 3,786 | 2,411 | 57.0 | % | 12,626 | 10,298 | 22.6 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Multiemployer pension plan liability adjustments | — | — | — | 9,219 | 4,453 | * | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total operating costs | 646,600 | 596,033 | 8.5 | % | 1,912,656 | 1,752,631 | 9.1 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operating profit | 121,938 | 104,788 | 16.4 | % | 330,573 | 269,973 | 22.4 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other components of net periodic benefit costs | (3,637) | (4,640) | (21.6) | % | (10,856) | (13,917) | (22.0) | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Interest income and other, net | 11,578 | 7,851 | 47.5 | % | 33,695 | 27,575 | 22.2 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Income before income taxes | 129,879 | 107,999 | 20.3 | % | 353,412 | 283,631 | 24.6 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Income tax expense | 32,523 | 26,352 | 23.4 | % | 74,716 | 69,488 | 7.5 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Net income | $ | 97,356 | $ | 81,647 | 19.2 | % | $ | 278,696 | $ | 214,143 | 30.1 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
* Represents a change equal to or in excess of 100% or not meaningful.
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Revenues
Subscription Revenues
Subscription revenues consist of revenues from subscriptions to our digital and print products (which include our news product, as well as The Athletic and our Audio, Cooking, Games and Wirecutter products), and single-copy and bulk sales of our print products (which represented less than 5% of our subscription revenues in the third quarters of 2026 and 2025). Subscription revenues are based on both the number of digital-only subscriptions and copies of the printed newspaper sold, and the rates charged to the respective customers.
We offer a digital-only bundle that includes access to our digital news product (which includes our news website, NYTimes.com, and mobile application), as well as The Athletic and our Audio, Cooking, Games and Wirecutter products. Our subscriptions also include standalone digital subscriptions to each of these products.
The following table summarizes digital-only and print subscription revenues for the third quarters and first nine months of 2026 and 2025:
| For the Quarters Ended | For the Nine Months Ended | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (In thousands) | September 30, 2026 | September 30, 2025 | % Change | September 30, 2026 | September 30, 2025 | % Change | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Digital-only subscription revenues(1) | $ | 421,250 | $ | 367,443 | 14.6 | % | $ | 1,218,221 | $ | 1,052,822 | 15.7 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Print subscription revenues(2) | 126,267 | 127,187 | (0.7) | % | 384,047 | 387,485 | (0.9) | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total subscription revenues | $ | 547,517 | $ | 494,630 | 10.7 | % | $ | 1,602,268 | $ | 1,440,307 | 11.2 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(1)Includes bundled subscriptions and standalone subscriptions to our news product, as well as The Athletic and our Audio, Cooking, Games and Wirecutter products.
(2)Includes domestic home-delivery subscriptions, which include access to our digital products. Also includes single-copy, NYT International and other subscriptions.
Subscription revenues increased $52.9 million, or 10.7%, in the third quarter of 2026 compared with the same prior-year period, due to an increase in digital-only subscription revenues of $53.8 million, or 14.6%, partially offset by a decrease in print subscription revenues of $0.9 million, or 0.7%. Average digital-only subscribers increased 1,490,000, or 13.1%, and digital-only ARPU (as defined below) increased $0.14, or 1.4%. The year-over-year increase in digital-only ARPU was driven primarily by subscribers transitioning from promotional to higher prices and price increases on certain tenured subscribers. Print subscription revenue decreased primarily due to a decrease in single-copy subscription revenues, which was driven by a lower number of copies sold, reflecting secular trends.
Subscription revenues increased $162.0 million, or 11.2%, in the first nine months of 2026 compared with the same prior-year period, due to an increase in digital-only subscription revenues of $165.4 million, or 15.7%, partially offset by a decrease in print subscription revenues of $3.4 million, or 0.9%. Average digital-only subscribers increased 1,470,000 or 13.1%, and digital-only ARPU (as defined below) increased $0.22, or 2.3%. The year-over-year increase in digital-only ARPU was driven primarily by subscribers transitioning from promotional to higher prices and price increases on certain tenured subscribers. Print subscription revenue decreased primarily due to a decrease in single-copy subscription revenues, which was driven by a lower number of copies sold, and domestic home-delivery subscription revenues, which was driven by a lower number of average print subscribers, reflecting secular trends, partially offset by an increase in domestic home-delivery prices.
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A subscriber is defined as a user who has subscribed (and for whom a valid method of payment has been provided) for the right to access one or more of the Company’s products. Subscribers with a domestic home-delivery print subscription to The New York Times, which includes access to our digital products, are excluded from digital-only subscribers.
Digital-only ARPU, a metric we calculate to track the revenue generation of our digital-only subscriber base, represents the average revenue per digital-only subscriber over a 28-day billing cycle during the applicable period.
The following table sets forth, for the five most recent fiscal quarters, (i) subscribers as of the end of the quarter and (ii) ARPU relating to digital-only subscribers for the quarter:
| (In thousands, except for ARPU) | September 30, 2026 | June 30, 2026 | March 31, 2026 | December 31, 2025 | September 30, 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Digital-only subscribers(1) | 13,220 | 12,800 | 12,520 | 12,210 | 11,760 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Print subscribers(2) | 540 | 550 | 560 | 570 | 570 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total subscribers | 13,760 | 13,350 | 13,080 | 12,780 | 12,330 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Digital-only ARPU(3) | $ | 9.93 | $ | 9.94 | $ | 9.77 | $ | 9.72 | $ | 9.79 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
(1)Includes group corporate and group education subscriptions and subscribers related to family subscriptions. The number of group subscribers is derived using the value of the relevant contract and a discounted subscription rate. Each family subscription is priced higher than a comparable individual subscription and is counted as one billed subscriber and one additional subscriber to reflect the additional entitlements in these subscriptions.
(2)Subscribers with a domestic home-delivery or mail print subscription to The New York Times, which includes access to our digital products.
