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Midea Group ( Chinese : 美的集团 ; pinyin : Měidì Jítuán ) is a Chinese electrical appliance manufacturer, headquartered in Beijiao town , Shunde District , Foshan , Guangdong and listed on Shenzhen Stock Exchange since 2013. As of 2021, the firm employed approximately 150,000 people in China and overseas with 200 subsidiaries and over 60 overseas branches. It has been listed on the Fortune Global 500 since July 2016. Midea produces lighting, water appliances, floor care, small kitchen appliances, laundry, large cooking appliances, and refrigeration appliances. It is the largest microwave oven manufacturer, and acts as an OEM for many brands. It also has a long history in producing home and commercial products in heating, ventilation and air conditioning ( HVAC ). It is the world's largest producer of industrial robots and appliances .

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172-505: Starting with only CN¥ 5,000 to open a workshop for the production of bottle lids in Beijiao , Shunde in 1968, He Xiangjian ( Chinese : 何享健 ), the founder of the company, has since turned Midea into one of the most successful private companies in China, with sales revenue for the entire Group declared at US$ 40.5 billion for 2020 financial year, as well as listed on the main board of

344-533: A New York University professor to determine that dropping the period saved the paper US$ 41.28 (equivalent to $ 377.21 in 2023). As of December 2023, The New York Times has printed sixty thousand issues, a statistic represented in the paper's masthead to the right of the volume number, the Times ' s years in publication written in Roman numerals . The volume and issues are separated by four dots representing

516-419: A digital renminbi was going to be released after years of preparation. This version of the currency, also called DCEP (Digital Currency Electronic Payment), can be “decoupled” from the banking system to give visiting tourists a taste of the nation's burgeoning cashless society . The announcement received a variety of responses: some believe it is more about domestic control and surveillance. Some argue that

688-714: A dragon on the obverse and the reverse features the China Millennium monument (at the Center for Cultural and Scientific Fairs). For the 2008 Beijing Olympics , a green ¥10 note was issued featuring the Bird's Nest Stadium on the front with the back showing a classical Olympic discus thrower and various other athletes. On 26 November 2015, the People's Bank of China issued a blue ¥100 commemorative note to commemorate aerospace science and technology. In commemoration of

860-483: A market economy and increased its participation in foreign trade, the renminbi was devalued to increase the competitiveness of Chinese industry. It has previously been claimed that the renminbi's official exchange rate was undervalued by as much as 37.5% against its purchasing power parity . However, more recently, appreciation actions by the Chinese government, as well as quantitative easing measures taken by

1032-424: A reserve currency is above 60%, while that of the renminbi is about 2%. In April 2020, The Guardian reported that the digital currency e-RMB had been adopted into multiple cities' monetary systems and "some government employees and public servants [will] receive their salaries in the digital currency from May. The Guardian quoted a China Daily report which stated "A sovereign digital currency provides

1204-409: A "hammer headline" reading, "Biden Beats Trump", in all caps and bolded. A dozen journalists discussed several potential headlines, such as "It's Biden" or "Biden's Moment", and prepared for a Donald Trump victory, in which they would use "Trump Prevails". During Trump's first impeachment , the Times drafted the hammer headline, "Trump Impeached". The New York Times altered the ligatures between

1376-519: A "sign of civility". The Times ' s use of courtesy titles led to an apocryphal rumor that the paper had referred to singer Meat Loaf as "Mr. Loaf". Several exceptions have been made; the former sports section and The New York Times Book Review do not use honorifics. A leaked memo following the killing of Osama bin Laden in May 2011 revealed that editors were given a last-minute instruction to omit

1548-421: A column, often six words. Additionally, headlines must "break" properly, containing a complete thought on each line without splitting up prepositions and adverbs. Writers may edit a headline to fit an article more aptly if further developments occur. The Times uses A/B testing for articles on the front page, placing two headlines against each other. At the end of the test, the headlines that receives more traffic

1720-626: A compendium of recipes from The New York Times . The Innovation Report in 2014 revealed that the Times had attempted to establish a cooking website since 1998, but faced difficulties with the absence of a defined data structure. In September 2014, The New York Times introduced NYT Cooking, an application and website. Edited by food editor Sam Sifton , the Times ' s cooking website features 21,000 recipes as of 2022. NYT Cooking features videos as part of an effort by Sifton to hire two former Tasty employees from BuzzFeed . In August 2023, NYT Cooking added personalized recommendations through

1892-626: A copyreader who had pleaded the Fifth Amendment drew ire from within the Times and from external organizations. In April 1961, Sulzberger resigned, appointing his son-in-law, The New York Times Company president Orvil Dryfoos . Under Dryfoos, The New York Times established a newspaper based in Los Angeles . In 1962, the implementation of automated printing presses in response to increasing costs mounted fears over technological unemployment . The New York Typographical Union staged

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2064-602: A cover for its criticism and New York wrote that the Times was engaging in "middle-class self-absorption". The New York Times , the Daily News , and the New York Post were the subject of a strike in 1978, allowing emerging newspapers to leverage halted coverage. The Times deliberately avoided coverage of the AIDS epidemic , running its first front-page article in May 1983. Max Frankel 's editorial coverage of

2236-470: A currency symbol. Renminbi is the name of the currency while yuan is the name of the primary unit of the renminbi. This is analogous to the distinction between " sterling " and " pound " when discussing the official currency of the United Kingdom . Jiao and fen are also units of renminbi. In everyday Mandarin , kuai (Chinese: 块 ; pinyin: kuài ; lit. 'piece')

2408-601: A digital currency "doesn't solve the problem that some people holding renminbi offshore will want to sell that renminbi and exchange it for the dollar", as the dollar is considered to be a safer asset. Eswar Prasad , an economics professor at Cornell University , said that the digital renminbi "will hardly put a dent in the dollar's status as the dominant global reserve currency" due to the United States' "economic dominance, deep and liquid capital markets, and still-robust institutional framework". The U.S. dollar's share as

2580-662: A financial newsletter edited by Andrew Ross Sorkin . The Times had intended to publish the newsletter in September, but delayed its debut following the September 11 attacks . A website for DealBook was established in March 2006. The New York Times began shifting towards DealBook as part of the newspaper's financial coverage in November 2010 with a renewed website and a presence in the Times ' s print edition. In 2011,

2752-503: A functional alternative to the dollar settlement system and blunts the impact of any sanctions or threats of exclusion both at a country and company level. It may also facilitate integration into globally traded currency markets with a reduced risk of politically inspired disruption." There were talks of testing out the digital renminbi in the Beijing Winter Olympics in 2022, but China's overall timetable for rolling out

2924-707: A growing number of foreign markets, such as Brazil, Argentina, Chile , India, Egypt, and most countries in Southeast Asia. The company's main product category is air conditioners, both residential and commercial. It manufactures other major home appliances such as refrigerators, washing machines, and dishwashers. Midea also offers a wide range of smaller appliances, such as microwave ovens, kettles, water dispensers, and vacuum cleaners. It offers these products under its own brand, and manufactures them for sale under other brands (as an OEM), for example many microwaves are made by Midea, are internally similar but are sold under

3096-403: A half hours in 1981 and in 2017, when copy editors and reporters walked out at lunchtime in response to the elimination of the copy desk. On December 7, 2022, the union held a one-day strike, the first interruption to The New York Times since 1978. The New York Times Guild reached an agreement in May 2023 to increase minimum salaries for employees and a retroactive bonus. The Times Tech Guild

3268-403: A key element for a market-oriented economy. A floating exchange rate regime and convertibility for renminbi were seen as the ultimate goal of the reform. Conditional convertibility under current account was achieved by allowing firms to surrender their foreign exchange earning from current account transactions and purchase foreign exchange as needed. Restrictions on Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)

3440-502: A line on a preposition, article, or adjective, and chiefly, not to pun. The New York Times Manual of Style and Usage states that wordplay, such as "Rubber Industry Bounces Back", is to be tested on a colleague as a canary is to be tested in a coal mine ; "when no song bursts forth, start rewriting". The New York Times has amended headlines due to controversy. In 2019, following two back-to-back mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton ,

3612-465: A line. The term dates back to August 8, 1959, when it was revealed that the United States was monitoring Soviet missile firings and when Explorer 6 — shaped like a paddle wheel — launched. Since then, the paddle wheel has been used several times, including on January 21, 1981, when Ronald Reagan was sworn in minutes before Iran released fifty-two American hostages, ending the Iran hostage crisis . At

