The New York Times

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As of December 2023, ''The New York Times'' has printed sixty thousand issues, a statistic represented in the paper's masthead to the right of the volume number, the ''Times''{{'}}s years in publication written in [[Roman numerals]].{{Sfn|Dunlap|2023c}} The volume and issues are separated by four dots representing the edition number of that issue; on the day of the 2000 presidential election, the ''Times'' was revised four separate times, necessitating the use of an [[em dash]] in place of an ellipsis.{{Sfn|Dunlap|2014c}} The em dash issue was printed hundreds times over before being replaced by the one-dot issue. Despite efforts by newsroom employees to recycle copies sent to ''The New York Times''{{'}}s office, several copies were kept, including one put on display at the Museum at The Times.{{Sfn|Dunlap|2023a}} From February 7, 1898, to December 31, 1999, the ''Times''{{'}}s issue number was incorrect by five hundred issues, an error suspected by ''[[The Atlantic]]'' to be the result of a careless front page type editor. The misreporting was noticed by news editor Aaron Donovan, who was calculating the number of issues in a spreadsheet and noticed the discrepancy. ''The New York Times'' celebrated fifty thousand issues on March 14, 1995, an observance that should have occurred on July 26, 1996.{{Sfn|Rosen|2014}}

''The New York Times'' has reduced the physical size of its print edition while retaining its [[broadsheet]] format. ''The New-York Daily Times'' debuted at {{Convert|18|in|mm}} across. By the 1950s, the ''Times'' was being printed at {{Convert|16|in|mm}} across. In 1953, an increase in paper costs to {{USD|10}} ({{Inflation|US|10|1953|fmt=eq|r=2}}) a ton increased newsprint costs to {{USD|21.7}} million ({{Inflation|US|27100000|1953|fmt=eq|r=2}}) On December 28, 1953, the pages were reduced to {{Convert|15.5|in|mm}}. On February 14, 1955, a further reduction to {{Convert|15|in|mm}} occurred, followed by {{Convert|14.5|in|mm}} and {{Convert|13.5|in|mm}}. On August 6, 2007, the largest cut occurred when the pages were reduced to {{Convert|12|in|mm}},{{Efn|The national edition of ''The New York Times'' uses {{Convert|11.5|in|mm}} pages.{{Sfn|Dunlap|2016f}}}} a decision that other broadsheets had previously considered. Then-executive editor [[Bill Keller]] stated that a narrower paper would be more beneficial to the reader but acknowledged a net loss in article space of five percent.{{Sfn|Dunlap|2016f}} In 1985, The New York Times Company established a minority stake in a {{USD|21.7}} million ({{Inflation|US|27100000|1953|fmt=eq|r=2}}) newsprint plant in [[Clermont, Capitale-Nationale, Quebec|Clermont, Quebec]] through [[Resolute Forest Products|Donahue Malbaie]].{{Sfn|Reuters|1985}} The company sold its equity interest in Donahue Malbaie in 2017.{{Sfn|The New York Times Company|2020a|p=22}}

''The New York Times'' often uses large, bolded headlines for major events. For the print version of the ''Times'', these headlines are written by one copy editor, reviewed by two other copy editors, approved by the masthead editors, and polished by other print editors. The process is completed before 8 p.m., but it may be repeated if further development occur, as did take place during the [[2020 United States presidential election|2020 presidential election]]. On the day [[Joe Biden]] was declared the winner, ''The New York Times'' utilized a "hammer headline" reading, "Biden Beats Trump", in all caps and bolded. A dozen journalists discussed several potential headlines, such as "It's Biden" or "Biden's Moment", and prepared for a [[Donald Trump]] victory, in which they would use "Trump Prevails".{{Sfn|Ernst|Vecsey|2020}} During Trump's [[First impeachment of Donald Trump|first impeachment]], the ''Times'' drafted the hammer headline, "Trump Impeached". ''The New York Times'' altered the [[ligature (writing)|ligature]]s between the E and the A, as not doing so would leave a noticeable gap due to the stem of the A sloping away from the E. The ''Times'' reused the tight [[kerning]] for "Biden Beats Trump" and Trump's [[Second impeachment of Donald Trump|second impeachment]], which simply read, "Impeached".{{Sfn|Sondern|2021}}

In cases where two major events occur on the same day or immediately after each other, ''The New York Times'' has used a "paddle wheel" headline, where both headlines are used but split by a line. The term dates back to August 8, 1959, when it was revealed that the United States was monitoring Soviet missile firings and when [[Explorer 6]]—shaped like a [[paddle wheel]]—launched. Since then, the paddle wheel has been used several times, including on January 21, 1981, when [[Ronald Reagan]] was [[First inauguration of Ronald Reagan|sworn in]] minutes before [[Iran]] released fifty-two American hostages, ending the [[Iran hostage crisis]]. At the time, most newspapers favored the end of the hostage crisis, but the ''Times'' placed the inauguration above the crisis. Since 1981, the paddle wheel has been used twice; on July 26, 2000, when the [[2000 Camp David Summit]] ended without an agreement and when Bush announced that [[Dick Cheney]] would be his running mate, and on June 24, 2016, when the [[2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum|United Kingdom European Union membership referendum]] passed, beginning [[Brexit]], and when the [[Supreme Court of the United States|Supreme Court]] deadlocked in ''[[United States v. Texas (2016)|United States v. Texas]]''.{{Sfn|Dunlap|2016e}}

''The New York Times'' has run editorials from its editorial board on the front page twice. On June 13, 1920, the ''Times'' ran an editorial opposing [[Warren G. Harding]], who was nominated during that year's [[1920 Republican Party presidential primaries|Republican Party presidential primaries]].{{Sfn|Goldfarb|2015}} Amid growing acceptance to run editorials on the front pages{{Sfn|Tompkins|2015}} from publications such as the ''[[Detroit Free Press]]'', ''[[The Patriot-News]]'', ''[[The Arizona Republic]]'', and ''[[The Indianapolis Star]]'', ''The New York Times'' ran an editorial on its front page on December 5, 2015, following [[2015 San Bernardino attack|a terrorist attack]] in [[San Bernardino, California]], in which fourteen people were killed.{{Sfn|Nelson|2015}} The editorial advocates for the prohibition of "slightly modified combat rifles" used in the San Bernardino shooting and "certain kinds of ammunition".{{Sfn|Goldfarb|2015}} Conservative figures, including [[Texas]] senator [[Ted Cruz]], ''[[The Weekly Standard]]'' editor [[Bill Kristol]], ''[[Fox & Friends]]'' co-anchor [[Steve Doocy]], and then-[[New Jersey]] governor [[Chris Christie]] criticized the ''Times''. Talk radio host [[Erick Erickson]] acquired an issue of ''The New York Times'' to fire several rounds into the paper, posting a picture online.{{Sfn|Kludt|2015}}