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Revenue
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2023
Revenue from Contract with Customer [Abstract]  
Revenue Revenue
We generate revenues principally from subscriptions and advertising.
Subscription revenues consist of revenues from subscriptions to our digital and print products (which include our news product, as well as The Athletic and our Cooking, Games and Wirecutter products), and single-copy and bulk sales of our print products. Subscription revenues are based on both the number of digital-only subscriptions and copies of the printed newspaper sold, and the rates charged to the respective customers.
Advertising revenue is generated principally from advertisers (such as technology, financial and luxury goods companies) promoting products, services or brands on digital platforms in the form of display ads, audio and video, and in print in the form of column-inch ads. Advertising revenue is generated primarily from offerings sold directly to marketers by our advertising sales teams. A smaller proportion of our total advertising revenues is generated through open-market programmatic auctions run by third-party ad exchanges. Advertising revenue is primarily determined by the volume (e.g., impressions), rate and mix of advertisements. Digital advertising includes our core digital advertising business and other digital advertising. Our core digital advertising business includes direct-sold website, mobile application, podcast, email and video advertisements (including direct-sold programmatic advertising). Direct-sold display advertising, a component of core digital advertising, includes offerings on websites and mobile applications sold directly to marketers by our advertising sales teams. Other digital advertising includes open-market programmatic advertising and creative services fees. Print advertising includes revenue from column-inch ads and classified advertising as well as preprinted advertising, also known as freestanding inserts. NYTG has revenue from all categories discussed above. The Athletic has revenue from direct-sold display advertising (including direct-sold programmatic advertising), podcast, email and video advertisements and open-market programmatic advertising. There is no print advertising revenue generated from The Athletic.
Other revenues primarily consist of revenues from Wirecutter affiliate referrals, licensing, commercial printing, the leasing of floors in our Company Headquarters, television and film, retail commerce, our live events business and our student subscription sponsorship program.
Subscription, advertising and other revenues were as follows:
Years Ended
(In thousands)December 31, 2023As %
of total		December 31, 2022As %
of total		December 26, 2021As %
of total
Subscription$1,656,153 68.3 %$1,552,362 67.3 %$1,362,115 65.6 %
Advertising505,206 20.8 %523,288 22.7 %497,536 24.0 %
Other (1)
264,793 10.9 %232,671 10.0 %215,226 10.4 %
Total$2,426,152 100.0 %$2,308,321 100.0 %$2,074,877 100.0 %
(1) Other revenue includes building rental revenue, which is not under the scope of Topic 606. Building rental revenue was approximately $27 million, $29 million and $27 million for the years ended December 31, 2023, December 31, 2022, and December 26, 2021, respectively.
The following table summarizes digital and print subscription revenues, which are components of subscription revenues above, for the years ended December 31, 2023, December 31, 2022, and December 26, 2021:
Years Ended
(In thousands)December 31, 2023As %
of total		December 31, 2022As %
of total		December 26, 2021As %
of total
Digital-only subscription revenues (1)
$1,099,439 66.4 %$978,574 63.0 %$773,882 56.8 %
Print subscription revenues (2)
556,714 33.6 %573,788 37.0 %588,233 43.2 %
Total subscription revenues$1,656,153 100.0 %$1,552,362 100.0 %$1,362,115 100.0 %
(1) Includes revenue from bundled and standalone subscriptions to our news product, as well as The Athletic and our Cooking, Games and Wirecutter products.
(2) Includes domestic home-delivery subscriptions, which include access to our digital products. Also includes single-copy, NYT International and Other subscription revenues.
The following table summarizes digital and print advertising revenues for the years ended December 31, 2023, December 31, 2022, and December 26, 2021:
Years Ended
(In thousands)December 31, 2023As %
of total		December 31, 2022As %
of total		December 26, 2021As %
of total
Advertising revenues
Digital$317,744 62.9 %$318,440 60.9 %$308,616 62.0 %
Print187,462 37.1 %204,848 39.1 %188,920 38.0 %
Total advertising$505,206 100.0 %$523,288 100.0 %$497,536 100.0 %
Performance Obligations
We have remaining performance obligations related to digital archive and other licensing and certain advertising contracts. As of December 31, 2023, the aggregate amount of the transaction price allocated to the remaining performance obligations for contracts with a duration greater than one year was approximately $193 million. The Company will recognize this revenue as performance obligations are satisfied. We expect that approximately $95 million, $67 million, and $31 million will be recognized in 2024, 2025 and thereafter through 2028, respectively.
Unexpired Subscriptions
Payments for subscriptions are typically due upfront and the revenue is recognized ratably over the subscription period. The proceeds are recorded within Unexpired subscriptions revenue in the Consolidated Balance Sheet. Total unexpired subscriptions as of December 31, 2022 were $155.9 million, of which approximately $152.3 million was recognized as revenues during the year ended December 31, 2023.
Contract Assets
As of December 31, 2023, and December 31, 2022, the Company had $3.5 million and $3.8 million, respectively, in contract assets recorded in the Consolidated Balance Sheets related to digital archive licensing revenue. The contract asset is reclassified to Accounts receivable when the customer is invoiced based on the contractual billing schedule.