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The New York Times is an influential international daily newspaper published in New York City, New York.
Nicknamed "The Old Gray Lady" or The Times, this newspaper was founded as The New-York Daily Times in 1851 by Henry J. Raymond and George Jones as a sober alternative to the more partisan newspapers that dominated the New York journalism of the time. In its very first edition on September 18, 1851, the paper stated,
- "We publish today the first issue of the New-York Daily Times, and we intend to issue it every morning (Sundays excepted) for an indefinite number of years to come."
The paper's current slogan is "All The News That's Fit To Print."
Adolph Ochs acquired the Times in the 1890s and under his guidance the newspaper achieved an international scope, circulation, and reputation. It is currently owned by The New York Times Company, in which the Ochs family maintains a dominant role.
The Times enjoys the reputation of being a generally reliable source of news. The editorial position of the Times is often regarded as liberal in its interpretation of social issues and events. However, it does have a mix of editorial columnists, such as Maureen Dowd and Thomas Friedman to the more conservative William Safire and David Brooks, formerly of The Weekly Standard magazine.
In response to the tragedy of the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attack, the paper posted the series called "Portraits of grief"
In 2003, the Times admitted to journalism fraud committed over a span of several years by one of its reporters, Jayson Blair, and the general professionalism of the paper was questioned.
See also: New York Times bestseller list