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3784-599: A live election system using the Associated Press 's File Transfer Protocol (FTP) service and a Ruby on Rails application; nytimes.com experienced its largest traffic on Super Tuesday and the day after. The NYTimes application debuted with the introduction of the App Store on July 10, 2008. Engadget ' s Scott McNulty wrote critically of the app, negatively comparing it to The New York Times ' s mobile website. An iPad version with select articles

3956-565: A management imbroglio in which his children had insufficient business acumen to inherit the company and his will prevented an acquisition of the Times . Editor-in-chief Charles Ransom Miller , editorial editor Edward Cary, and correspondent George F. Spinney established a company to manage The New-York Times , but faced financial difficulties during the Panic of 1893 . In August 1896, Chattanooga Times publisher Adolph Ochs acquired The New-York Times , implementing significant alterations to

4128-462: A multitude of different brands, with varying external designs. The same is true for some HVAC products such as air conditioners and dehumidifiers. Beyond Midea's eponymous brand name, the company also employs a series of other brands. The Little Swan brand was adopted when Midea acquired the Little Swan company in 2008. Little Swan products are mostly laundry and refrigeration appliances. Hualing

4300-430: A paywall in March 2011. Abramson succeeded Keller, continuing her characteristic investigations into corporate and government malfeasance into the Times ' s coverage. Following conflicts with newly appointed chief executive Mark Thompson 's ambitions, Abramson was dismissed by Sulzberger Jr., who named Dean Baquet as her replacement. Leading up to the 2016 presidential election , The New York Times elevated

4472-488: A period. With the change to The New-York Times on September 14, 1857, the nameplate followed. Under George Jones , the terminals of the "N", "r", and "s" were intentionally exaggerated into swashes. The nameplate in the January 15, 1894, issue trimmed the terminals once more, smoothed the edges, and turned the stem supporting the "T" into an ornament. The hyphen was dropped on December 1, 1896, after Adolph Ochs purchased

4644-821: A politically charged response to economic policy", citing its informal and neutral tone. The Upshot developed "the needle" for the 2016 presidential election and 2020 presidential elections , a thermometer dial displaying the probability of a candidate winning. In January 2016, Cox was named editor of The Upshot . Kevin Quealy was named editor in June 2022. According to an internal readership poll conducted by The New York Times in 2019, eighty-four percent of readers identified as liberal. In February 1942, The New York Times crossword debuted in The New York Times Magazine ; according to Richard Shepard,

4816-681: A result of foreign exchange management reforms approved by the 14th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party , the renminbi was officially devalued from US$ 1 = ¥5.5 to over ¥8, and the FEC was retired at ¥1 FEC = ¥1 RMB in favour of tourists directly using the renminbi. In November 1993, the Third Plenum of the 14th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party approved a comprehensive reform strategy in which foreign exchange management reforms were highlighted as

4988-433: A revision tracking tool for WordPress and TinyMCE . ICE is integrated within the Times ' s workflow by providing a unified text editor for print and online editors, reducing the divide between print and online operations. By 2017, The New York Times began developing a new authoring tool to its content management system known as Oak, in an attempt to further the Times ' s visual efforts in articles and reduce

5160-532: A roll of newsprint and several rollers ensure ink can be printed on paper. The final newspapers are wrapped in plastic and shipped out. As of 2018, the College Point facility accounted for 41 percent of production. Other copies are printed at 26 other publications, such as The Atlanta Journal-Constitution , The Dallas Morning News , The Santa Fe New Mexican , and the Courier Journal . With

5332-438: A second term. Other press stoppages include May 19, 1994, for the death of former first lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis , and July 17, 1996, for Trans World Airlines Flight 800 . The 2000 presidential election necessitated two press stoppages. Al Gore appeared to concede on November 8, forcing then-executive editor Joseph Lelyveld to stop the Times ' s presses to print a new headline, "Bush Appears to Defeat Gore", with

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5504-424: A share of their foreign exchange earnings, referred to as foreign exchange quotas. At the same time, the government introduced measures to allow retention of part of the foreign exchange earnings from non-trade sources, such as overseas remittances, port fees paid by foreign vessels, and tourism. As early as October 1980, exporting firms that retained foreign exchange above their own import needs were allowed to sell

5676-486: A story that stated George W. Bush was elected president. However, Gore held off his concession speech over doubts over Florida . Lelyveld reran the headline, "Bush and Gore Vie for an Edge". Since 2000, three printing stoppages have been issued for the death of William Rehnquist on September 3, 2005, for the killing of Osama bin Laden on May 1, 2011, and for the passage of the Marriage Equality Act in

5848-608: A strike in December, altering the media consumption of New Yorkers. The strike left New York with three remaining newspapers — the Times , the Daily News , and the New York Post  — by its conclusion in March 1963. In May, Dryfoos died of a heart ailment. Following weeks of ambiguity, Arthur Ochs Sulzberger became The New York Times ' s publisher. Technological advancements leveraged by newspapers such as

6020-658: A subject has expressed a preference, such as Donald Trump . The New York Times maintains a strict but not absolute obscenity policy, including phrases. In a review of the Canadian hardcore punk band Fucked Up , music critic Kelefa Sanneh wrote that the band's name — entirely rendered in asterisks — would not be printed in the Times "unless an American president, or someone similar, says it by mistake"; The New York Times did not repeat then-vice president Dick Cheney 's use of "fuck" against then-senator Patrick Leahy in 2004 or then-vice president Joe Biden 's remarks that

6192-469: A venture started by managing editor Carr Van Anda in 1907. The morgue comprises news clippings, a pictures library, and the Times ' s book and periodicals library. As of 2014, it is the largest library of any media company, dating back to 1851. In November 2018, The New York Times partnered with Google to digitize the Archival Library. Additionally, The New York Times has maintained

6364-509: A virtual microfilm reader known as TimesMachine since 2014. The service launched with archives from 1851 to 1980; in 2016, TimesMachine expanded to include archives from 1981 to 2002. The Times built a pipeline to take in TIFF images, article metadata in XML and an INI file of Cartesian geometry describing the boundaries of the page, and convert it into a PNG of image tiles and JSON containing

6536-572: A wide variety of other electrical home appliances, including refrigerators, washing machines, and microwave ovens. In 1973, the subsidiary which handled the core businesses of the company, known as "Guangdong Midea Electric", proceeded with a public offering of shares on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange. The Guangdong Midea Electric's parent company, known today as "Midea Group", remained a privately held company at that time. Midea opened its first overseas production facilities in 2007, in

6708-504: Is A. G. Sulzberger , Sulzberger Jr.'s son. As of 2023, the Times ' s executive editor is Joseph Kahn and the paper's managing editors are Marc Lacey and Carolyn Ryan , having been appointed in June 2022. The New York Times ' s deputy managing editors are Sam Dolnick , Monica Drake , and Steve Duenes , and the paper's assistant managing editors are Matthew Ericson, Jonathan Galinsky, Hannah Poferl, Sam Sifton , Karron Skog, and Michael Slackman . The New York Times

6880-497: Is Meredith Kopit Levien , the company's former chief operating officer who was appointed in September 2020. As of March 2023, The New York Times Company employs 5,800 individuals, including 1,700 journalists according to deputy managing editor Sam Dolnick . Journalists for The New York Times may not run for public office, provide financial support to political candidates or causes, endorse candidates, or demonstrate public support for causes or movements. Journalists are subject to

7052-717: Is "fundamentally useless", comparing him to Billy Beane , who implemented sabermetrics in baseball. According to Sullivan, his work was criticized by several notable political journalists. The New Republic obtained a memo in November 2013 revealing then-Washington bureau chief David Leonhardt 's ambitions to establish a data-driven newsletter with presidential historian Michael Beschloss , graphic designer Amanda Cox , economist Justin Wolfers , and The New Republic journalist Nate Cohn . By March, Leonhardt had amassed fifteen employees from within The New York Times ;

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7224-423: Is a brand used by Midea for air conditioners and refrigerators, and was also adopted in 2008. MDV is one of the brands used by Midea for its line of commercial air conditioners, active since 1999. The Pelonis brand is used for heaters. The New York Times reported that most American microwave ovens are produced by Midea, including ovens sold by major brands such as Toshiba , Whirlpool , and Black+Decker . Midea

