The New York Times

===1998–present===
{{Main|History of The New York Times (1998–present)}}
Following the establishment of [[nytimes.com]], ''The New York Times'' retained its journalistic hesitancy under executive editor [[Joseph Lelyveld]], refusing to publish an article reporting on the [[Clinton–Lewinsky scandal]] from [[Drudge Report]]. nytimes.com editors conflicted with print editors on several occasions, including wrongfully naming security guard [[Richard Jewell]] as the suspect in the [[Centennial Olympic Park bombing]] and covering the [[death of Diana, Princess of Wales]] in greater detail than the print edition.{{Sfn|Nagourney|2023|p=186-190}} The New York Times Electronic Media Company was adversely affected by the [[dot-com crash]].{{Sfn|Nagourney|2023|p=221-222}} The ''Times'' extensively covered the [[September 11 attacks]]. The following day's print issue contained sixty-six articles,{{Sfn|Nagourney|2023|p=249}} the work of over three hundred dispatched reporters.{{Sfn|Mnookin|2004|p=61}} Journalist [[Judith Miller]] was the recipient of a package containing a white powder during the [[2001 anthrax attacks]], furthering anxiety within ''The New York Times''.{{Sfn|Nagourney|2023|p=255-256}} In September 2002, Miller and military correspondent [[Michael R. Gordon]] wrote an article for the ''Times'' claiming that Iraq had purchased [[Iraqi aluminum tubes|aluminum tubes]]. The article was cited by then-president [[George W. Bush]] to claim that Iraq was constructing [[Iraq and weapons of mass destruction|weapons of mass destruction]]; the theoretical use of aluminum tubes to produce nuclear material was subject of debate.{{Sfn|Nagourney|2023|p=276-278}} In March 2003, the United States [[2003 invasion of Iraq|invaded Iraq]], beginning the [[Iraq War]].{{Sfn|Nagourney|2023|p=281}}

''The New York Times'' attracted controversy after thirty-six articles{{Sfn|Sullivan|2013a}} from journalist [[Jayson Blair]] were discovered to be plagiarized.{{Sfn|Mnookin|2004|p=171}} Criticism over then-executive editor [[Howell Raines]] and then-managing editor [[Gerald M. Boyd]] mounted following the scandal, culminating in a town hall in which a deputy editor criticized Raines for failing to question Blair's sources in article he wrote on the [[D.C. sniper attacks]].{{Sfn|Mnookin|2004|p=183}} In June 2003, Raines and Boyd resigned.{{Sfn|Mnookin|2004|p=210-212}} [[Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Jr.]] appointed [[Bill Keller]] as executive editor.{{Sfn|Mnookin|2004|p=217}} Miller continued to report on the Iraq War as a [[Embedded journalism|journalistic embed]] covering the country's weapons of mass destruction program. Keller and then-Washington bureau chief [[Jill Abramson]] unsuccessfully attempted to subside criticism. Conservative media criticized the ''Times'' over its coverage of [[Al Qa'qaa high explosives controversy|missing explosives]] from the [[Al Qa'qaa]] weapons facility.{{Sfn|Nagourney|2023|p=340-343}} An article in December 2005 disclosing [[NSA warrantless surveillance (2001–2007)|warrantless surveillance]] by the [[National Security Agency]] contributed to further criticism from the [[George W. Bush]] administration and the [[United States Senate|Senate]]'s refusal to renew the [[Patriot Act]].{{Sfn|Nagourney|2023|p=354-355}} In the [[Plame affair]], [[Plame affair grand jury investigation|a Central Intelligence Agency]] inquiry found that Miller had become aware of [[Valerie Plame]]'s identity through then-vice president [[Dick Cheney]]'s chief of staff [[Scooter Libby]], resulting in Miller's resignation.{{Sfn|Nagourney|2023|p=361-363}}

