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Discusses the founding of 'The New York Times' by Henry Jarvis Raymond and his partner George Jones in 1851. Background; Newspaper rivals, including Horace Greeley's 'The New York Tribune'; Account of the day of the newspaper's first delivery; Raymond's apprehension; Advice they received from Phineas T. Barnum in the Shakespeare Tavern.

Presents statistical information that relates to the decline of circulation of the 10 largest metropolitan newspapers in the United States such as New York Times, The Los Angeles Times and the Washington Post for the six-month period that ended in September 1995. Which newspapers showed an increase; Findings on The Wall Street Journal and USA Today; Further statistical information.

Last week, The New York Times, The Guardian of London and the German magazine Der Spiegel published articles based on thousands of secret military and intelligence reports on the war in Afghanistan obtained by the group Wikileaks. The articles recalled another affair. On June 13, 1971, The Times began publishing the Pentagon Papers, a secret government history of the Vietnam War. The next day, word leaked out that Times reporters were assembling the series from a clandestine location -- the Hilton Hotel in New York. Harrison F. Salisbury recounted what happened next in ''Without Fear or Favor'': ''The secret was out and the staff was told to leave immediately. Staff men took taxis pell-mell back to The Times. Copy boys and porters were dispatched to load up typewriters and equipment. Bob Rosenthal of the foreign desk put all the papers -- 200 pounds or more -- into a suitcase. He was given $20 and told to get out the back door of the Hilton. If there were FBI men outside The Times building he was to just keep going.'' [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents that author's view on TimesSelect, the online subscriber version of "The New York Times." The author reviews how those how subscribers can read the paper online for free but non-subscribers have to pay a fee. The controversy surrounding the TimesSelect is discussed. Opponents say that the newspaper should not begin to charge for something they have offered for free in the past and that all information on the Internet should be free. According to the author, subscription numbers for the service are not that bad despite the various complaints.

THE NEW YORK TIMES is the closest thing we have in this country to a ''newspaper of record.'' A year ago I suggested that the paper should do a better job, therefore, of maintaining a record of the articles it publishes. Because of the swift changes wrought by the Internet, I observed, Times articles drift out into digital space in multiple versions. Some articles disappear altogether. At the time, the newsroom's management told me that establishing a stronger historical record by tracking changes in articles and keeping them in a comprehensive archive was not a priority. So much for the newspaper of record, I thought. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Maybe newspapers really are dying, as some media analysts have been predicting for decades, but apparently that does not apply to newspaper wars. A doozy is shaping up at the moment between The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times. In an attempt to eat into The Times's mass-market audience and lure away some of its luxury advertisers, The Journal has already edged away from its traditional role as a national business paper, adding a daily sports page and a bimonthly magazine, strengthening foreign and Washington coverage and shifting the mix of articles on its front page. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Both The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times are planning to introduce San Francisco Bay Area editions, hoping to win new readers and advertisers there by offering more local news, in what could be the first glimpse at a new strategy by national newspapers to capitalize on the contraction of regional papers. Paul Bascobert, the chief marketing officer of Dow Jones Consumer Media Group, the unit of the News Corporation that includes The Journal, said a San Francisco edition was ''definitely something we're considering; we're looking at probably later this year.'' [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

William Kristol, the conservative columnist, and The New York Times have quietly ended their relationship after little more than a year, the newspaper said on Monday. A single sentence printed below Mr. Kristol's weekly column in the Monday issue broke the news: ''This is William Kristol's last column.'' His column itself made no reference to his departure, and the paper did not release a statement. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The "New York Times," publication recognizes an ethical responsibility to correct all its factual errors., large and small, promptly and in a prominent reserved space in the paper. But on the page where the Time's seven opinion editorial columnists roam, there has been long no rule at all, or at least not one clearly elucidated and publicly promulgated. In fact, columnists attract a crowd radically unlike the audience that sticks to the new pages. A belief or a conviction, no matter how illogical is an idea subject to vigorous dispute but is not an assertion subject to editorial or legal correction.

Announces a price hike by The New York Times for copies sold outside the New York region due to increasing paper costs effective March 5, 1995.