NYT Company Profile

The Company currently classifies its businesses into the following segments:

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Newspapers: The New York Times Newspaper Group, consisting of The New York Times ("The Times") and the International Herald Tribune (the "IHT"); the New England Newspaper Group, consisting of The Boston Globe, a daily newspaper, the Boston Sunday Globe (both editions, the "Globe") and the Worcester Telegram'& Gazette, in Worcester, Mass. (the "T&G"); 15 newspapers in Alabama, California, Florida, Louisiana, North Carolina and South Carolina (the "Regional Newspapers"); a newspaper distributor in the New York City metropolitan area; news, photo and graphics services and news and features syndication; and licensing of the trademarks and copyrights of The Times and the Globe.

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Broadcasting: television stations WTKR-TV in Norfolk, Va.; WREG-TV in Memphis, Tenn.; KFOR-TV in Oklahoma City, Okla.; WNEP-TV in Scranton, Penn.; WHO-TV in Des Moines, Iowa; WHNT-TV in Huntsville, Ala.; WQAD-TV in Moline, Ill.; and KFSM-TV in Fort Smith, Ark.; and radio stations WQXR(FM) and WQEW(AM) in New York City.

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New York Times Digital: the Companys digital and business information division, including NYTimes.com (www.nytimes.com), Boston.com (www.boston.com), and the licensing of electronic databases through its Digital Archive Distribution business.

Additionally, the Company owns minority equity interests in a Canadian newsprint company and a supercalendered paper manufacturing partnership in Maine.

The primary raw materials used by the Company are newsprint and supercalendered paper. The Company purchases newsprint from a number of North American producers. A significant portion of such newsprint is purchased from Abitibi, North Americas largest producer of newsprint.

COMPETITION

The Times competes for advertising and circulation with newspapers of general circulation in New York City and its suburbs, as well as with national publications such as The Wall Street Journal and USA Today. The Times also competes with magazines, television, direct mail, radio, the Internet and other media.

The IHTs key competitors include The Wall Street Journals European and Asian Editions, the London-based Financial Times, Time, Newsweek International and The Economist. Satellite distribution of CNN, Fox News, CNBC and the BBC adds a broadcast component to the available global sources of English language news, and the Internet provides additional sources of English language news.

The Globe competes for advertising and circulation with other daily, weekly and national newspapers distributed in Boston, its neighboring suburbs and the greater New England region, including, among others, The Boston Herald (daily and Sunday). The Globe also competes with other communications media, such as direct mail, magazines, television, radio, the Internet and other media. The T&G competes with other daily and weekly newspapers distributed in Worcester County, as well as with radio, television and direct mail.

The Regional Newspapers compete for advertising and circulation with a variety of newspaper and other advertising media in their markets.

All of the Companys television stations compete directly with other television stations in their respective markets and with other video services, such as cable network programming carried on local cable systems, satellite-to-home systems, and with other local media and the Internet. WQXR(FM) competes for listeners primarily with two all news commercial radio stations and with WNYC(FM), a non-commercial station, which features both news and classical music. It competes for advertising revenues with many adult-audience commercial radio stations and other media in New York City and surrounding suburbs.

New York Times Digital primarily competes with other advertising-supported news and information Web sites, such as Yahoo! News and CNN.com, and classified advertising portals, such as Monster.com (help-wanted advertising).

DTC is a non-fiction channel that offers documentary programming on recent history and newsworthy events. It competes with cable channels like A&E and the History Channel. DTC also competes for viewers and advertisers with all other broadcast and cable channels. NESV competes in the Boston consumer entertainment market primarily with other professional sports teams and other forms of live, film and broadcast entertainment. New England Sports Network competes for television audiences with broadcast television stations and other cable television networks throughout most of New England. The Boston Red Sox, Fenway Park and the New England Sports Network compete for advertising with all forms of local and national media including television (including cable), radio, newspapers, magazines, direct mail and outdoor advertising.