During the [[Great Recession]], ''The New York Times'' suffered significant fiscal difficulties as a consequence of the [[subprime mortgage crisis]] and a decline in [[classified advertising]].{{Sfn|Nagourney|2023|p=374-376}} Exacerbated by [[Rupert Murdoch]]'s revitalization of ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'' through his acquisition of [[Dow Jones & Company]], [[The New York Times Company]] began enacting measures to reduce the newsroom budget. The company was forced to borrow {{USD|250}} million ({{Inflation|US|250000000|2008|fmt=eq|r=2}}) from Mexican billionaire [[Carlos Slim]] and fired over one hundred employees by 2010.{{Sfn|Nagourney|2023|p=378-381}} nytimes.com's coverage of the [[Eliot Spitzer prostitution scandal]], resulting in the resignation of then-New York governor [[Eliot Spitzer]], furthered the legitimacy of the website as a journalistic medium.{{Sfn|Nagourney|2023|p=382-383}} The ''Times''{{'}}s economic downturn renewed discussions of an online paywall;{{Sfn|Timmer|2010}} ''The New York Times'' implemented a paywall in March 2011.{{Sfn|Nagourney|2023|p=398}} Abramson succeeded Keller,{{Sfn|Nagourney|2023|p=401}} continuing her characteristic investigations into corporate and government malfeasance into the ''Times''{{'}}s coverage.{{Sfn|Nagourney|2023|p=413}} Following conflicts with newly-appointed chief executive [[Mark Thompson (media executive)|Mark Thompson]]'s ambitions,{{Sfn|Nagourney|2023|p=414-416}} Abramson was dismissed by Sulzberger Jr., who named [[Dean Baquet]] as her replacement.{{Sfn|Carr|Somaiya|2014}}

Leading up to the [[2016 United States presidential election|2016 presidential election]], ''The New York Times'' elevated the [[Hillary Clinton email controversy]]{{Sfn|Kirby|2017}} and the [[Uranium One controversy]];{{Sfn|Sullivan|2022|p=39}} national security correspondent [[Michael S. Schmidt]] initially wrote an article in March 2015 stating that [[Hillary Clinton]] had used a private email server as secretary of state.{{Sfn|Schmidt|2015}} [[Donald Trump]]'s upset victory contributed to an increase in subscriptions to the ''Times''.{{Sfn|Associated Press|2016}} ''The New York Times'' experienced unprecedented indignation from Trump, who referred to publications such as the ''Times'' as "[[Enemy of the people|enemies of the people]]" at the [[Conservative Political Action Conference]] and tweeting his disdain for the newspaper and [[CNN]]..{{Sfn|Davis|Grynbaum|2017}} In October 2017, ''The New York Times'' published an article by journalists [[Jodi Kantor]] and [[Megan Twohey]] alleging that dozens of women had accused film producer and [[The Weinstein Company]] co-chairman [[Harvey Weinstein]] of sexual misconduct.{{Sfn|Kantor|Twohey|2017}} The investigation resulted in Weinstein's resignation and conviction,{{Sfn|Pai|Grady|2020}} precipitated the [[Weinstein effect]],{{Sfn|Diaz|2022b}} and served as a catalyst for the [[MeToo movement|#MeToo movement]].{{Sfn|CBS News|2017}} The New York Times Company vacated the public editor position{{Sfn|Victor|2017}} and eliminated the copy desk in November.{{Sfn|Schmidt|2017}} Sulzberger Jr. announced his resignation in December 2017, appointing his son, [[A. G. Sulzberger]], as publisher.{{Sfn|Ember|2017b}}

Trump's relationship—equally diplomatic and negative—marked Sulzberger's tenure.{{Sfn|Stelter|2018}} In September 2018, ''The New York Times'' published "[[I Am Part of the Resistance Inside the Trump Administration]]", an [[anonymous essay]] by a self-described Trump administration official later revealed to be [[United States Department of Homeland Security|Department of Homeland Security]] chief of staff [[Miles Taylor (security expert)|Miles Taylor]].{{Sfn|Shear|2020}} The animosity—which extended to nearly three hundred instances of Trump disparaging the ''Times'' by May 2019—{{Sfn|Lee|Quealy|2016}}culminated in Trump informing federal agencies to cancel their subscriptions to ''The New York Times'' and ''[[The Washington Post]]'' in October 2019.{{Sfn|Farhi|2019}} [[Tax returns of Donald Trump|Trump's tax returns]] have been the subject of three separate investigations.{{Efn|Attributed to multiple references: {{Sfn|Barstow|Craig|Buettner|Twohey|2016}}{{Sfn|Barstow|Craig|Buettner|2018}}{{Sfn|Buettner|Craig|McIntire|2020}}}} During the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], the ''Times'' began implementing data services and graphs.{{Sfn|Williams|Fehr|2021}} On May 23, 2020, ''The New York Times''{{'}}s front page solely featured ''[[U.S. Deaths Near 100,000, An Incalculable Loss]]'', a subset of the 100,000 people in the United States who died of COVID-19, the first time that the ''Times''{{'}}s front page lacked images since they were introduced.{{Sfn|Grippe|2020}} Since 2020, ''The New York Times'' has focused on broader diversification, developing online games and producing television series.{{Sfn|Patel|2023}} The New York Times Company acquired ''[[The Athletic]]'' in January 2022.{{Sfn|Kafka|2022a}}