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Company Milestones
| Jan. 7, 2000 |
Acquired the Worcester Telegram & Gazette.
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| July 22, 1999 |
Acquired Abuzz Technologies, Inc.
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| June 18, 1999 |
Created new business unit, Times Company Digital, which consolidates the Company's Internet holdings.
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| June 17, 1999 |
Announced $500 million share repurchase authorization.
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| Feb. 22, 1999 |
Invested $15 million in TheStreet.com.
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| Dec. 10, 1998 |
The New York Times newspaper achieved $1 billion in ad revenues in a single year, the highest ever reached by any publication.
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| Dec. 1, 1998 |
Leased the broadcast time on WQEW(AM) for an eight-year period to ABC, Inc. for its Radio Disney program.
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| Aug. 19, 1998 |
Announced $575 million share repurchase authorization.
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| July 30, 1998 |
Joined Classified Ventures (www.classifiedventures.com), which was founded in Dec. 1997 by Times Mirror, Tribune Co. and The Washington Post Co.
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| July 1, 1998 |
Split the stock 2 for 1 (Class A & B).
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| June 16, 1998 |
Launched New York Today (www.nytoday.com).
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| Mar. 17, 1998 |
Announced tender offer for $150 million of its outstanding publicly-held 8.25% debentures due March 2005.
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| Dec. 18, 1997 |
Announced $215 million share repurchase authorization.
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| Nov. 25, 1997 |
Sold Tennis, Tennis Buyer's Guide, Sailing World, Cruising World, Snow Country and Snow Country Business.
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| Oct. 16, 1997 |
Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, chairman and chief executive officer, steps down after leading the Company since 1973. Arthur Sulzberger, Jr. is elected chairman.
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| Sept. 25, 1997 |
The Times Company moves to the New York Stock Exchange, where its shares trade under the ticker symbol NYT.
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| Feb. 20, 1997 |
Announced $150 million share repurchase authorization.
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| July 16, 1996 |
Acquired KFOR-TV (Oklahoma City, Okla.) and WHO-TV (Des Moines, Iowa). Also acquired Imperial Delivery Service (IDS).
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| May 16, 1996 |
Announced $32 million share repurchase authorization.
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| Jan. 22, 1996 |
Launched The New York Times on the Web (www.nytimes.com).
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| Oct. 30, 1995 |
The Boston Globe launched boston.com.
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| Oct. 17, 1995 |
Co-founded CareerPath.com with Knight-Ridder Inc., Times Mirror, Tribune Co. and The Washington Post Co.
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| Aug. 1, 1995 |
Sold The Daily Corinthian (Cornith, Miss.), The Messenger (Madisonville, Ky.), Lenior News-Tropic (Lenior, N.C.), State Gazette (Dyerburg, Tenn.), The Banner-Independent (Boonesville, Miss.).
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| July 31, 1995 |
Sold The Daily Commercial (Leesburg, Fla.).
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| June 20, 1995 |
Acquired WTKR-TV (Norfolk/Virginia Beach, Va.).
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| May 26, 1995 |
Sold York County Coast Star (Kennebunk, Me.).
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| Mar. 22, 1995 |
Announced the sale of $400 million in debentures and notes.
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| Feb. 16, 1995 |
Announced $50 million share repurchase authorization.
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| Dec. 16, 1994 |
Divested its minority interest in Gaspesia Pulp and Paper Company.
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| Oct. 20, 1994 |
Announced $100 million share repurchase authorization.
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| Aug. 12, 1994 |
Sold the U.K. golf publications.
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| July 26, 1994 |
Sold the Women's Magazines Division.
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| Jan. 3, 1994 |
Sold Forsyth County News (Cummings, Ga.) and Winder News (Winder, Ga.).
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| Oct. 21, 1993 |
Announced $150 million share repurchase authorization.
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| Oct. 1, 1993 |
Acquired The Boston Globe.
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| Aug. 12, 1993 |
Announced $75 million share repurchase authorization.