(3)ARPU metrics are calculated by dividing the digital-only subscription revenues in the quarter by the average number of digital-only subscribers (calculated as the weighted average of each month's daily average subscribers) divided by the number of days in the quarter multiplied by 28 to reflect a 28-day billing cycle.
The sum of individual metrics may not always equal total amounts indicated due to rounding. Subscribers (including net subscriber additions) are rounded to the nearest ten thousand.
The Company ended the third quarter of 2026 with approximately 13.76 million subscribers to its print and digital products, including approximately 13.22 million digital-only subscribers. Compared with the end of the second quarter of 2026, there was a net increase of approximately 420,000 digital-only subscribers. Compared with the end of the third quarter of 2025, there was a net increase of approximately 1,460,000 digital-only subscribers.
Print domestic home-delivery subscribers totaled approximately 540,000 at the end of the third quarter of 2026, a net decrease of approximately 10,000 subscribers compared with the end of the second quarter of 2026 and a net decrease of approximately 30,000 subscribers compared with the end of the third quarter of 2025.
Advertising Revenues
Advertising revenue is primarily derived from advertisers (such as luxury goods, technology and financial companies) promoting products, services or brands on digital platforms in the form of display, audio, email and video ads; in print in the form of column-inch ads; and at live events. Advertising revenue is primarily determined by the volume (e.g., impressions or column inches), rate and mix of advertisements. Digital advertising includes (i) display revenue (which includes website and mobile applications); and (ii) non-display revenues generated from advertisements placed in audio, email, and video, as well as revenues generated by creative services fees. Advertisements are sold either directly to marketers by our advertising sales teams or, for a smaller proportion of advertising revenue, through programmatic auctions run by third-party ad exchanges. Print advertising includes revenue from column-inch ads and classified advertising, as well as preprinted advertising, also known as freestanding inserts.
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The following table summarizes digital and print advertising revenues for the third quarters and first nine months of 2026 and 2025:
| For the Quarters Ended | For the Nine Months Ended | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (In thousands) | September 30, 2026 | September 30, 2025 | % Change | September 30, 2026 | September 30, 2025 | % Change | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Digital advertising revenues | $ | 109,853 | $ | 98,111 | 12.0 | % | $ | 317,069 | $ | 263,398 | 20.4 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Print advertising revenues | 32,720 | 34,180 | (4.3) | % | 101,451 | 110,943 | (8.6) | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total advertising revenues | $ | 142,573 | $ | 132,291 | 7.8 | % | $ | 418,520 | $ | 374,341 | 11.8 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Digital advertising revenues, which represented 77.1% of total advertising revenues in the third quarter of 2026, increased $11.7 million, or 12.0%, to $109.9 million compared with $98.1 million in the same prior-year period. The increase was primarily a result of higher display revenues of $9.1 million, driven by continued marketer demand, and higher non-display revenues of $2.6 million, which was driven by growth in advertising supply, primarily in our audio and video products, partially offset by declines in creative services fees.
Digital advertising revenues, which represented 75.8% of total advertising revenues in the first nine months of 2026, increased $53.7 million, or 20.4%, to $317.1 million compared with $263.4 million in the same prior-year period. The increase was primarily a result of higher display revenues of $31.9 million, driven by continued marketer demand, and higher non-display revenues of $21.8 million, which was driven by growth in advertising supply, primarily in our audio and video products.
Print advertising revenues, which represented 22.9% of total advertising revenues in the third quarter of 2026, decreased $1.5 million, or 4.3%, to $32.7 million compared with $34.2 million in the same prior-year period. The decrease was primarily due to a 5.3% decrease in the volume of column-inch ads, partially offset by a 1.1% increase in print advertising rate.
Print advertising revenues, which represented 24.2% of total advertising revenues in the first nine months of 2026, decreased $9.5 million, or 8.6%, to $101.5 million compared with $110.9 million in the same prior-year period. The decrease in the first nine months was primarily due to a 9.4% decrease in the volume of column-inch ads, partially offset by a 0.9% increase in print advertising rate. Print advertising revenues in 2026 continue to be impacted by secular trends.
Affiliate, Licensing and Other Revenues
Affiliate, licensing and other revenues primarily consist of revenues from licensing, Wirecutter affiliate referrals, commercial printing, the leasing of floors in our Company Headquarters, our live events business and retail commerce.
Affiliate, licensing and other revenues increased $4.5 million, or 6.2%, in the third quarter of 2026 compared with the same prior-year period. The increase was primarily a result of higher licensing revenues of $3.3 million and higher Wirecutter affiliate referral revenues of $1.0 million, which more than offset a shift in the timing of a marketing promotion by one of our partners.
Affiliate, licensing and other revenues increased $14.5 million, or 7.0% in the first nine months of 2026 compared with the same prior-year period. The increase was primarily a result of higher licensing revenues of $9.0 million and higher Wirecutter affiliate referral revenues of $4.8 million.
Digital affiliate, licensing and other revenues, which consist primarily of Wirecutter affiliate referral revenue and digital licensing revenues, totaled $54.4 million and $49.2 million in the third quarters of 2026 and 2025, respectively, and $149.7 million and $134.8 million in the first nine months of 2026 and 2025, respectively.
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Operating Costs
Operating costs were as follows:
| For the Quarters Ended | For the Nine Months Ended | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (In thousands) | September 30, 2026 | September 30, 2025 | % Change | September 30, 2026 | September 30, 2025 | % Change | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cost of revenue (excluding depreciation and amortization) | $ | 373,466 | $ | 349,075 | 7.0 | % | $ | 1,104,243 | $ | 1,022,491 | 8.0 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sales and marketing | 89,542 | 79,577 | 12.5 | % | 252,314 | 214,701 | 17.5 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Product development | 72,279 | 66,989 | 7.9 | % | 212,822 | 197,468 | 7.8 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| General and administrative | 86,382 | 76,640 | 12.7 | % | 258,601 | 239,105 | 8.2 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depreciation and amortization | 21,145 | 21,341 | (0.9) | % | 62,831 | 64,115 | (2.0) | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Generative AI Litigation Costs | 3,786 | 2,411 | 57.0 | % | 12,626 | 10,298 | 22.6 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Multiemployer pension plan liability adjustments | — | — | — | 9,219 | 4,453 | * | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total operating costs | $ | 646,600 | $ | 596,033 | 8.5 | % | $ | 1,912,656 | $ | 1,752,631 | 9.1 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
* Represents a change equal to or in excess of 100% or not meaningful.