7396-530: Is also involved in manufacturing automotive parts — including electric water pumps, oil pumps, compressors and power steering motors — through its Welling subsidiary. During the last decade, Midea has landed several increasingly high-profile projects, peaking with the most recent wins to install large-scale HVAC solutions in all the 12 stadiums for the Olympic games in Brazil in 2016, as well as 9 of 12 stadiums for

7568-541: Is based in Cairo, Egypt, under the name of Miraco Carrier. The next year, Midea and Carrier continued on this course, forming a collection of closely networked joint venture companies in Brazil, Argentina and Chile, and another one separately in India. In August 2012, the board of Midea Group announced that the company's founder, He Xiangjian , had resigned as Chairman. Guangdong Midea Electric Chairman and President Paul Fang

7740-653: Is carried out by a state owned corporation, China Banknote Printing and Minting Corporation ( CBPMC ; 中国印钞造币总公司 ) headquartered in Beijing . CBPMC uses several printing, engraving and minting facilities around the country to produce banknotes and coins for subsequent distribution. Banknote printing facilities are based in Beijing, Shanghai , Chengdu , Xi'an , Shijiazhuang , and Nanchang . Mints are located in Nanjing , Shanghai, and Shenyang . Also, high grade paper for

7912-455: Is chosen. The alteration of a headline regarding intercepted Russian data used in the Mueller special counsel investigation was noted by Trump in a March 2017 interview with Time , in which he claimed that the headline used the word "wiretapped" in the print version of the paper on January 20, while the digital article on January 19 omitted the word. The headline was intentionally changed in

8084-520: Is majority-owned by the Ochs-Sulzberger family through elevated shares in the company's dual-class stock structure held largely in a trust, in effect since the 1950s; as of 2022, the family holds ninety-five percent of The New York Times Company's Class B shares , allowing it to elect seventy percent of the company's board of directors. Class A shareholders have restrictive voting rights. As of 2023, The New York Times Company's chief executive

8256-470: Is owned by The New York Times Company , a publicly traded company. The New York Times Company, in addition to the Times , owns Wirecutter , The Athletic , The New York Times Cooking, and The New York Times Games, and acquired Serial Productions and Audm. The New York Times Company holds undisclosed minority investments in multiple other businesses, and formerly owned The Boston Globe and several radio and television stations. The New York Times Company

8428-522: Is printed in simplified written Chinese . The numbers themselves are printed in financial Chinese numeral characters, as well as Arabic numerals . The denomination and the words "People's Bank of China" are also printed in Mongolian , Tibetan , Uyghur and Zhuang on the back of each banknote, in addition to the boldface Hanyu Pinyin "Zhongguo Renmin Yinhang" (without tones). The right front of

8600-443: Is the largest technology union with collective bargaining rights in the United States. The guild held a second strike beginning on November 4, 2024, threatening the Times ' s coverage of the 2024 United States presidential election . As of August 2024, The New York Times has 10.8 million subscribers, with 10.2 million online subscribers and 600,000 print subscribers, the second-largest newspaper by print circulation in

8772-509: Is the world's fifth-most-traded currency as of April 2022. The yuan ( 元 ) is the basic unit of the renminbi. One yuan is divided into 10 jiao ( 角 ), and the jiao is further subdivided into 10 fen ( 分 ). The word yuan is widely used to refer to the Chinese currency generally, especially in international contexts. Until 2005, the value of the renminbi was pegged to the US dollar . As China pursued its transition from central planning to

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8944-404: Is usually used when discussing money and "renminbi" or "yuan" are rarely heard. Similarly, Mandarin speakers typically use mao (Chinese: 毛 ; pinyin: máo ) instead of jiao. For example, ¥8.74 might be read as 八块七毛四 ( pinyin : bā kuài qī máo sì ) in everyday conversation, but read 八元七角四分 ( pinyin : bā yuán qī jiǎo sì fēn ) formally. Renminbi is sometimes referred to as

9116-846: The Detroit Free Press , The Patriot-News , The Arizona Republic , and The Indianapolis Star , The New York Times ran an editorial on its front page on December 5, 2015, following a terrorist attack in San Bernardino, California , in which fourteen people were killed. The editorial advocates for the prohibition of "slightly modified combat rifles" used in the San Bernardino shooting and "certain kinds of ammunition". Conservative figures, including Texas senator Ted Cruz , The Weekly Standard editor Bill Kristol , Fox & Friends co-anchor Steve Doocy , and then- New Jersey governor Chris Christie criticized

9288-653: The Frankfurter Zeitung . The international edition would develop into a separate newspaper . Journalist William L. Laurence publicized the atomic bomb race between the United States and Germany, resulting in the Federal Bureau of Investigation seizing copies of the Times . The United States government recruited Laurence to document the Manhattan Project in April 1945. Laurence became

9460-660: The Los Angeles Times and improvements in coverage from The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal necessitated adaptations to nascent computing. The New York Times published " Heed Their Rising Voices " in 1960, a full-page advertisement purchased by supporters of Martin Luther King Jr. criticizing law enforcement in Montgomery, Alabama for their response to the civil rights movement . Montgomery Public Safety commissioner L. B. Sullivan sued

9632-589: The Pentagon Papers , facing opposition from then-president Richard Nixon . The Supreme Court ruled in The New York Times ' s favor in New York Times Co. v. United States (1971), allowing the Times and The Washington Post to publish the papers. The New York Times remained cautious in its initial coverage of the Watergate scandal . As Congress began investigating the scandal,

9804-462: The Associated Press . Through managing editor Carr Van Anda , the Times focused on scientific advancements, reporting on Albert Einstein 's then-unknown theory of general relativity and becoming involved in the discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun . In April 1935, Ochs died, leaving his son-in-law Arthur Hays Sulzberger as publisher. The Great Depression forced Sulzberger to reduce The New York Times ' s operations, and developments in

9976-941: The Chinese Communist Party took control of ever larger territories in the latter part of the Chinese Civil War , its People's Bank of China began to issue a unified currency in 1948 for use in Communist-controlled territories. Also denominated in yuan , this currency was identified by different names, including "People's Bank of China banknotes" ( simplified Chinese : 中国人民银行钞票 ; traditional Chinese : 中國人民銀行鈔票 ; from November 1948), "New Currency" ( simplified Chinese : 新币 ; traditional Chinese : 新幣 ; from December 1948), "People's Bank of China notes" ( simplified Chinese : 中国人民银行券 ; traditional Chinese : 中國人民銀行券 ; from January 1949), "People's Notes" (人民券, as an abbreviation of

10148-635: The First Amendment guaranteed the right to publish the Pentagon Papers . In the 1980s, the Times began a two-decade progression to digital technology and launched nytimes.com in 1996. In the 21st century, The New York Times has shifted its publication online amid the global decline of newspapers . The Times has expanded to several other publications, including The New York Times Magazine , The New York Times International Edition , and The New York Times Book Review . In addition,

10320-473: The Great Recession , The New York Times suffered significant fiscal difficulties as a consequence of the subprime mortgage crisis and a decline in classified advertising . Exacerbated by Rupert Murdoch 's revitalization of The Wall Street Journal through his acquisition of Dow Jones & Company , The New York Times Company began enacting measures to reduce the newsroom budget. The company

10492-580: The Hillary Clinton email controversy and the Uranium One controversy ; national security correspondent Michael S. Schmidt initially wrote an article in March 2015 stating that Hillary Clinton had used a private email server as secretary of state. Donald Trump 's upset victory contributed to an increase in subscriptions to the Times . The New York Times experienced unprecedented indignation from Trump, who referred to publications such as

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10664-626: The Microsoft Word -based content management system CCI for its print content. Scoop was developed in 2008 to serve as a secondary content management system for editors working in CCI to publish their content on the Times ' s website; as part of The New York Times ' s online endeavors, editors now write their content in Scoop and send their work to CCI for print publication. Since its introduction, Scoop has superseded several processes within

10836-562: The National People's Congress proposed to include Sun Yat-sen and Deng Xiaoping on the renminbi banknotes. However, the proposal was not adopted. New York Times The New York Times ( NYT ) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City . The New York Times covers domestic, national, and international news, and publishes opinion pieces, investigative reports, and reviews. As one of