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| July 15, 1993 |
Announced $150 million share repurchase authorization.
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| June 21, 1993 |
Announced $100 million share repurchase authorization.
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| Sept. 8, 1992 |
Closed The Gwinnett Daily News (Gwinnett, Ga.) and sold the residual assets to Cox Enterprises, Inc.
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| Dec. 3, 1991 |
Sold Spruce Falls Power and Paper Company, Ltd., a newsprint mill jointly owned with Kimberly-Clark Corp.
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| Apr. 26, 1991 |
The Company and The Washington Post Company acquired the one-third interest in the International Herald Tribune held by Whitcom Investment Company; now each owns 50% of the publication.
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| Nov. 20, 1990 |
Sold Harlan Daily Enterprise (Harlan, Ky.), Daily News (Middlesboro, Ky.) and Claiborne Progress (Tazewell, Tenn.).
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| Mar. 15, 1990 |
Announced $50 million share repurchase authorization.
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| Dec. 21, 1989 |
Announced $50 million share repurchase authorization.
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| Nov. 16, 1989 |
Announced $10 million share repurchase authorization.
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| Aug. 15, 1989 |
Sold NYT Cable TV.
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| July 27, 1989 |
Acquired McCall's magazine.
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| Mar. 16, 1989 |
Announced $25 million share repurchase authorization.
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| Dec. 29, 1988 |
Acquired Golf World (U.S.).
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| Nov. 17, 1988 |
Announced $25 million share repurchase authorization.
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| Sept. 30, 1988 |
Sold Southern Travel magazine.
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| Aug. 31, 1988 |
Acquired Sailing World magazine.
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| March 1988 |
Launched Snow Country magazine.
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| Feb. 18, 1988 |
Announced $100 million share repurchase authorization.
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| Jan. 21, 1988 |
Announced $12 million share repurchase authorization.
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| Nov. 19, 1987 |
Announced $20 million share repurchase authorization.
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| July 21, 1987 |
Acquired The Gwinnett Daily News (Gwinnett, Ga.), Forsyth County News (Cummings, Ga.) and The Winder News (Winder, Ga.).
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| May 15, 1987 |
Acquired Child magazine.
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| Sept. 19, 1986 |
Split the stock 2 for 1 (Class A & B plus a reclassification of 9/10 A & 1/10 B for each B share).
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| Aug. 25, 1986 |
Acquired Southern Travel magazine.
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| May 30, 1986 |
Sold The Golden Gate Eagle (Naples, Fla.).
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| March/April 1986 |
Launched Family Circle's Decorating Remodeling magazine as a separate periodical.
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| Dec. 30, 1985 |
Acquired WNEP-TV (Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, Penn.).
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| Oct. 3, 1985 |
Acquired WQAD-TV (Moline, Ill./Davenport, Iowa).
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| Sept. 3, 1985 |
Acquired Santa Barbara News-Press (Santa Barbara, Calif.).
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| Apr. 30, 1985 |
Acquired The Press Democrat (Santa Rosa, Calif.).
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| Apr. 18, 1985 |
Acquired Spartanburg Herald-Journal (Spartanburg, S.C.), Tuscaloosa News (Tuscaloosa, Ala.) and The Gadsen Times (Gadsen, Ala.).
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| Nov. 30, 1984 |
Sold Times Books, its book publishing operation.
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| Oct. 10, 1984 |
Sold Anna Maria Islander (Anna Maria, Fla.).
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| July 6, 1984 |
Acquired Cruising World magazine.
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| Jan. 31, 1984 |
Sold Zephyrhills News (Zephyrhills, Fla.).
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| Dec. 6, 1983 |
Split the stock 3 for 1 (Class A & B).
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| Nov. 1, 1983 |
Sold Teaching Resources.
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| Apr. 5, 1983 |
Sold the license to its micro-publishing operations.
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| Feb. 3, 1983 |
Sold the license to its information retrieval service operations.
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| Jan. 17, 1983 |
Sold Film Facts.