Cost of Revenue (excluding depreciation and amortization)
Cost of revenue includes all costs related to content creation, subscriber and advertiser servicing, and print production and distribution as well as infrastructure costs related to delivering digital content, which include all cloud and cloud-related costs as well as compensation for employees that enhance and maintain that infrastructure.
Cost of revenue in the third quarter of 2026 increased $24.4 million, or 7.0%, compared with the same prior-year period. The increase was largely due to higher journalism costs of $18.5 million, higher digital content delivery costs of $3.1 million, higher subscriber servicing costs of $2.1 million and higher print production and distribution costs of $1.9 million, partially offset by lower advertising servicing costs of $1.2 million. The increase in journalism costs was largely due to higher compensation and benefits, which was driven by growth in the number of employees who work in our newsrooms, as well as higher outside services costs. The increase in digital content delivery costs was largely due to higher software and cloud-related costs. The increase in subscriber servicing costs was largely due to higher credit card processing fees due to an increase in subscriptions. The increase in print production and distribution costs was largely due to higher compensation and benefits.
Cost of revenue in the first nine months of 2026 increased $81.8 million, or 8.0%, compared with the same prior-year period. The increase was largely due to higher journalism costs of $66.7 million, higher digital content delivery costs of $8.3 million, higher subscriber servicing costs of $5.8 million and higher print production and distribution costs of $1.0 million. Advertising servicing costs were relatively flat compared to the prior year. The increase in journalism costs was largely due to higher compensation and benefits, which was driven by growth in the number of employees who work in our newsrooms and incentive compensation, as well as higher outside services costs. The increase in digital content delivery costs was largely due to higher software and cloud-related costs. The increase in subscriber servicing costs was largely due to higher credit card processing fees and commissions due to an increase in subscriptions. The increase in print production and distribution costs was largely due to higher compensation and benefits.
Sales and Marketing
Sales and marketing includes costs related to the Company’s subscription and brand marketing efforts as well as advertising sales costs.
Sales and marketing costs in the third quarter of 2026 increased $10.0 million, or 12.5%, compared with the same prior-year period. The increase was due to higher marketing costs of $6.2 million and higher sales costs of $3.8 million. The increase in marketing costs was primarily due to higher marketing and promotion expenses. The increase in sales costs was primarily due to higher compensation and benefits, which was largely driven by growth in the number of employees.
Sales and marketing costs in the first nine months of 2026 increased $37.6 million, or 17.5%, compared with the same prior-year period. The increase was due to higher marketing costs of $23.9 million and higher sales costs of $13.7 million. The increase in marketing costs was primarily due to higher marketing and promotion expenses. The increase in sales costs was primarily due to higher compensation and benefits, which was largely driven by growth in the number of employees, higher incentive compensation and higher benefit costs.
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Product Development
Product development includes costs associated with the Company’s investment in developing and enhancing new and existing product technology, including engineering, product development and data insights.
Product development costs in the third quarter of 2026 increased $5.3 million, or 7.9%, compared with the same prior-year period. The increase in the third quarter of 2026 was largely due to higher compensation and benefits expenses of $3.1 million, which was driven by growth in the number of employees, as well as higher technology-related expenses of $2.5 million.
Product development costs in the first nine months of 2026 increased $15.4 million, or 7.8%, compared with the same prior-year period. The increase in the first nine months of 2026 was largely due to higher compensation and benefits expenses of $8.6 million, which was driven by growth in the number of employees, as well as higher technology-related expenses of $5.6 million.
General and Administrative Costs
General and administrative costs include general management, corporate enterprise technology, building operations, unallocated overhead, severance and multiemployer pension plan withdrawal costs.
General and administrative costs in the third quarter of 2026 increased $9.7 million, or 12.7%, compared with the same prior-year period. The increase was primarily due to higher outside services costs of $7.2 million, driven by higher professional fees and one-time promotional expenses related to the 175th anniversary of the Company.
General and administrative costs in the first nine months of 2026 increased $19.5 million, or 8.2%, compared with the same prior-year period. The increase was primarily due to higher outside services costs of $9.2 million, driven by higher professional fees and one-time promotional expenses related to the 175th anniversary of the Company, as well as higher compensation and benefits of $7.2 million, which was driven by higher salaries and higher incentive compensation.
Depreciation and Amortization
Depreciation and amortization costs in the third quarter and first nine months of 2026 decreased $0.2 million, or 0.9%, and $1.3 million, or 2.0%, respectively, compared with the same prior-year period.
Generative AI Litigation Costs
In the third quarter and first nine months of 2026, the Company recorded $3.8 million and $12.6 million, respectively, and in the third quarter and first nine months of 2025, the Company recorded $2.4 million and $10.3 million, respectively, of pre-tax litigation-related costs in connection with certain lawsuits alleging unlawful and unauthorized copying and use of the Company’s journalism and other content in connection with the development of generative artificial intelligence products (“Generative AI Litigation Costs”). Management determined to report Generative AI Litigation Costs as a special item beginning in the first quarter of 2024 because, unlike other litigation expenses, the Generative AI Litigation Costs arise from discrete, complex and unusual proceedings and do not, in management’s view, reflect the Company’s ongoing business operational performance. See Note 14 of the Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information.
Multiemployer Pension Plan Liability Adjustments
In the second quarter of 2026, the Company recorded a $9.2 million charge in connection with the Company’s withdrawal from a multiemployer pension plan.
In the first quarter of 2025, the Company recorded a $4.5 million charge related to a multiemployer pension plan liability adjustment.
