The letter, obtained by The Washington Post, was sent to executive editor Joseph Kahn and chairman of The New York Times Company, A.G. Sulzberger. "For 18 months, The New York Times has left its sports staff twisting in the wind," the letter stated, according to the report. The Athletic-New York Times dealThe report comes more than a year after The New York Times Company acquired The Athletic, a subscription-based sports journalism site, for $550 million. “We’ve had conversations since we bought The Athletic about what it means for the future of our sports coverage. We’ve rolled out some changes, such as including Athletic stories on the nytimes.com home screen," a spokesperson for The New York Times told USA TODAY Sports.

Source: New York Times July 09, 2023 21:03 UTC