11008-546: The New York State Assembly and subsequent signage by then-governor Andrew Cuomo on June 24, 2011. The New York Times website is hosted at nytimes.com. It has undergone several major redesigns and infrastructure developments since its debut. In April 2006, The New York Times redesigned its website with an emphasis on multimedia. In preparation for Super Tuesday in February 2008, the Times developed

11180-857: The New York Times Guild . The Times Guild, along with the Times Tech Guild, are represented by the NewsGuild-CWA . In 1940, Arthur Hays Sulzberger was called upon by the National Labor Relations Board amid accusations that he had discouraged Guild membership in the Times . Over the next few years, the Guild would ratify several contracts, expanding to editorial and news staff in 1942 and maintenance workers in 1943. The New York Times Guild has walked out several times in its history, including for six and

11352-556: The Obama administration over its portrayal of terrorism. In presidential elections, The New York Times has endorsed a total of twelve Republican candidates and thirty-two Democratic candidates, and has endorsed the Democrat in every election since 1960. With the exception of Wendell Willkie , Republicans endorsed by the Times have won the presidency. In 2016, the editorial board issued an anti-endorsement against Donald Trump for

11524-495: The Panic of 1893 , Chattanooga Times publisher Adolph Ochs gained a controlling interest in the company. In 1935, Ochs was succeeded by his son-in-law, Arthur Hays Sulzberger , who began a push into European news. Sulzberger's son-in-law Arthur Ochs became publisher in 1963, adapting to a changing newspaper industry and introducing radical changes. The New York Times was involved in the landmark 1964 U.S. Supreme Court case New York Times Co. v. Sullivan , which restricted

11696-493: The Shenzhen Stock Exchange . After its initial period of manufacturing bottle lids and car parts, the company focused on the manufacture of fully finished goods; specifically, electric fans beginning in 1980. Five years later, Midea produced its first air conditioner, a product which remains the core component of Midea's business today. Over the following 15 years though, the company gradually expanded into

11868-523: The Supreme Court deadlocked in United States v. Texas . The New York Times has run editorials from its editorial board on the front page twice. On June 13, 1920, the Times ran an editorial opposing Warren G. Harding , who was nominated during that year's Republican Party presidential primaries . Amid growing acceptance to run editorials on the front pages from publications such as

12040-553: The Times ' s operations further, acquiring WQXR-FM in 1944 — the first non- Times investment since the Jones era — and established a fashion show in Times Hall. Despite reductions as a result of conscription, The New York Times retained the largest journalism staff of any newspaper. The Times ' s print edition became available internationally during the war through the Army & Air Force Exchange Service ; The New York Times Overseas Weekly later became available in Japan through The Asahi Shimbun and in Germany through

12212-474: The Times as " enemies of the people " at the Conservative Political Action Conference and tweeting his disdain for the newspaper and CNN . In October 2017, The New York Times published an article by journalists Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey alleging that dozens of women had accused film producer and The Weinstein Company co-chairman Harvey Weinstein of sexual misconduct. The investigation resulted in Weinstein's resignation and conviction, precipitated

12384-912: The Times began hosting the DealBook Summit, an annual conference hosted by Sorkin. During the COVID-19 pandemic , The New York Times hosted the DealBook Online Summit in 2020 and 2021. The 2022 DealBook Summit featured — among other speakers — former vice president Mike Pence and Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu , culminating in an interview with former FTX chief executive Sam Bankman-Fried ; FTX had filed for bankruptcy several weeks prior. The 2023 DealBook Summit's speakers included vice president Kamala Harris , Israeli president Isaac Herzog , and businessman Elon Musk . In June 2010, The New York Times licensed

12556-675: The Times for defamation. In New York Times Co. v. Sullivan (1964), the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the verdict in Alabama county court and the Supreme Court of Alabama violated the First Amendment . The decision is considered to be landmark . After financial losses, The New York Times ended its international edition , acquiring a stake in the Paris Herald Tribune , forming the International Herald Tribune . The Times initially published

12728-716: The Times furthered its coverage, publishing details on the Huston Plan , alleged wiretapping of reporters and officials, and testimony from James W. McCord Jr. that the Committee for the Re-Election of the President paid the conspirators off. The exodus of readers to suburban New York newspapers, such as Newsday and Gannett papers, adversely affected The New York Times ' s circulation. Contemporary newspapers balked at additional sections; Time devoted

12900-966: The Times over its coverage of missing explosives from the Al Qa'qaa weapons facility. An article in December 2005 disclosing warrantless surveillance by the National Security Agency contributed to further criticism from the George W. Bush administration and the Senate 's refusal to renew the Patriot Act . In the Plame affair , a Central Intelligence Agency inquiry found that Miller had become aware of Valerie Plame 's identity through then-vice president Dick Cheney 's chief of staff Scooter Libby , resulting in Miller's resignation. During

13072-415: The Times used the headline, "Trump Urges Unity vs. Racism", to describe then-president Donald Trump 's words after the shootings. After criticism from FiveThirtyEight founder Nate Silver , the headline was changed to, "Assailing Hate But Not Guns". Online, The New York Times ' s headlines do not face the same length restrictions as headlines that appear in print; print headlines must fit within

13244-459: The Times would expand its delivery options to US$ 95 cooking kits curated by chefs such as Nina Compton , Chintan Pandya, and Naoko Takei Moore. That month, the staff of NYT Cooking went on tour with Compton, Pandya, and Moore in Los Angeles, New Orleans , and New York City, culminating in a food festival. In addition, The New York Times offered its own wine club originally operated by

13416-432: The Times , including print edition planning and collaboration, and features tools such as multimedia integration, notifications, content tagging, and drafts. The New York Times uses private articles for high-profile opinion pieces, such as those written by Russian president Vladimir Putin and actress Angelina Jolie , and for high-level investigations. In January 2012, the Times released Integrated Content Editor (ICE),

13588-595: The Times . Talk radio host Erick Erickson acquired an issue of The New York Times to fire several rounds into the paper, posting a picture online. Since 1997, The New York Times ' s primary distribution center is located in College Point, Queens . The facility is 300,000 sq ft (28,000 m ) and employs 170 people as of 2017. The College Point distribution center prints 300,000 to 800,000 newspapers daily. On most occasions, presses start before 11 p.m. and finish before 3 a.m. A robotic crane grabs

13760-483: The Times ; Sulzberger, who negotiated The New York Times Company's acquisition of The Boston Globe in 1993, derided the Internet, while his son expressed antithetical views. @times appeared on America Online 's website in May 1994 as an extension of The New York Times , featuring news articles, film reviews, sports news, and business articles. Despite opposition, several employees of the Times had begun to access

13932-506: The Weinstein effect , and served as a catalyst for the #MeToo movement . The New York Times Company vacated the public editor position and eliminated the copy desk in November. Sulzberger Jr. announced his resignation in December 2017, appointing his son, A. G. Sulzberger , as publisher. Trump's relationship — equally diplomatic and negative — marked Sulzberger's tenure. In September 2018, The New York Times published " I Am Part of

14104-505: The attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941 convinced then-publisher Arthur Hays Sulzberger of the necessity of a crossword. The New York Times has published recipes since the 1850s and has had a separate food section since the 1940s. In 1961, restaurant critic Craig Claiborne published The New York Times Cookbook , an unauthorized cookbook that drew from the Times ' s recipes. Since 2010, former food editor Amanda Hesser has published The Essential New York Times Cookbook ,

14276-538: The cosine similarity of text embeddings of recipe titles. The website also features no-recipe recipes, a concept proposed by Sifton. In May 2016, The New York Times Company announced a partnership with startup Chef'd to form a meal delivery service that would deliver ingredients from The New York Times Cooking recipes to subscribers; Chef'd shut down in July 2018 after failing to accrue capital and secure financing. The Hollywood Reporter reported in September 2022 that

14448-737: The decline of newspapers , particularly regional publications, the Times must travel further; for example, newspapers for Hawaii are flown from San Francisco on United Airlines , and Sunday papers are flown from Los Angeles on Hawaiian Airlines . Computer glitches, mechanical issues, and weather phenomena affect circulation but do not stop the paper from reaching customers. The College Point facility prints over two dozen other papers, including The Wall Street Journal and USA Today . The New York Times has halted its printing process several times to account for major developments. The first printing stoppage occurred on March 31, 1968, when then-president Lyndon B. Johnson announced that he would not seek