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NON-OPERATING ITEMS
Other Components of Net Periodic Benefit Costs
See Note 9 of the Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for information regarding other components of net periodic benefit costs.
Income Taxes
See Note 10 of the Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for information regarding income taxes.
NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES
We have included in this report certain supplemental financial information derived from consolidated financial information but not presented in our financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP. Specifically, we have referred to the following non-GAAP financial measures in this report:
•adjusted diluted earnings per share, defined as diluted earnings per share excluding severance, non-operating retirement costs and the impact of special items;
•adjusted operating profit, defined as operating profit before depreciation, amortization, severance, multiemployer pension plan withdrawal costs and special items, and expressed as a percentage of revenues, adjusted operating profit margin;
•adjusted operating costs, defined as operating costs before depreciation, amortization, severance, multiemployer pension plan withdrawal costs and special items; and
•free cash flow, defined as net cash provided by operating activities less capital expenditures.
The special items in 2026 consisted of:
•$3.8 million of Generative AI Litigation Costs ($2.8 million, or $0.02 per share, after tax) in the third quarter and $12.6 million ($9.3 million, or $0.06 per share, after tax) for the first nine months; and
•a $9.2 million charge ($6.8 million, or $0.04 per share, after tax) in the second quarter in connection with the Company’s withdrawal from a multiemployer pension plan.
The special items in 2025 consisted of:
•$2.4 million of Generative AI Litigation Costs ($1.8 million, or $0.01 per share, after tax) in the third quarter and $10.3 million ($7.6 million, or $0.05 per share, after tax) for the first nine months;
•a $3.5 million charge ($2.6 million, or $0.02 per share, after tax) in the third quarter related to an impairment of a non-marketable equity investment. The charge is included in Interest income and other, net in our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations; and
•a $4.5 million charge ($3.3 million, or $0.02 per share, after tax) in the first quarter related to a multiemployer pension plan liability adjustment.
We have included these non-GAAP financial measures because management reviews them on a regular basis and uses them to evaluate and manage the performance of our operations. We believe that, for the reasons outlined below, these non-GAAP financial measures provide useful information to investors as a supplement to reported diluted earnings/(loss) per share, operating profit/(loss) and operating costs. However, these measures should be evaluated only in conjunction with the comparable GAAP financial measures and should not be viewed as alternative or superior measures of GAAP results.
Adjusted diluted earnings per share provides useful information in evaluating the Company’s period-to-period performance because it eliminates items that the Company does not consider to be indicative of earnings from ongoing operating activities. Adjusted operating profit and adjusted operating profit margin are useful in evaluating the ongoing performance of the Company’s businesses as they exclude the significant non-cash impact of depreciation and amortization, as well as items not indicative of ongoing operating activities. Total operating costs include depreciation, amortization, severance and multiemployer pension plan withdrawal costs and special items. Total operating costs, excluding these items, provides investors with helpful supplemental information on the Company’s underlying operating costs that is used by management in its financial and operational decision-making.
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Management considers special items, which may include impairment charges, pension settlement charges, acquisition-related costs, and beginning in 2024, Generative AI Litigation Costs, as well as other items that arise from time to time, to be outside the ordinary course of our operations. Management believes that excluding these items provides a better understanding of the underlying trends in the Company’s operating performance and allows more accurate comparisons of the Company’s operating results to historical performance. Management determined to report Generative AI Litigation Costs as a special item and thus exclude them beginning in 2024 because, unlike other litigation expenses, which are not excluded, the Generative AI Litigation Costs arise from discrete, complex and unusual proceedings and do not, in management’s view, reflect the Company’s ongoing business operational performance. In addition, management excludes severance costs, which may fluctuate significantly from quarter to quarter, because it believes these costs do not necessarily reflect expected future operating costs and do not contribute to a meaningful comparison of the Company’s operating results to historical performance.
Non-operating retirement costs include (i) interest cost, expected return on plan assets, amortization of actuarial gains and loss components and amortization of prior service credits of single-employer pension expense, (ii) interest cost, amortization of actuarial gains and loss components of other postretirement benefits and (iii) all multiemployer pension plan withdrawal costs. These non-operating retirement costs are primarily tied to financial market performance including changes in market interest rates and investment performance. Management considers non-operating retirement costs to be outside the performance of the business and believes that presenting adjusted diluted earnings per share excluding non-operating retirement costs and presenting adjusted operating results excluding multiemployer pension plan withdrawal costs, in addition to the Company’s GAAP diluted earnings per share and GAAP operating results, provide increased transparency and a better understanding of the underlying trends in the Company’s operating business performance.
The Company considers free cash flow, which is defined as net cash provided by operating activities less capital expenditures, to provide useful information to management and investors about the amount of cash that is available to be used to strengthen the Company’s balance sheet and for strategic opportunities including, among others, investing in the Company’s business, strategic acquisitions, dividend payouts and repurchasing stock. See “Liquidity and Capital Resources — Free Cash Flow” below for more information and a reconciliation of free cash flow to net cash provided by operating activities.
Reconciliations of these non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable GAAP measures are set out in the tables below.
Reconciliation of diluted earnings per share excluding amortization of acquired intangible assets, severance, non-operating retirement costs and special items (or adjusted diluted earnings per share)
| For the Quarters Ended | For the Nine Months Ended | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| September 30, 2026 | September 30, 2025 | % Change | September 30, 2026 | September 30, 2025 | % Change | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diluted earnings per share | $ | 0.60 | $ | 0.50 | 20.0 | % | $ | 1.71 | $ | 1.30 | 31.5 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Add: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Amortization of acquired intangible assets | 0.04 | 0.04 | — | 0.13 | 0.12 | 8.3 | % | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Severance | 0.01 | 0.01 | — | 0.03 | 0.03 | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Non-operating retirement costs: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Multiemployer pension plan withdrawal costs | 0.01 | 0.01 | — | 0.02 | 0.02 | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other components of net periodic benefit costs | 0.02 | 0.03 | (33.3) | % | 0.07 | 0.08 | (12.5) | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Special items: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Generative AI Litigation Costs | 0.02 | 0.01 | * | 0.07 | 0.06 | 16.7 | % | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Multiemployer pension plan liability adjustments | — | — | — | 0.06 | 0.03 | * | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Impairment of a non-marketable equity security | — | 0.02 | * | — | 0.02 | * | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Income tax expense of adjustments | (0.03) | (0.03) | — | (0.10) | (0.10) | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Adjusted diluted earnings per share(1) | $ | 0.68 | $ | 0.59 | 15.3 | % | $ | 1.99 | $ | 1.58 | 25.9 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(1)Amounts may not add due to rounding.
