The New York Occasions newsroom boasts a report 2,300 journalists, writer AG Sulzberger stated Thursday in his annual “State of the Occasions” tackle to staff.
The newsroom tally underscores how the Occasions has continued to workers up at the same time as some opponents have scaled again lately. The present Occasions newsroom is 50% bigger than a decade in the past.
The Occasions employs greater than 3,000 journalists when together with workers totals on the Opinion aspect, its sports activities newsroom, The Athletic, and different journalistic operations. The paper had 2,800 journalists on the finish of 2024, its most up-to-date annual report.
Lulu Garcia-Navarro, who hosts ‘The Interview” for the Occasions, first posted the newest numbers on X.
The New York Occasions Firm, its guardian firm, at present employs 5,900 individuals, in keeping with the latest annual report. The corporate had 3,710 staff on the finish of 2016, in keeping with its annual report that 12 months.
The 2026 numbers sign the Occasions’ power because it has diversified its income streams to incorporate its video games and cooking merchandise, together with its product advice web site Wirecutter and its sports activities reporting within the Athletic.
The Occasions reported web revenue of $129.8 in its fourth quarter of 2025, with $802.3 million in income.
The paper has constantly crushed analyst expectations in current quarters, and it’s aiming to achieve 15 million subscribers by the top of 2027. It ended 2025 with 12.78 million complete subscribers, including 1.4 million digital-only subscribers in the midst of the 12 months.
The expansion additionally comes as a few of the Occasions’ opponents have confronted monetary challenges. The Washington Submit, which as soon as employed about 2,500 individuals all through the corporate, has made a collection of workers cuts. Final month, the Submit laid off greater than 300 journalists, roughly a 3rd of the corporate.
Govt Editor Matt Murray instructed staffers final month that the Submit employed greater than 400 journalists, in keeping with the Guardian’s Jeremy Barr, which he known as “a well-stocked newsroom.”