14620-547: The "redback", a play on "greenback", a slang term for the US dollar . The various currencies called yuan or dollar issued in mainland China as well as Taiwan , Hong Kong , Macau and Singapore were all derived from the Spanish dollar , which China imported in large quantities from Spanish America from the 16th to 20th centuries. The first locally minted silver dollar or yuan accepted all over Qing dynasty China (1644–1912)

14792-609: The 70th Anniversary of the issuance of the Renminbi, the People's Bank of China issued 120 million ¥50 banknotes on 28 December 2018. In commemoration of the 2022 Winter Olympics , the People's Bank of China issued ¥20 commemorative banknotes in both paper and polymer in December 2021. In commemoration of the 2024 Chinese New Year, the People's Bank of China issued ¥20 commemorative banknotes in polymer in January 2024. The renminbi yuan has different names when used in ethnic minority regions of China. Renminbi currency production

14964-503: The 84 patents reviewed by the Financial Times indicate that China may plan to algorithmically adjust the supply of a central bank digital currency based on certain triggers, such as loan interest rates . Other patents are focused on building digital currency chip cards or digital currency wallets that banking consumers could potentially use, which would be linked directly to their bank accounts. The patent filings also point to

15136-491: The American Federal Reserve and other major central banks , have caused the renminbi to be within as little as 8% of its equilibrium value by the second half of 2012. Since 2006, the renminbi exchange rate has been allowed to float in a narrow margin around a fixed base rate determined with reference to a basket of world currencies . The Chinese government has announced that it will gradually increase

15308-430: The E and the A, as not doing so would leave a noticeable gap due to the stem of the A sloping away from the E. The Times reused the tight kerning for "Biden Beats Trump" and Trump's second impeachment , which simply read, "Impeached". In cases where two major events occur on the same day or immediately after each other, The New York Times has used a "paddle wheel" headline, where both headlines are used but split by

15480-627: The Global Wine Company. The New York Times Wine Club was established in August 2009, during a dramatic decrease in advertising revenue. By 2021, the wine club was managed by Lot18 , a company that provides proprietary labels. Lot18 managed the Williams Sonoma Wine Club and its own wine club Tasting Room. The New York Times archives its articles in a basement annex beneath its building known as "the morgue",

15652-589: The Internet. The online success of publications that traditionally co-existed with the Times — such as America Online, Yahoo , and CNN — and the expansion of websites such as Monster.com and Craigslist that threatened The New York Times ' s classified advertisement model increased efforts to develop a website. nytimes.com debuted on January 19 and was formally announced three days later. The Times published domestic terrorist Ted Kaczynski 's essay Industrial Society and Its Future in 1995, contributing to his arrest after his brother David recognized

15824-601: The Museum at The Times. From February 7, 1898, to December 31, 1999, the Times ' s issue number was incorrect by five hundred issues, an error suspected by The Atlantic to be the result of a careless front page type editor. The misreporting was noticed by news editor Aaron Donovan, who was calculating the number of issues in a spreadsheet and noticed the discrepancy. The New York Times celebrated fifty thousand issues on March 14, 1995, an observance that should have occurred on July 26, 1996. The New York Times has reduced

15996-673: The New York newspaper landscape resulted in the formation of larger newspapers, such as the New York Herald Tribune and the New York World-Telegram . In contrast to Ochs, Sulzberger encouraged wirephotography . The New York Times extensively covered World War II through large headlines, reporting on exclusive stories such as the Yugoslav coup d'état . Amid the war, Sulzberger began expanding

16168-599: The Ochs-Sulzberger family, having previously been published by Henry Jarvis Raymond until 1869 and by George Jones until 1896. Adolph Ochs published the Times until his death in 1935, when he was succeeded by his son-in-law, Arthur Hays Sulzberger . Sulzberger was publisher until 1961 and was succeeded by Orvil Dryfoos , his son-in-law, who served in the position until his death in 1963. Arthur Ochs Sulzberger succeeded Dryfoos until his resignation in 1992. His son, Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Jr. , served as publisher until 2018. The New York Times ' s current publisher

16340-433: The Ochs-Sulzberger family, of which Oakes was a member as Adolph Ochs 's nephew; in 1976, Oakes publicly disagreed with Sulzberger's endorsement of Daniel Patrick Moynihan over Bella Abzug in the 1976 Senate Democratic primaries in a letter sent from Martha's Vineyard . Under Rosenthal, the editorial board took positions supporting assault weapons legislation and the legalization of marijuana , but publicly criticized

16512-529: The People's Republic of China. It was issued only in paper form at first, and replaced the various currencies circulating in the areas controlled by the Communists . One of the first tasks of the new government was to end the hyperinflation that had plagued China in the final years of the Kuomintang (KMT) era. That achieved, a revaluation occurred in 1955 at the rate of 1 new yuan = 10,000 old yuan. As

16684-412: The People's Republic of China: In 1999, a commemorative red ¥50 note was issued in honour of the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the People's Republic of China. This note features Chinese Communist Party chairman Mao Zedong on the front and various animals on the back. An orange polymer note , commemorating the new millennium was issued in 2000 with a face value of ¥100. This features

16856-745: The Resistance Inside the Trump Administration ", an anonymous essay by a self-described Trump administration official later revealed to be Department of Homeland Security chief of staff Miles Taylor . The animosity — which extended to nearly three hundred instances of Trump disparaging the Times by May 2019 — culminated in Trump ordering federal agencies to cancel their subscriptions to The New York Times and The Washington Post in October 2019. Trump's tax returns have been

17028-521: The United States behind The Wall Street Journal . The New York Times Company intends to have fifteen million subscribers by 2027. The Times ' s shift towards subscription-based revenue with the debut of an online paywall in 2011 contributed to subscription revenue exceeding advertising revenue the following year, furthered by the 2016 presidential election and Donald Trump . In 2022, Vox wrote that The New York Times ' s subscribers skew "older, richer, whiter, and more liberal"; to reflect

17200-549: The Vietnam Industrial Park outside of Ho Chi Minh City . This would mark the beginning of a period of international expansion for the company. In 2008, Midea formed a manufacturing joint venture with Belarusian microwave producer Horizont ( rus. ), in order to break into the various CIS markets. 2010 would see the first of several overseas joint ventures between Midea and American air-conditioner manufacturer Carrier Corporation . Their first joint venture

17372-584: The World Cup in Brazil in 2014. Chinese yuan The renminbi ( Chinese : 人民币 ; pinyin : Rénmínbì ; lit. 'People's Currency'; symbol : ¥ ; ISO code : CNY ; abbreviation : RMB ), also known as the Chinese yuan , is the official currency of the People's Republic of China . The renminbi is issued by the People's Bank of China , the monetary authority of China. It

17544-595: The ability of public officials to sue the media for defamation . In 1971, The New York Times published the Pentagon Papers , an internal Department of Defense document detailing the United States's historical involvement in the Vietnam War , despite pushback from then-president Richard Nixon . In the landmark decision New York Times Co. v. United States (1971), the Supreme Court ruled that

17716-491: The acquirer, comparing himself to Groucho Marx . According to The New Republic , FiveThirtyEight drew as much as a fifth of the traffic to nytimes.com during the 2012 presidential election . In July 2013, FiveThirtyEight was sold to ESPN . In an article following Silver's exit, public editor Margaret Sullivan wrote that he was disruptive to the Times ' s culture for his perspective on probability-based predictions and scorn for polling — having stated that punditry

17888-462: The aluminium ¥0.01 and ¥0.02 coins ceased in 1991, with that of the ¥0.05 halting in 1994. The small coins were still struck for annual uncirculated mint sets in limited quantities, and from the beginning of 2005, the ¥0.01 coin got a new lease on life by being issued again every year since then up to present. New designs of the ¥0.1, ¥0.5 (now brass- plated steel), and ¥1 (nickel-plated steel) were again introduced in between 1999 and 2002. The ¥0.1

18060-496: The banknotes is produced at two facilities in Baoding and Kunshan. The Baoding facility is the largest facility in the world dedicated to developing banknote material according to its website. In addition, the People's Bank of China has its own printing technology research division that researches new techniques for creating banknotes and making counterfeiting more difficult. On 13 March 2006, some delegates to an advisory body at

18232-492: The basket was 10.9%. The ISO code for the renminbi is CNY , the PRC's country code (CN) plus "Y" from "yuan". Hong Kong markets that trade renminbi at free-floating rates use the unofficial code CNH . This is to distinguish the rates from those fixed by Chinese central banks on the mainland. The abbreviation RMB is not an ISO code but is sometimes used like one by banks and financial institutions. The currency symbol for