* Represents a change equal to or in excess of 100% or not meaningful.
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Reconciliation of operating profit before depreciation and amortization, severance, multiemployer pension plan withdrawal costs and special items (or adjusted operating profit) and of adjusted operating profit margin
| For the Quarters Ended | For the Nine Months Ended | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (In thousands) | September 30, 2026 | September 30, 2025 | % Change | September 30, 2026 | September 30, 2025 | % Change | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operating profit | $ | 121,938 | $ | 104,788 | 16.4 | % | $ | 330,573 | $ | 269,973 | 22.4 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Add: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depreciation and amortization | 21,145 | 21,341 | (0.9) | % | 62,831 | 64,115 | (2.0) | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Severance | 1,800 | 1,600 | 12.5 | % | 4,351 | 5,207 | (16.4) | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Multiemployer pension plan withdrawal costs | 967 | 1,244 | (22.3) | % | 3,272 | 3,811 | (14.1) | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Generative AI Litigation Costs | 3,786 | 2,411 | 57.0 | % | 12,626 | 10,298 | 22.6 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Multiemployer pension plan liability adjustments | — | — | — | 9,219 | 4,453 | * | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Adjusted operating profit | $ | 149,636 | $ | 131,384 | 13.9 | % | $ | 422,872 | $ | 357,857 | 18.2 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Divided by: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Revenue | $ | 768,538 | $ | 700,821 | 9.7 | % | $ | 2,243,229 | $ | 2,022,604 | 10.9 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operating profit margin | 15.9 | % | 15.0 | % | 90 bps | 14.7 | % | 13.3 | % | 140 bps | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Adjusted operating profit margin | 19.5 | % | 18.7 | % | 80 bps | 18.9 | % | 17.7 | % | 120 bps | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
* Represents a change equal to or in excess of 100% or not meaningful.
Reconciliation of total operating costs before depreciation and amortization, severance, multiemployer pension plan withdrawal costs and special items (or adjusted operating costs)
| For the Quarters Ended | For the Nine Months Ended | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (In thousands) | September 30, 2026 | September 30, 2025 | % Change | September 30, 2026 | September 30, 2025 | % Change | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total operating costs | $ | 646,600 | $ | 596,033 | 8.5 | % | $ | 1,912,656 | $ | 1,752,631 | 9.1 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Less: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depreciation and amortization | 21,145 | 21,341 | (0.9) | % | 62,831 | 64,115 | (2.0) | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Severance | 1,800 | 1,600 | 12.5 | % | 4,351 | 5,207 | (16.4) | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Multiemployer pension plan withdrawal costs | 967 | 1,244 | (22.3) | % | 3,272 | 3,811 | (14.1) | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Generative AI Litigation Costs | 3,786 | 2,411 | 57.0 | % | 12,626 | 10,298 | 22.6 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Multiemployer pension plan liability adjustments | — | — | — | 9,219 | 4,453 | * | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Adjusted operating costs | $ | 618,902 | $ | 569,437 | 8.7 | % | $ | 1,820,357 | $ | 1,664,747 | 9.3 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
* Represents a change equal to or in excess of 100% or not meaningful.
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LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES
We believe our cash balance and cash provided by operations, in combination with other sources of cash, will be sufficient to meet our financing needs over the next 12 months. As of September 30, 2026, we had cash, cash equivalents and short- and long-term marketable securities of $1.26 billion.
We have paid quarterly dividends on the Class A and Class B Common Stock each quarter since late 2013. In February 2026, the Board of Directors approved a quarterly dividend of $0.23 per share, an increase of $0.05 per share from the previous quarter, which was paid in April 2026. In June and September 2026, the Board of Directors declared quarterly dividends of $0.23 per share on the Class A and Class B Common Stock, which were paid in July and October 2026. We currently expect to continue to pay cash dividends in the future, although changes in our dividend program will be considered by our Board of Directors in light of our earnings, capital requirements, financial condition and other factors considered relevant.
The Board of Directors approved Class A Common Stock share repurchase programs in February 2023 ($250.0 million) and February 2025 ($350.0 million). The authorizations provide that shares of Class A Common Stock may be purchased from time to time as market conditions warrant, through open-market purchases, privately negotiated transactions or other means, including Rule 10b5-1 trading plans. We expect to repurchase shares to offset the impact of dilution from our equity compensation program and to return capital to our stockholders. There is no expiration date with respect to these authorizations. During the nine months ended September 30, 2026, repurchases totaled approximately $170.8 million (excluding commissions and excise taxes), which fully utilized the 2023 authorization, and we repurchased an additional $33.4 million (excluding commissions and excise taxes) between October 1, 2026, and October 30, 2026, leaving approximately $146.0 million remaining under the 2025 authorization.
On July 4, 2025, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (the “OBBBA”) was enacted into law. The OBBBA includes provisions retroactive to January 1, 2025, and, among other provisions, eliminates the requirement to capitalize and amortize domestic research and experimentation expenditures over five years. The OBBBA also provides an election for taxpayers to accelerate the remaining amortization of domestic research and experimentation expenditures that were previously capitalized for tax purposes over a two-year period. These changes resulted in lower cash tax payments of $65 million for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025, and are expected to result in lower cash tax payments of approximately $60 million in total for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2026. The Company does not expect the majority of these cash flow benefits to recur beyond fiscal 2026.
