Company Of The Day: New York Times

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What?

The New York Times (NYSE:NYT) is back in talks with The Athletic – a subscription-based sports website that provides ad-free national and local coverage – over a potential acquisition. The two companies were in talks earlier this year but were unable to arrive at an agreement.

So What?

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The Athletic has seen a lot of traction with its subscription model, reaching 1.2 million paid subscribers. This could be valuable to New York Times, which is also looking to aggressively expand its subscriber base.

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 Returns Dec 2021
MTD [1]
2021
YTD [1]
2017-21
Total [2]
 NYT Return -4% -12% 243%
 S&P 500 Return -2% 23% 106%
 Trefis MS Portfolio Return 0% 44% 286%

[1] Month-to-date and year-to-date as of 12/19/2021
[2] Cumulative total returns since 2017

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