18404-478: The company failed to honor its replacement obligations involving a recall it had issued. In December 2018, Midea Group established its semiconductor subsidiary MR Semi Co. Ltd. Midea's main business is producing home appliances and commercial air conditioners. It sells products domestically under its own name, while the majority of its export business is as an OEM and ODM for many well-known global brands. In recent years, Midea has begun launching its own brand in

18576-489: The company has been chaired by the Ochs-Sulzberger family, whose current chairman and the paper's publisher is A. G. Sulzberger . The Times is headquartered at The New York Times Building in Midtown Manhattan . The Times was founded as the conservative New-York Daily Times in 1851, and came to national recognition in the 1870s with its aggressive coverage of corrupt politician William M. Tweed . Following

18748-833: The digital currency was unclear. In May 2023, RMB interest rate swaps was launched. In June 2023, under the Government Green Bond Programme, the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (HKSAR) announced a green bonds offering, of approximately US$ 6 billion denominated in USD , EUR and RMB. As of 2019, renminbi banknotes are available in denominations of ¥0.1, ¥0.5 (1 and 5 jiao), ¥1, ¥5, ¥10, ¥20, ¥50 and ¥100. These denominations have been available since 1955, except for

18920-459: The discrepancy between the mediums in print and online articles. The system reduces the input of editors and supports additional visual mediums in an editor that resembles the appearance of the article. Oak is based on ProseMirror, a JavaScript rich-text editor toolkit, and retains the revision tracking and commenting functionalities of The New York Times ' s previous systems. Additionally, Oak supports predefined article headers. In 2019, Oak

19092-441: The edition number of that issue; on the day of the 2000 presidential election, the Times was revised four separate times, necessitating the use of an em dash in place of an ellipsis. The em dash issue was printed hundreds times over before being replaced by the one-dot issue. Despite efforts by newsroom employees to recycle copies sent to The New York Times ' s office, several copies were kept, including one put on display at

19264-413: The epidemic, with mentions of anal intercourse , contrasted with then-executive editor A. M. Rosenthal 's puritan approach, intentionally avoiding descriptions of the luridity of gay venues. Following years of waning interest in The New York Times , Sulzberger resigned in January 1992, appointing his son, Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Jr. , as publisher. The Internet represented a generational shift within

19436-461: The essay's penmanship. Following the establishment of nytimes.com , The New York Times retained its journalistic hesitancy under executive editor Joseph Lelyveld , refusing to publish an article reporting on the Clinton–Lewinsky scandal from Drudge Report . nytimes.com editors conflicted with print editors on several occasions, including wrongfully naming security guard Richard Jewell as

19608-539: The excess through the state agency responsible for the management of China's exchange controls and its foreign exchange reserves, the State Administration of Exchange Control. Beginning in the mid-1980s, the government sanctioned foreign exchange markets, known as swap centres, eventually in most large cities. The government also gradually allowed market forces to take the dominant role by introducing an "internal settlement rate" of ¥2.8 to 1 US dollar which

19780-401: The first time in its history. In February 2020, the editorial board reduced its presence from several editorials each day to occasional editorials for events deemed particularly significant. Since August 2024, the board no longer endorses candidates in local or congressional races in New York. Since 1940, editorial, media, and technology workers of The New York Times have been represented by

19952-519: The flexibility of the exchange rate. As a result of the rapid internationalization of the renminbi , it became the world's 8th most traded currency in 2013, 5th by 2015, but 6th in 2019. On 1 October 2016, the renminbi became the first emerging market currency to be included in the IMF 's special drawing rights basket, the basket of currencies used by the IMF as a reserve currency. Its initial weighting in

20124-464: The general population of the United States, the Times has attempted to alter its audience by acquiring The Athletic , investing in verticals such as The New York Times Games , and beginning a marketing campaign showing diverse subscribers to the Times . The New York Times Company chief executive Meredith Kopit Levien stated that the average age of subscribers has remained constant. In October 2001, The New York Times began publishing DealBook ,

20296-413: The government to provide imported machinery and equipment to priority industries at a relatively lower domestic currency cost than otherwise would have been possible. China's transition by the mid-1990s to a system in which the value of its currency was determined by supply and demand in a foreign exchange market was a gradual process spanning 15 years that involved changes in the official exchange rate,

20468-502: The guidelines established in "Ethical Journalism" and "Guidelines on Integrity". According to the former, Times journalists must abstain from using sources with a personal relationship to them and must not accept reimbursements or inducements from individuals who may be written about in The New York Times , with exceptions for gifts of nominal value. The latter requires attribution and exact quotations, though exceptions are made for linguistic anomalies. Staff writers are expected to ensure

20640-409: The honorific from Osama bin Laden 's name, consistent with deceased figures of historic significance, such as Adolf Hitler , Napoleon , and Vladimir Lenin . The New York Times uses academic and military titles for individuals prominently serving in that position. In 1986, the Times began to use Ms , and introduced the gender-neutral title Mx. in 2015. The New York Times uses initials when

20812-460: The information in the XML and INI files. The image tiles are generated using GDAL and displayed using Leaflet , using data from a content delivery network . The Times ran optical character recognition on the articles using Tesseract and shingled and fuzzy string matched the result. The New York Times uses a proprietary content management system known as Scoop for its online content and

20984-526: The integration of a digital currency system, choosing to embrace the blockchain technology. The patents reveal the extent of China's digital currency plans. The patents, seen and verified by the Financial Times , include proposals related to the issuance and supply of a central bank digital currency, a system for interbank settlements that uses the currency, and the integration of digital currency wallets into existing retail bank accounts. Several of

21156-435: The last name), and finally "People's Currency", or " renminbi ", from June 1949. From 1949 until the late 1970s, the state fixed China's exchange rate at a highly overvalued level as part of the country's import-substitution strategy. During this time frame, the focus of the state's central planning was to accelerate industrial development and reduce China's dependence on imported manufactured goods. The overvaluation allowed

21328-464: The last ¥0.5 and ¥1 issued in 1985. All jiǎo coins depicted similar designs to the fēn coins while the yuán depicted the Great Wall of China . In 1991, a new coinage was introduced, consisting of an aluminium ¥0.1, brass ¥0.5 and nickel - clad steel ¥1. These were smaller than the previous jiǎo and yuán coins and depicted flowers on the obverse and the national emblem on the reverse. Issuance of

21500-483: The late 1980s and early 1990s, China worked to make the renminbi more convertible. Through the use of swap centres, the exchange rate was eventually brought to more realistic levels of above ¥8/US$ 1 in 1994 and the FEC was discontinued. It stayed above ¥8/$ 1 until 2005 when the renminbi's peg to the dollar was loosened and it was allowed to appreciate. As of 2013, the renminbi is convertible on current accounts but not capital accounts . The ultimate goal has been to make

21672-438: The longest-running newspapers in the United States, the Times serves as one of the country's newspapers of record . As of 2023 , The New York Times is the second-largest newspaper by print circulation in the United States , with 296,330 print subscribers. The Times has 8.83 million online subscribers, the most of any newspaper in the United States. The New York Times is published by The New York Times Company ; since 1896,

21844-441: The nearest yuan (such as ¥9 or ¥10). In 1953, aluminium ¥0.01, ¥0.02, and ¥0.05 coins began being struck for circulation, and were first introduced in 1955. These depict the national emblem on the obverse (front) and the name and denomination framed by wheat stalks on the reverse (back). In 1980, brass ¥0.1, ¥0.2, and ¥0.5 and cupro-nickel ¥1 coins were added, although the ¥0.1 and ¥0.2 were only produced until 1981, with

22016-401: The newsletter's staff included individuals who had created the Times ' s dialect quiz, fourth down analyzer, and a calculator for determining buying or renting a home. The Upshot debuted in April 2014. Fast Company reviewed an article about Illinois Secure Choice — a state-funded retirement saving system — as "neither a terse news item, nor a formal financial advice column, nor

22188-573: The newspaper's structure. Ochs established the Times as a merchant's newspaper and removed the hyphen from the newspaper's name. In 1905, The New York Times opened Times Tower , marking expansion. The Times experienced a political realignment in the 1910s amid several disagreements within the Republican Party . The New York Times reported on the sinking of the Titanic , as other newspapers were cautious about bulletins circulated by