Capital Resources
Sources and Uses of Cash
Cash flows provided by/(used in) by category were as follows:
| For the Nine Months Ended | For the Last Twelve Months Ended(1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (In thousands) | September 30, 2026 | September 30, 2025 | % Change | September 30, 2026 | September 30, 2025 | % Change | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operating activities | $ | 462,245 | $ | 420,334 | 10.0 | % | $ | 626,400 | $ | 572,030 | 9.5 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Investing activities | $ | (166,415) | $ | (149,117) | 11.6 | % | $ | (238,614) | $ | (257,744) | (7.4) | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Financing activities | $ | (330,713) | $ | (220,725) | 49.8 | % | $ | (416,127) | $ | (268,799) | 54.8 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(1)Last twelve months represents performance covering the preceding 12 months relative to the last day of the quarter.
Operating Activities
Cash from operating activities is generated by cash receipts from subscriptions; advertising sales; and affiliate, licensing and other revenues. Operating cash outflows include payments for employee compensation, pension and other benefits, raw materials, marketing expenses and income taxes.
Net cash provided by operating activities increased in the first nine months of 2026 compared with the same prior-year period primarily due to higher net income in the current year, partially offset by nonrecurring net proceeds from the sale of land in 2025.
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Investing Activities
Cash from investing activities generally includes proceeds from marketable securities that have matured and the sale of assets, investments or a business. Cash used in investing activities generally includes purchases of marketable securities, payments for capital projects and acquisitions of new businesses and investments.
Net cash used in investing activities in the first nine months of 2026 was primarily related to $140.4 million in net purchases of marketable securities and capital expenditures of $26.4 million.
Financing Activities
Cash from financing activities generally includes borrowings under third-party financing arrangements, the issuance of long-term debt and funds from stock option exercises. Cash used in financing activities generally includes the repayment of amounts outstanding under third-party financing arrangements, the payment of dividends, the payment of long-term debt and capital lease obligations, and share-based compensation tax withholding.
Net cash used in financing activities in the first nine months of 2026 was primarily related to share repurchases of $170.9 million, dividend payments of $104.8 million and share-based compensation tax withholding payments of $55.0 million.
Free Cash Flow
Free cash flow is a non-GAAP financial measure defined as net cash provided by operating activities, less capital expenditures. The Company considers free cash flow to provide useful information to management and investors about the amount of cash that is available to be used to strengthen the Company’s balance sheet and for strategic opportunities including, among others, investing in the Company’s business, strategic acquisitions, dividend payouts and repurchasing stock. In addition, management uses free cash flow to set targets for return of capital to stockholders in the form of dividends and share repurchases.
The following table presents a reconciliation of net cash provided by operating activities to free cash flow:
| For the Nine Months Ended | ||||||||||||||
| (In thousands) | September 30, 2026 | September 30, 2025 | ||||||||||||
Net cash provided by operating activities(1) | $ | 462,245 | $ | 420,334 | ||||||||||
| Less: Capital expenditures | (26,442) | (27,451) | ||||||||||||
| Free cash flow | $ | 435,803 | $ | 392,883 | ||||||||||
(1)Net cash provided by operating activities in the first nine months of 2025 included net proceeds of approximately $33 million in connection with the lease and subsequent sale of approximately four acres of excess land at our printing and distribution facility in College Point, N.Y., which was finalized in February 2025.
Free cash flow in the first nine months of 2026 was $435.8 million compared with $392.9 million in 2025. Free cash flow increased primarily due to higher cash provided by operating activities, as discussed above.
The following table presents a reconciliation of net cash provided by operating activities to free cash flow for the last twelve months ended September 30, 2026 and 2025:
For the Last Twelve Months Ended(1) | ||||||||||||||
| (In thousands) | September 30, 2026 | September 30, 2025 | ||||||||||||
Net cash provided by operating activities(2) | $ | 626,400 | $ | 572,030 | ||||||||||
| Less: Capital expenditures | (32,975) | (35,509) | ||||||||||||
| Free cash flow | $ | 593,425 | $ | 536,521 | ||||||||||
(1)Last twelve months represents performance covering the preceding 12 months relative to the last day of the quarter.
(2)Net cash provided by operating activities in the last twelve months ended September 30, 2025, included net proceeds of approximately $33 million in connection with the sale of excess land in 2025, as discussed above.
Net cash provided by operating activities increased in the last twelve months ended September 30, 2026, to $626.4 million compared with $572.0 million in the same prior-year period primarily due to higher net income, partially offset by nonrecurring net proceeds from the sale of land in 2025. Free cash flow for the last twelve months ended September 30, 2026, was $593.4 million compared with $536.5 million in the last twelve months ended September 30, 2025. Free cash flow increased primarily due to higher cash provided by operating activities, as discussed above.
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Restricted Cash
We were required to maintain $14.0 million of restricted cash as of September 30, 2026, and $15.0 million as of December 31, 2025, substantially all of which is set aside to collateralize workers’ compensation obligations.
Capital Expenditures
Capital expenditures totaled approximately $25 million and $26 million in the first nine months of 2026 and 2025, respectively. The cash payments related to capital expenditures totaled approximately $26 million and $27 million in the first nine months of 2026 and 2025, respectively.
Revolving Credit Facility
On June 13, 2025, the Company entered into an amendment and restatement of its previous credit facility that, among other changes, increased the committed amount to $400.0 million and extended the maturity date to June 13, 2030 (as amended and restated, the “Credit Facility”). Certain of the Company’s domestic subsidiaries have guaranteed the Company’s obligations under the Credit Facility. Borrowings under the Credit Facility bear interest at specified rates based on our utilization and consolidated leverage ratio. The Credit Facility contains various customary affirmative and negative covenants. In addition, the Company is obligated to pay a quarterly unused commitment fee at an annual rate of 0.20%.
