February 3, 2017

The Times Launches Program To Empower Readers to Sponsor Times Subscriptions for High School Students

The New York Times today announced the launch of a new program that will allow its subscribers and others who are interested to help support Times journalism and education by sponsoring subscriptions for the next generation of Times readers: students in public schools.

The program is a direct response to the numerous unsolicited contributions and offers to purchase large volumes of subscriptions The Times has received from its readers since November 2016. These funds will be used to open up NYTimes.com access to public school students, particularly in underfunded schools and districts throughout the country.  It will also open up unlimited access to The Times’s Learning Network and its rich archive of lesson plans, a popular teaching resource for school teachers.

“The generosity of our readers and their interest in helping to sustain the health and independence of New York Times journalism has been heartening,” said Arthur Sulzberger, Jr., The Times’s publisher. “We’re delighted that the funds these readers are providing will help to support the journalism that will empower the next generation of readers as they come to better understand the world around them.”

To date, funds received have sponsored 6,500 high school students at five public schools, providing them with free access to NYTimes.com. The Times will match contributions to double the number of students who will benefit from the generosity of these readers.

The Times has a long-standing commitment to education, dating back to the 1930s when Iphigene Ochs Sulzberger responded to teachers’ requests to receive newspapers for classroom use. Since the launch of the Newspaper in Education program in the succeeding years, iterations of this effort continue today and extend to both K-12 schools and colleges and universities.

To contribute to the program, visit NYTimes.com/sponsor.

(Media contact: @lindazebian)

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