Founded on September 18, 1851 in New York City by Henry Raymond and George Jones, The New York Times Company has grown from a small local daily newspaper into a world-famous comprehensive multimedia news conglomerate headquartered in Manhattan New York, operating core news business covering print publishing, digital news platform operation, audio content production and cross-industry content authorization across global markets. After over 170 years of development, the brand sets the global benchmark for high-standard investigative journalism, owning hundreds of veteran professional journalists stationed in more than 150 countries worldwide, producing authoritative long-form investigative reports, global political analysis, financial commentary, cultural reviews and breaking spot news that gain widespread recognition among global readers and media practitioners. Driven by digital transformation since the early 21st century, NYT successfully shifted its profit structure from traditional print advertising to digital paid subscription service, launching tiered individual membership plans including basic digital news access, premium all-content subscription unlocking exclusive podcasts, archived historical news and customized weekly news newsletters, which has accumulated millions of long-term paying subscribers from every continent around the globe. Beyond core news business, the group expands diversified vertical content products: NYT Cooking supplies exclusive food recipes and gourmet guide content licensed to food platforms and print magazines; its self-produced original news podcasts rank top on global mainstream audio platforms such as Apple Podcast and Spotify; the enterprise also provides brand customized news activities, corporate content cooperation and archival historical newspaper content licensing services for commercial brands, libraries and academic research institutions, with its over 170-year complete newspaper archive becoming an irreplaceable historical news resource for global historians and media researchers.