As of both September 30, 2026, and December 31, 2025, there were no borrowings and approximately $0.4 million in outstanding letters of credit, with the remaining committed amount available. As of September 30, 2026, the Company was in compliance with the financial covenants contained in the Credit Facility.
CRITICAL ACCOUNTING ESTIMATES AND POLICIES
Our critical accounting policies are detailed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025. Other than as described in Note 2 of the Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements, as of September 30, 2026, our critical accounting policies have not changed from December 31, 2025.
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FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, including the section titled “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Terms such as “aim,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “confidence,” “contemplate,” “continue,” “conviction,” “could,” “drive,” “estimate,” “expect,” “forecast,” “future,” “goal,” “guidance,” “intend,” “likely,” “may,” “might,” “objective,” “opportunity,” “optimistic,” “outlook,” “plan,” “position,” “potential,” “predict,” “project,” “seek,” “should,” “strategy,” “target,” “will,” “would” or similar statements or variations of such words and other similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements, although not all forward-looking statements contain such terms. Forward-looking statements are based upon our current expectations, estimates and assumptions and involve risks and uncertainties that change over time; actual results could differ materially from those predicted by such forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: significant competition in all aspects of our business; our ability to grow the size and profitability of our audience and subscriber base; our dependence on third-party platforms for attracting, retaining and monetizing a significant portion of our users and for our ability to maintain and grow our licensing revenues; our dependence on user and other metrics that are subject to inherent challenges in measurement; numerous factors that affect our advertising revenues, including market dynamics, evolving digital advertising trends and the evolution of our strategy; the risks and challenges associated with investments we make in new and existing products and services; damage to our brand or reputation from negative perceptions or publicity or otherwise; risks associated with generative artificial intelligence technology; economic, market and political conditions or other events or conditions; risks associated with the international scope of our business and foreign operations; significant disruptions in our newsprint supply chain or newspaper printing and distribution channels or a significant increase in the costs to print and distribute our newspaper; risks associated with expectations relating to governance, environmental and social matters, and any related reporting obligations; risks associated with acquisitions, divestitures, investments and other strategic transactions; risks associated with litigation or governmental investigations; our ability to protect our intellectual property; claims against us of intellectual property infringement; our ability to improve and scale our technical and data infrastructure; security incidents and other network and information systems disruptions; our ability to comply with evolving laws and regulations with respect to privacy, data protection and consumer marketing and subscriptions practices; payment processing risk; our dependence on continued and unimpeded access to the internet and cloud-based hosting services we utilize; risks associated with attracting and maintaining a highly talented workforce; the impact of labor negotiations and collective bargaining agreements; potential limits on our operating flexibility due to the fixed nature of our employee-related and printing and distribution costs; the effects of the size and volatility of our pension plan obligations; liabilities that may result from our participation in multiemployer pension plans; our ability to meet our publicly announced guidance and/or targets; the effects of restrictions on our operations as a result of the terms of our credit facility; potential limits on our future access to capital markets and other financing options; and the concentration of control of our company due to our dual-class capital structure.
More information regarding these risks and uncertainties and other important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements is set forth in “Item 1A — Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025, and “Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. Investors are cautioned not to place undue reliance on any such forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date they are made. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
Our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025, details our disclosures about market risk. As of September 30, 2026, there were no material changes in our market risks from December 31, 2025.
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Item 4. Controls and Procedures
EVALUATION OF DISCLOSURE CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
Our management, with the participation of our principal executive officer and our principal financial officer, evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) as of September 30, 2026. Based upon such evaluation, our principal executive officer and principal financial officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of September 30, 2026, to ensure that the information required to be disclosed by us in the reports that we file or submit under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms, and is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
CHANGES IN INTERNAL CONTROL OVER FINANCIAL REPORTING
There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting during the quarter ended September 30, 2026, that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
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PART II. OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1. Legal Proceedings
We are involved in various legal actions incidental to our business that are now pending against us. These actions generally assert damages claims that are greatly in excess of the amount, if any, that we would be liable to pay if we lost or settled the cases. We record a liability for legal claims when a loss is probable and the amount can be reasonably estimated. Although the Company cannot predict the outcome of these matters, no amount of loss in excess of recorded amounts as of September 30, 2026, is believed to be reasonably possible.
On December 27, 2023, we filed a lawsuit against Microsoft Corporation (“Microsoft”), OpenAI Inc. and various of its corporate affiliates (collectively, “OpenAI”) in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (“SDNY”), alleging copyright infringement, unfair competition, trademark dilution and violations of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”), related to their unlawful and unauthorized copying and use of our journalism and other content. We are seeking monetary relief, injunctive relief preventing Microsoft and OpenAI from continuing their unlawful, unfair and infringing conduct and other relief. On February 26, 2024, and March 4, 2024, respectively, OpenAI and Microsoft filed partial motions to dismiss, seeking dismissal of the unfair competition, contributory copyright infringement and DMCA claims. OpenAI also sought dismissal of a portion of the direct copyright infringement claim as being time-barred. On March 26, 2025, the court dismissed our unfair competition claim and DMCA claims, with leave to replead the latter, which we repled in part on May 28, 2025. The court permitted our other disputed claims to go forward. On April 3, 2025, the Judicial Panel for Multidistrict Litigation consolidated our case with others pending against OpenAI before our assigned judge in the SDNY. On June 11, 2026, OpenAI filed a motion for judgment on the pleadings, seeking dismissal of our contributory infringement claims based on the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Cox Communications, Inc. v. Sony Music Entertainment, 146 S. Ct. 959 (2026). On June 25, 2026, we filed a motion for leave to amend our complaint to dismiss the contributory infringement claim against OpenAI, amend the contributory infringement claim against Microsoft, and dismiss trademark claims against both OpenAI and Microsoft. On August 6, 2026, our motion for leave to amend our contributory infringement claim against Microsoft was denied. On September 4, 2026, the parties cross-moved for summary judgment. We intend to vigorously pursue all of our legal remedies in this litigation, but there is no guarantee that we will be successful in our efforts.
