New York Times Co.NYTBUYNov 03, 2025Stock price when the opinion was issued
As of Jun 05, 2026. Market Open.
A media company does better when their core readership hates the existing President (NYT readers hate Trump), so NYT would so well if Trump is elected. NYT shares did nothing under Obama, but rallied during Trump. In 2016-2020, their subscription base grew at a 42% compound annual growth rate. Actual reading is flat, but games like Wordle are the growth driver.
Will benefit from AI. They have a multi-year licensing deal with Amazon to use the NYT articles to train AI models (this costs NYT nothing). Also, if the Times wins their lawsuit against openAI, this could create a significant, new revenue stream because every AI platform will be forced to pay for using the NYT (NYT has a strong case).