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Item 8.01 | Other Events. |
On July 22, 2020, The New York Times Company (the “Company”) announced that it would acquire Serial Productions, the company that produces the Serial podcast. In addition to the acquisition, the Company also announced that it had entered into an ongoing creative and strategic alliance with weekly public radio program “This American Life.” The terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
A copy of the Company’s press release dated July 22, 2020, announcing the transaction is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.
Some of the statements included herein and in the press release, including those with respect to the integration of this business and strategic goals, are forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties, and actual results could differ materially from those predicted by such forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include risks detailed from time to time in the Company’s publicly filed documents, including its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 29, 2019, and Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended March 29, 2020. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise
Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
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Exhibit 99.1 | The New York Times Company Press Release dated July 22, 2020 | |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
THE NEW YORK TIMES COMPANY | ||||||
Date: July 23, 2020 | By: | /s/ Diane Brayton | ||||
Diane Brayton | ||||||
Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary |
Exhibit 99.1
The New York Times Company Acquires Serial Productions and Forms a Strategic
Alliance with This American Life
The Top Audio Newsrooms and Most Creative Minds in the Industry Come Together to Bring Listeners
More Groundbreaking Audio Journalism
The New York Times Company (NYSE: NYT) announced today that it would acquire Serial Productions, the company that produces the groundbreaking Serial podcast. In addition to the acquisition, The Times also announced that it had entered into an ongoing creative and strategic alliance with This American Life that will enable it to continue to collaborate on long-form audio stories with Serial Productions and to collaborate on marketing and advertising sales with The Times. The terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Serial Productions is a team of audios best and most successful long-form journalists and narrative storytellers led by Julie Snyder, Sarah Koenig and Neil Drumming. Each episode of Serials first season was downloaded 20 million times on average and is credited with igniting the current podcast boom. This American Life is the iconic, long-running, weekly public radio program, founded by host and executive producer Ira Glass.
As a Times company, Serial Productions will commission and edit its own stories and they will now be amplified by The Times. The acquisition will allow the Serial team to tell more stories and produce more series than they had previously.
With The Daily, Serial, and the strategic alliance with This American Life, The Times has now brought together three of the most important audio brands in the world. Along with other chart-topping shows and series, including 1619, Rabbit Hole and Caliphate, as well as the recent acquisition of Audm, The Times will continue to build new listening habits across a range of formats. Creating a strong audio report aligns with the companys broader goal to help audiences understand the world around them through journalistic storytelling.
Meredith Kopit Levien, chief operating officer of The New York Times Company said, Weve seen the power that audio can have in building deeper connections with our audience and were committed to bringing listeners the best audio journalism in the world. What better way to show that commitment than by acquiring Serial, the most celebrated and innovative podcast series ever produced and by partnering with This American Life, a program that quite simply transformed the genre. We launched The Daily in 2017 and it has quickly become the most listened to news podcast in the country. Our goal is to continue to evolve our audio offerings and to chart a sustainable course for high-quality, immersive audio journalism.
Sam Dolnick, an assistant managing editor who oversees Times audio said, We have been enormous admirers of This American Life and Serial for years and their work has inspired and informed our own. We feel confident the Serial and This American Life teams share our desire to continue to find groundbreaking ways to tell stories, grow listenership and help more and more people better understand the world. They are as mission-driven as we are and were so excited to welcome them to The Times family.
Julie Snyder, the executive editor of Serial Productions said, Were incredibly proud of Serial and wanted to find a home where we felt shared values, one where we would be supported and resourced to tell more stories, of the highest quality. Were thrilled to be joining The Times, where they have demonstrated a commitment to pursuing the possibilities of audio and long-form narrative journalism.
Ira Glass said, For years now, when people ask me to recommend a podcast, the first one I mention is The Daily. Effusively. Gushingly. Its so impressive, how The Times jumped into audio journalism, and made a show that uses the medium so well. I also love how The Daily and the other Times podcasts are narrative journalism, like our show. They tell stories, with characters and feeling, and, of course, because theyre The Times, a lucid analysis of the world around us. I cant imagine a better partner for the journalism we and Serial do than The Times, and look forward to continuing to invent this still-young world of podcasting with them at our side.
As Serial Productions joins The Times, the team plans to produce a number of shows and series under The Times and Serial Productions banner. The first, Nice White Parents, will bring listeners along with award-winning reporter Chana Joffe-Walt as she examines the role white families play in shaping public education. You can listen to the trailer tomorrow, with the first two episodes available on Thursday, July 30 on NYTimes.com or wherever you get your podcasts.
This American Life remains an independent company and will continue its weekly broadcasts on public radio and its podcast.
For more about The Timess acquisition, our expanding audio portfolio and the future of our audio journalism, read a note on NYTCo.com/press from Dean Baquet, The Timess executive editor, Meredith Kopit Levien, Sam Dolnick and Stephanie Preiss, The Timess vice president for audio and TV.
LionTree Advisors LLC is acting as financial advisor, Lauren Zalaznick as strategic advisor and Lowenstein Sandler is acting as legal advisor to Serial and This American Life. Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP and Davis Wright Tremaine LLP are acting as legal advisors to The Times.
About The New York Times Company
The New York Times Company (NYSE: NYT) is a global media organization dedicated to enhancing society by creating, collecting and distributing high-quality news and information. The Company includes The New York Times, NYTimes.com and related properties. It is known globally for excellence in its journalism, and innovation in its print and digital storytelling and its business model. Follow news about the company at @NYTimesPR.
About Serial Productions
With the release of the first season of Serial in 2014, Serial Productions made podcast a household word and served as the launch pad for todays podcasting industry. Formed by producers of This American Life, Serial Productions has produced the most listened-to podcasts in the world, with more than 625 million downloads across three seasons of the Serial podcast and its other hit podcast, S-Town. Known for both its critical and commercial success, Serial Productions specializes in highly-produced and narratively gripping storytelling. Serial shows have won nearly every major award for broadcasting, including the duPont-Columbia, Scripps Howard, Edward R. Murrow, and the first-ever Peabody awarded to a podcast.
About This American Life
Founded in 1995 by host and executive producer Ira Glass, This American Life originated and popularized a style of narrative journalism that relies on compelling characters and emotional story arcs, with humor and surprising ideas all in a conversational tone. This American Life invented a style of storytelling thats widely credited with establishing the sound of modern podcasting. Its also the most popular weekly podcast in the world, with more than 2.8 million downloads per episode as well as 2.2 million weekly listeners across 500 public radio stations. This American Life won the first Pulitzer Prize for audio reporting in May 2020.
About The Daily
Since its launch in February 2017, The Daily has redefined what the news sounds like. On any given weekday, the show is now downloaded more than three million times, making it the most popular news podcast in the country. Hosted by Michael Barbaro and powered by The New York Timess newsroom, The Daily brings listeners the biggest stories of our time, told by the best journalists in the world. The Daily was nominated for a Peabody Award in 2019 and won a duPont-Columbia University Award for audio excellence in 2017. The Daily is carried by more than 200 public radio stations nationwide.
Some of the statements included in this press release, including those with respect to the integration of this business and strategic goals, are forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties, and actual results could differ materially from those predicted by such forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include risks detailed from time to time in The New York Times Companys publicly filed documents, including its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December
29, 2019 and Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended March 29, 2020. The New York Times Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
This press release can be downloaded from www.nytco.com
Investors: Harlan Toplitzky, 212-556-7775, harlan.toplitzky@nytimes.com
Media: Jordan Cohen, 212-556-7429, jordan.cohen@nytimes.com
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