On December 5, 2025, we filed a lawsuit against Perplexity AI, Inc. (“Perplexity”) in the SDNY, alleging copyright infringement, trademark dilution and trademark infringement, related to Perplexity’s unlawful and unauthorized copying and use of our journalism and other content. We are seeking monetary relief, injunctive relief preventing Perplexity from continuing its unlawful and infringing conduct and other relief. On February 27, 2026, Perplexity filed a partial motion to dismiss, seeking dismissal of one direct infringement claim (concerning the use of our content to create outputs), the contributory and vicarious infringement claim, and the trademark claims. In response to the motion, we filed an amended complaint on March 20, 2026. Perplexity filed a renewed partial motion to dismiss on April 17, 2026, addressing the same claims. We intend to vigorously pursue all of our legal remedies in this litigation, but there is no guarantee that we will be successful in our efforts.
On November 2, 2026, we filed a lawsuit against Brave Software, Inc. (“Brave”) in the SDNY, alleging copyright infringement, violations of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, and unjust enrichment related to Brave's unlawful and unauthorized copying and use of our journalism and other content. We are seeking monetary relief, injunctive relief preventing Brave from continuing its unlawful and infringing conduct and other relief. We intend to vigorously pursue all of our legal remedies in this litigation, but there is no guarantee that we will be successful in our efforts.
See Note 14 of the Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information.
Item 1A. Risk Factors
There have been no material changes to our risk factors as set forth in “Item 1A—Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025.
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Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
(c) Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
| Period | Total numbers of shares of Class A Common Stock purchased | Average price paid per share of Class A Common Stock | Total number of shares of Class A Common Stock purchased as part of publicly announced plans or programs | Maximum number (or approximate dollar value) of shares of Class A Common Stock that may yet be purchased under the plans or programs | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| July 1, 2026 – July 31, 2026 | 252,607 | $ | 74.00 | 252,607 | $ | 239,740,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| August 1, 2026 – August 31, 2026 | 442,218 | $ | 66.33 | 442,218 | $ | 210,407,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| September 1, 2026 – September 30, 2026 | 463,827 | $ | 66.94 | 463,827 | $ | 179,358,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Total for the third quarter of 2026 | 1,158,652 | $ | 68.27 | 1,158,652 | $ | 179,358,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||
The Board of Directors approved a Class A Common Stock share repurchase program in February 2025 ($350.0 million). The authorization provides that shares of Class A Common Stock may be purchased from time to time as market conditions warrant, through open-market purchases, privately negotiated transactions or other means, including Rule 10b5-1 trading plans. We expect to repurchase shares to offset the impact of dilution from our equity compensation program and to return capital to our stockholders. There is no expiration date with respect to this authorization.
Item 5. Other Information
(c) Securities Trading Plans of Directors and Executive Officers
During the quarter ended September 30, 2026, none of our directors or executive officers adopted terminated
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Item 6. Exhibits
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| 31.1 | ||||||||
| 31.2 | ||||||||
| 32.1 | ||||||||
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| 101.INS | XBRL Instance Document – the instance document does not appear in the Interactive Data File because its XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document. | |||||||
| 101.SCH | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document. | |||||||
| 101.CAL | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document. | |||||||
| 101.DEF | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document. | |||||||
| 101.LAB | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document. | |||||||
| 101.PRE | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document. | |||||||
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101). | |||||||
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
| THE NEW YORK TIMES COMPANY | ||||||||
| (Registrant) | ||||||||
| Date: | November 4, 2026 | /s/ William Bardeen | ||||||
| William Bardeen Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer) | ||||||||
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EXHIBIT 31.1
Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification | ||||||||||||||
| I, Meredith Kopit Levien, certify that: | ||||||||||||||
| 1. | I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of The New York Times Company; | |||||||||||||
| 2. | Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report; | |||||||||||||
| 3. | Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report; | |||||||||||||
| 4. | The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have: | |||||||||||||
| (a) | Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared; | |||||||||||||
| (b) | Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles; | |||||||||||||
| (c) | Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and | |||||||||||||
| (d) | Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and | |||||||||||||
| 5. | The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions): | |||||||||||||
| (a) | All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and | |||||||||||||
| (b) | Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting. | |||||||||||||
Date: November 4, 2026
/s/ MEREDITH KOPIT LEVIEN | |||||
| Meredith Kopit Levien | |||||
| Chief Executive Officer | |||||
EXHIBIT 31.2
Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification | ||||||||||||||
| I, William Bardeen, certify that: | ||||||||||||||
| 1. | I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of The New York Times Company; | |||||||||||||
| 2. | Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report; | |||||||||||||
| 3. | Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report; | |||||||||||||
| 4. | The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have: | |||||||||||||
| (a) | Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared; | |||||||||||||
| (b) | Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles; | |||||||||||||
| (c) | Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and | |||||||||||||
| (d) | Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and | |||||||||||||
| 5. | The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions): | |||||||||||||
| (a) | All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and | |||||||||||||
| (b) | Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting. | |||||||||||||
Date: November 4, 2026
/s/ WILLIAM BARDEEN | |||||
| William Bardeen | |||||
| Chief Financial Officer | |||||
EXHIBIT 32.1
Certification pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
In connection with the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of The New York Times Company (the “Company”) for the quarter ended September 30, 2026, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Meredith Kopit Levien, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that, based on my knowledge:
(1)The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and
(2)The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.
November 4, 2026
/s/ MEREDITH KOPIT LEVIEN | |||||
| Meredith Kopit Levien | |||||
| Chief Executive Officer | |||||
EXHIBIT 32.2
Certification pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
In connection with the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of The New York Times Company (the “Company”) for the quarter ended September 30, 2026, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, William Bardeen, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that, based on my knowledge:
(1)The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and
(2)The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.
November 4, 2026
/s/ WILLIAM BARDEEN | |||||
| William Bardeen | |||||
| Chief Financial Officer | |||||