22360-464: The note has a tactile representation of the denomination in Chinese Braille starting from the fourth series. See corresponding section for detailed information. The fen and jiao denominations have become increasingly unnecessary as prices have increased. Coins under ¥0.1 are used infrequently. Chinese retailers tend to avoid fractional values (such as ¥9.99), opting instead to round to

22532-614: The only witness of the Manhattan Project, a detail realized by employees of The New York Times following the atomic bombing of Hiroshima . Following World War II , The New York Times continued to expand. The Times was subject to investigations from the Senate Internal Security Subcommittee , a McCarthyist subcommittee that investigated purported communism from within press institutions. Arthur Hays Sulzberger 's decision to dismiss

22704-442: The pages were reduced to 15.5 inches (390 mm). On February 14, 1955, a further reduction to 15 inches (380 mm) occurred, followed by 14.5 and 13.5 inches (370 and 340 mm). On August 6, 2007, the largest cut occurred when the pages were reduced to 12 inches (300 mm), a decision that other broadsheets had previously considered. Then-executive editor Bill Keller stated that a narrower paper would be more beneficial to

22876-497: The paper from Raymond, who had changed its name to The New-York Times . Under Jones, the Times began to publish a series of articles criticizing Tammany Hall political boss William M. Tweed , despite vehement opposition from other New York newspapers. In 1871, The New-York Times published Tammany Hall's accounting books; Tweed was tried in 1873 and sentenced to twelve years in prison. The Times earned national recognition for its coverage of Tweed. In 1891, Jones died, creating

23048-438: The paper has produced several television series, podcasts — including The Daily — and games through The New York Times Games . The New York Times has been involved in several controversies in its history. The Times maintains several regional bureaus staffed with journalists across six continents, and has received 137 Pulitzer Prizes as of 2023, the most of any publication, among other accolades. The New York Times

23220-496: The paper. The descender of the "h" was shortened on December 30, 1914. The largest change to the nameplate was introduced on February 21, 1967, when type designer Ed Benguiat redesigned the logo, most prominently turning the arrow ornament into a diamond. Notoriously, the new logo dropped the period that remained with the Times up until that point; one reader compared the omission of the period to "performing plastic surgery on Helen of Troy ." Picture editor John Radosta worked with

23392-631: The passage of the Affordable Care Act in 2010 was a "big fucking deal". The Times ' s profanity policy has been tested by former president Donald Trump . The New York Times published Trump's Access Hollywood tape in October 2016, containing the words "fuck", "pussy", "bitch", and "tits", the first time the publication had published an expletive on its front page, and repeated an explicit phrase for fellatio stated by then- White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci in July 2017. The New York Times omitted Trump's use of

23564-554: The phrase " shithole countries " from its headline in favor of "vulgar language" in January 2018. The Times banned certain words, such as "bitch", "whore", and "sluts", from Wordle in 2022. Journalists for The New York Times do not write their own headlines, but rather copy editors who specifically write headlines. The Times ' s guidelines insist headline editors get to the main point of an article but avoid giving away endings, if present. Other guidelines include using slang "sparingly", avoiding tabloid headlines , not ending

23736-430: The physical size of its print edition while retaining its broadsheet format. The New-York Daily Times debuted at 18 inches (460 mm) across. By the 1950s, the Times was being printed at 16 inches (410 mm) across. In 1953, an increase in paper costs to US$ 10 (equivalent to $ 113.88 in 2023) a ton increased newsprint costs to US$ 21.7 million (equivalent to $ 308,616,417.91 in 2023) On December 28, 1953,

23908-434: The political blog FiveThirtyEight in a three-year agreement. The blog, written by Nate Silver , had garnered attention during the 2008 presidential election for predicting the elections in forty-nine of fifty states. FiveThirtyEight appeared on nytimes.com in August. According to Silver, several offers were made for the blog; Silver wrote that a merger of unequals must allow for editorial sovereignty and resources from

24080-511: The position until his retirement in 1961. John Bertram Oakes served as opinion editor from 1961 to 1976, when then-publisher Arthur Ochs Sulzberger appointed Max Frankel . Frankel served in the position until 1986, when he was appointed as executive editor. Jack Rosenthal was the opinion editor from 1986 to 1993. Howell Raines succeeded Rosenthal until 2001, when he was made executive editor. Gail Collins succeeded Raines until her resignation in 2006. From 2007 to 2016, Andrew Rosenthal

24252-418: The print version of the Times , these headlines are written by one copy editor, reviewed by two other copy editors, approved by the masthead editors, and polished by other print editors. The process is completed before 8 p.m., but it may be repeated if further development occur, as did take place during the 2020 presidential election . On the day Joe Biden was declared the winner, The New York Times utilized

24424-491: The print version to use "wiretapped" in order to fit within the print guidelines. The nameplate of The New York Times has been unaltered since 1967. In creating the initial nameplate, Henry Jarvis Raymond sought to model The London Times , which used a Blackletter style called Textura , popularized following the fall of the Western Roman Empire and regional variations of Alcuin 's script, as well as

24596-658: The proposed ‘ tokenomics ’ being considered by the DCEP working group. Some patents show plans towards programmed inflation control mechanisms. While the majority of the patents are attributed to the PBOC's Digital Currency Research Institute, some are attributed to state-owned corporations or subsidiaries of the Chinese central government. Uncovered by the Chamber of Digital Commerce (an American non-profit advocacy group), their contents shed light on Beijing's mounting efforts to digitise

24768-537: The reader but acknowledged a net loss in article space of five percent. In 1985, The New York Times Company established a minority stake in a US$ 21.7 million (equivalent to $ 308,616,417.91 in 2023) newsprint plant in Clermont, Quebec through Donahue Malbaie . The company sold its equity interest in Donahue Malbaie in 2017. The New York Times often uses large, bolded headlines for major events. For

24940-564: The real barriers to internationalisation of the renminbi are China's capital controls, which it has no plans to remove. Maximilian Kärnfelt, an expert at the Mercator Institute for China Studies , said that a digital renminbi "would not banish many of the problems holding the renminbi back from more use globally". He went on to say, "Much of China's financial market is still not open to foreigners and property rights remain fragile." The PBOC has filed more than 80 patents surrounding

25112-447: The renminbi , on 30 November 2015, the IMF voted to designate the renminbi as one of several main world currencies, thus including it in the basket of special drawing rights . The renminbi became the first emerging market currency to be included in the IMF's SDR basket on 1 October 2016. The other main world currencies are the dollar , the euro , sterling , and the yen . In October 2019, China's central bank, PBOC , announced that

25284-454: The renminbi fully convertible. However, partly in response to the Asian financial crisis in 1998, China has been concerned that the Chinese financial system would not be able to handle the potential rapid cross-border movements of hot money , and as a result, as of 2012, the currency trades within a narrow band specified by the Chinese central government. Following the internationalization of

25456-562: The renminbi, which has sparked alarm in the West and spurred central bankers around the world to begin exploring similar projects. Some commentators have said that the U.S., which has no current plans to issue a government-backed digital currency, risks falling behind China and risking its dominance in the global financial system. Victor Shih , a China expert and professor at the University of California San Diego , said that merely introducing

25628-607: The scandal, culminating in a town hall in which a deputy editor criticized Raines for failing to question Blair's sources in article he wrote on the D.C. sniper attacks . In June 2003, Raines and Boyd resigned. Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Jr. appointed Bill Keller as executive editor. Miller continued to report on the Iraq War as a journalistic embed covering the country's weapons of mass destruction program. Keller and then-Washington bureau chief Jill Abramson unsuccessfully attempted to subside criticism. Conservative media criticized

25800-688: The subject of three separate investigations. During the COVID-19 pandemic , the Times began implementing data services and graphs. On May 23, 2020, The New York Times ' s front page solely featured U.S. Deaths Near 100,000, An Incalculable Loss , a subset of the 100,000 people in the United States who died of COVID-19, the first time that the Times ' s front page lacked images since they were introduced. Since 2020, The New York Times has focused on broader diversification, developing online games and producing television series. The New York Times Company acquired The Athletic in January 2022. Since 1896, The New York Times has been published by

25972-518: The suspect in the Centennial Olympic Park bombing and covering the death of Diana, Princess of Wales in greater detail than the print edition. The New York Times Electronic Media Company was adversely affected by the dot-com crash . The Times extensively covered the September 11 attacks . The following day's print issue contained sixty-six articles, the work of over three hundred dispatched reporters. Journalist Judith Miller

