The New York Times Expands Distribution in Santa Fe Area

Business Wire, Oct 2, 2008

New Print Site Agreement with The Santa Fe New Mexican

NEW YORK -- The New York Times announced today that it has entered into an agreement with The Santa Fe New Mexican to print The Times at their printing plant in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

The agreement, to take effect in early October, will enable The Times to extend newsstand and home delivery, both weekday and Sunday, to readers in the Santa Fe area and to better serve existing markets in the surrounding area.

"This new agreement with The Santa Fe New Mexican underscores The Times's commitment to provide high-quality journalism to more readers in more markets throughout North America," said Scott Heekin-Canedy, president and general manager of The New York Times. "This is the third print site expansion we've completed this year, following Dallas in January and Philadelphia in March."

The Santa Fe New Mexican currently prints 16 other commercial publications on its four-year-old German KBA press. "It's an honor to be part of the production effort of a great national newspaper," said Robin McKinney Martin, publisher of The Santa Fe New Mexican.

With the addition of the Santa Fe site, The New York Times will be printed at 25 locations in North America: Chicago, Ill.; Gardenia, Calif.; Deerfield Beach, Fla.; Austin, Tex.; Seattle, Wash.; Canton, Ohio; Concord, Calif.; Atlanta, Ga.; Springfield, Va.; Billerica, Mass.; Lakeland, Fla.; Phoenix, Ariz.; Denver, Colo.; Princeton, Minn.; Gastonia, N.C.; Dayton, Ohio; Ann Arbor, Mich.; Columbia, Mo.; Toronto, Ontario; Houston, Tex; Dallas, Tex.; Salt Lake City, Utah and Philadelphia, Pa. The New York edition is printed in Queens, N.Y.

About The New York Times Company

The New York Times Company (NYSE: NYT), a leading media company with 2007 revenues of $3.2 billion, includes The New York Times, the International Herald Tribune, The Boston Globe, 16 other daily newspapers, WQXR-FM and more than 50 Web sites, including NYTimes.com, Boston.com and About.com. The Company's core purpose is to enhance society by creating, collecting and distributing high-quality news, information and entertainment.

About The Santa Fe New Mexican

The Santa Fe New Mexican is a family-owned newspaper in the state's capital city. It was founded in 1849, and has belonged to the family of the current publisher, Robin McKinney Martin for almost 60 years. It has a daily circulation of 24,681, a Sunday circulation of 25,056 with a website at www.santafenewmexican.com. The New Mexican's core purpose is to cover the news in Santa Fe better than anyone else.

This press release can be downloaded from www.nytco.com