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| Dec. 3, 1982 |
Acquired Times Daily (Florence, Ala.), Daily World (Opelousas, La.), Lenior News-Topic (Lenior, N.C.), The Messenger (Madisonville, Ky.), The Daily Cornithian (Cornith, Miss.), Daily News (Middlesboro, Ky.), The Harlan Daily Enterprise (Harlan, Ky.), State Gazette (Dyersburg, Tenn.), York County Coast Star (Kennebunk, Me.), Claiborne Progress (Tazewell, Tenn.) and The Banner-Independent (Booneville, Miss.).
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| Nov. 30, 1982 |
Acquired Sarasota Herald-Tribune (Sarasota, Fla.).
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| Apr. 10, 1981 |
Sold its Australian magazine operations.
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| Mar. 2, 1981 |
Acquired NYT Cable TV (Cherry Hill, N.J.).
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| Dec. 1, 1980 |
Acquired The Courier (Houma, La.) and The Daily Comet (Thibodaux, La.).
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| Oct. 10, 1980 |
Established The Golden Gate Eagle (Naples, Fla.).
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| Aug. 29, 1980 |
Sold its Cambridge Book Company Division.
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| July 25, 1980 |
Sold TV Guide (Australia).
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| May 13, 1980 |
Acquired WHNT-TV (Huntsville, Ala.).
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| Apr. 25, 1980 |
Acquired Anna Maria Islander (Anna Maria, Fla.).
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| Mar. 6, 1980 |
Sold Us magazine.
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| Feb. 12, 1980 |
Formed Madison Paper Industries with Myllykoski Oy, a Finnish paper manufacturing company.
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| Oct. 1, 1979 |
Acquired KFSM-TV (Fort Smith/Fayetteville, Ark.).
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| Dec. 15, 1978 |
Acquired Zephyrhills News (Zephyrhills, Fla.).
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| Jan. 11, 1977 |
Sold its professional magazine and music publishing businesses.
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| Jan. 17, 1975 |
Acquired Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, N.C.).
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| May 31, 1974 |
Acquired Times-News (Hendersonville, N.C.).
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| Nov. 28, 1973 |
Arthur Ochs Sulzberger becomes chairman of the Company.
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| Nov. 1, 1973 |
Acquired The Dispatch (Lexington, N.C.).
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| Jan. 12, 1973 |
Acquired Marco Island Eagle (Marco Island, Fla.).
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| Oct. 30, 1972 |
Acquired Tennis magazine.
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| Feb. 23, 1972 |
Announced a repurchase authorization for up to 150,000 shares.
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| Jan. 17, 1972 |
Acquired Lake City Reporter (Lake City, Fla.), The News-Leader (Fernandina Beach, Fla.), The News-Sun (Sebring, Fla.) and Avon Park Sun (Avon Park, Fla.).
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| Aug. 6, 1971 |
Announced a repurchase authorization for up to 50,000 shares.
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| Dec. 1, 1971 |
Acquired Leesburg Daily (Leesburg, Fla.) and Daily News (Palatka, Fla.).
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| Oct. 15, 1971 |
Acquired WREG-TV (Memphis, Tenn.).
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| Sept. 17, 1971 |
Acquired the remaining interest (49%) in Arno Press Inc.
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| Apr. 30, 1971 |
Acquired Cambridge Book Company, Inc., Family Circle magazine, and the Modern Medicine group of professional magazines. Also acquired The Gainesville Sun (Gainesville, Fla.), The Ledger (Lakeland, Fla.), and Star-Banner (Ocala, Fla.).
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| Feb. 19, 1970 |
Acquired Golf World (U.K.) magazine.
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| Jan. 7, 1970 |
Acquired a 35% interest in Malbaie Paper Company Ltd.
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| Feb. 28, 1969 |
Acquired Golf Digest magazine.
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| Jan. 14, 1969 |
The New York Times Company stock is listed for the first time on the American Stock Exchange. Its ticker symbol is NYTA.
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