26144-466: The theoretical use of aluminum tubes to produce nuclear material was speculation. In March 2003, the United States invaded Iraq , beginning the Iraq War . The New York Times attracted controversy after thirty-six articles from journalist Jayson Blair were discovered to be plagiarized. Criticism over then-executive editor Howell Raines and then-managing editor Gerald M. Boyd mounted following

26316-526: The time, most newspapers favored the end of the hostage crisis, but the Times placed the inauguration above the crisis. Since 1981, the paddle wheel has been used twice; on July 26, 2000, when the 2000 Camp David Summit ended without an agreement and when Bush announced that Dick Cheney would be his running mate, and on June 24, 2016, when the United Kingdom European Union membership referendum passed, beginning Brexit , and when

26488-622: The two companies was also announced at the same time. In 2016, Midea made three major acquisitions, the first of which was Toshiba 's home appliances business for US$ 477 million, followed by the even larger purchase of KUKA , the German robotics company. Lastly, acquiring Eureka , the brand that specializes in floorcare, from Electrolux AB in December. In 2017, Midea became embroiled in a controversy involving millions defective air conditioner/humidifier units made for many US brands. The incident involved lawsuits and allegations from US consumers that

26660-482: The use of a dual exchange rate system, and the introduction and gradual expansion of markets for foreign exchange. The most important move to a market-oriented exchange rate was an easing of controls on trade and other current account transactions, as occurred in several very early steps. In 1979, the State Council approved a system allowing exporters and their provincial and local government owners to retain

26832-470: The veracity of all written claims, but may delegate researching obscure facts to the research desk. In March 2021, the Times established a committee to avoid journalistic conflicts of interest with work written for The New York Times , following columnist David Brooks 's resignation from the Aspen Institute for his undisclosed work on the initiative Weave. The New York Times editorial board

27004-460: The yuan unit is ¥ , but when distinction from the Japanese yen is required RMB (e.g. RMB 10,000) or ¥ RMB (e.g. ¥10,000 RMB) is used. However, in written Chinese contexts, the Chinese character for yuan (Chinese: 元 ; lit. 'constituent', 'part') or, in formal contexts Chinese: 圆 ; lit. 'round', usually follows the number in lieu of

27176-437: The ¥20 notes (added in 1999 with the fifth series) ¥50 and ¥100 notes (added in 1987 with the fourth series). Coins are available in denominations from ¥0.01 to ¥1 (¥0.01–1). Thus some denominations exist in both coins and banknotes. On rare occasions, larger yuan coin denominations such as ¥5 have been issued to commemorate events but use of these outside of collecting has never been widespread. The denomination of each banknote

27348-492: Was a devaluation of almost 100%. In the process of opening up China to external trade and tourism, transactions with foreign visitors between 1980 and 1994 were done primarily using Foreign exchange certificates ( 外汇券 , waihuiquan ) issued by the Bank of China . Foreign currencies were exchangeable for FECs and vice versa at the renminbi's prevailing official rate which ranged from US$ 1 = ¥2.8 FEC to ¥5.5 FEC. The FEC

27520-421: Was also loosened and capital inflows to China surged. During the era of the command economy , the value of the renminbi was set to unrealistic values in exchange with Western currency and severe currency exchange rules were put in place, hence the dual-track currency system from 1980 to 1994 with the renminbi usable only domestically, and with Foreign Exchange Certificates (FECs) used by foreign visitors. In

27692-547: Was established in 1851 by New-York Tribune journalists Henry Jarvis Raymond and George Jones . The Times experienced significant circulation, particularly among conservatives; New-York Tribune publisher Horace Greeley praised the New-York Daily Times . During the American Civil War , Times correspondents gathered information directly from Confederate states. In 1869, Jones inherited

27864-424: Was established in 1896 by Adolph Ochs . With the opinion department, the editorial board is independent of the newsroom. Then-editor-in-chief Charles Ransom Miller served as opinion editor from 1883 until his death in 1922. Rollo Ogden succeeded Miller until his death in 1937. From 1937 to 1938, John Huston Finley served as opinion editor; in a prearranged plan, Charles Merz succeeded Finley. Merz served in

28036-552: Was forced to borrow $ 250 million (equivalent to $ 353.79 million in 2023) from Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim and fired over one hundred employees by 2010. nytimes.com's coverage of the Eliot Spitzer prostitution scandal , resulting in the resignation of then-New York governor Eliot Spitzer , furthered the legitimacy of the website as a journalistic medium. The Times ' s economic downturn renewed discussions of an online paywall; The New York Times implemented

28208-604: Was issued as banknotes from ¥0.1 to ¥100, and was officially at par with the renminbi. Tourists used FECs to pay for accommodation as well as tourist and luxury goods sold in Friendship Stores . However, given the non-availability of foreign exchange and Friendship Store goods to the general public, as well as the inability of tourists to use FECs at local businesses, an illegal black market developed for FECs where touts approached tourists outside hotels and offered over ¥1.50 RMB in exchange for ¥1 FEC. In 1994, as

28380-430: Was named as the new Chairman of Midea Group. A restructuring plan was announced in April 2013. In September 2013, the whole entity was publicly listed in the Shenzhen Stock Exchange as Midea Group. At the same time, Guangdong Midea Electric was privatized by Midea Group. At the end of 2014, the Chinese electronics giant Xiaomi invested CN¥ 1.2 billion by acquiring 1.2% shares of Midea Group. A cooperation between

28552-511: Was published on the Times ' s intranet in 1999. The New York Times uses honorifics when referring to individuals. With the AP Stylebook ' s removal of honorifics in 2000 and The Wall Street Journal ' s omission of courtesy titles in May 2023, the Times is the only national newspaper that continues to use honorifics. According to former copy editor Merrill Perlman, The New York Times continues to use honorifics as

28724-436: Was released on April 3, 2010, with the release of the first-generation iPad . In October, The New York Times expanded NYT Editors' Choice to include the paper's full articles. NYT for iPad was free until 2011. The Times applications on iPhone and iPad began offering in-app subscriptions in July 2011. The Times released a web application for iPad — featuring a format summarizing trending headlines on Twitter — and

28896-740: Was significantly reduced in size, and in 2005 its composition was changed from aluminium to more durable nickel-plated steel. An updated version of these coins was announced in 2019. While the overall design is unchanged, all coins including the ¥0.5 are now of nickel-plated steel, and the ¥1 coin was reduced in size. The frequency of usage of coins varies between different parts of China, with coins typically being more popular in urban areas (with 5-jiǎo and 1-yuán coins used in vending machines), and small notes being more popular in rural areas. Older fēn and large jiǎo coins are uncommonly still seen in circulation, but are still valid in exchange. As of 2023, there have been five series of renminbi banknotes issued by

29068-415: Was the silver dragon dollar introduced in 1889. Various banknotes denominated in dollars or yuan were also introduced, which were convertible to silver dollars until 1935 when the silver standard was discontinued and the Chinese yuan was made fabi ( 法币 ; legal tender fiat currency ). The renminbi was introduced by the People's Bank of China in December 1948, about a year before the establishment of

29240-520: Was the opinion editor. James Bennet succeeded Rosenthal until his resignation in 2020. As of July 2024 , the editorial board comprises thirteen opinion writers. The New York Times ' s opinion editor is Kathleen Kingsbury and the deputy opinion editor is Patrick Healy. The New York Times ' s editorial board was initially opposed to liberal beliefs, opposing women's suffrage in 1900 and 1914. The editorial board began to espouse progressive beliefs during Oakes' tenure, conflicting with

29412-421: Was the recipient of a package containing a white powder during the 2001 anthrax attacks , furthering anxiety within The New York Times . In September 2002, Miller and military correspondent Michael R. Gordon wrote an article for the Times claiming that Iraq had purchased aluminum tubes . The article was cited by then-president George W. Bush to claim that Iraq was constructing weapons of mass destruction ;

29584-452: Was updated to support collaborative editing using Firebase to update editors's cursor status. Several Google Cloud Functions and Google Cloud Tasks allow articles to be previewed as they will be printed, and the Times ' s primary MySQL database is regularly updated to update editors on the article status. Since 1895, The New York Times has maintained a manual of style in several forms. The New York Times Manual of Style and Usage

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