The New York Times Will Replace Financial Tables with a Redesigned Package of Analytical Tools in Tuesday Through Saturday Editions; Enhanced Online Access to Interactive Financial Data.

NEW YORK -- The New York Times announced today that it will change its financial tables, beginning April 4, in the daily Tuesday through Saturday editions of the newspaper and at the same time will introduce a robust package of on-line interactive tools and features at NYTimes.com/business.

In the newspaper, the current six pages of financial tables will be replaced with two pages of unique analytical tools and summary information on the markets and the economy. This step reduces newsprint costs while providing readers with more information-packed graphics and analytical tools.

On the Web site, NYTimes.com/business, online readers will be able to choose from a broad array of new functions, including tools that can be customized for their individual needs. Readers will receive the closing prices of stocks and mutual funds they select e-mailed to them by NYTimes.com each day after the market closes and can sign up to receive mid-day alerts in the event of major price moves or business news that affects them. These additional services can all be added to readers' Personal Portfolios on NYTimes.com.

Full financial tables will continue to be published on Sunday in the newspaper, including stocks, bonds, mutual funds and foreign markets.

"Increasingly our readers are turning to NYTimes.com for stock quotes and other financial data, rather than to the back pages of Business Day," said Lawrence Ingrassia, business editor of The New York Times. "We are making changes that will add value for our readers, both in the paper and online."

The package in the newspaper will offer a new centerpiece graphic, conceived and designed by New York Times graphic editors, which will be available in interactive form on the Web. In addition, readers will see at-a-glance performance of the top 100 stocks in the S&P, an array of key financial and economic indicators, and receive thumbnail sketches of a handful of companies in the headlines. The site will also show what happened to the stock the previous day next to charts tracking the company's performance over the previous 10 days.

Also included in the newspaper:

--A new visual tool that shows the volatility of the major indexes over the past three months.

--A mutual fund spotlight that enables readers to compare how different groups of funds have performed against other funds in the same family.

--A consumer rates box tracking home mortgage rates, home equity rates, auto loan rates and CD and money market rates - and what factors in the economy are driving them.

--A redesigned foreign exchange box with easy-to-navigate lists of currencies around the world by region.

Online The Times is providing readers with more tools to guide their investing. Starting April 4 users can sign up for specific features including:

--Stock Screener - which lets readers build customized stock searches. Readers can pick the stocks that meet certain criteria, such as change in price, volume, price-to-earnings ratio and a number of technical factors. They can then build and save up to 25 of these screens and check them throughout the market day.

--Mutual Fund Screener - which allows readers to whittle the universe of thousands of mutual funds down to the few that meet their personal criteria, based on factors like fund type, fund size, expenses, manager tenure and more. They can save up to 25 of these screens and check them every day for new results.

--Intraday Price/Volume/News Alerts - users can sign up for alerts to an e-mail address. They can chose to get an alert:

--whenever a stock price changes by a set amount or percentage

--whenever a stock's volume goes up or down more than usual

--whenever there is news on a company they're following

--whenever there is news about a topic or industry they are following

--End of Day Portfolio Summary alert e-mails.

"These enhancements present wonderful opportunities for advertisers," said Jyll Holzman, senior vice president of advertising for The New York Times and the Web site. "The new financial tools on NYTimes.com will keep readers on our site for longer periods of time, increasing the already exceptional level of engagement our readers display. And advertising positions adjacent to the new analysis pages in the paper will provide premier branding opportunities for financial services and B2B advertisers looking to reach our audience of influential decision makers."

The New York Times Company (NYSE: NYT), a leading media company with 2005 revenues of $3.4 billion, includes The New York Times, the International Herald Tribune, The Boston Globe, 15 other daily newspapers, nine network-affiliated television stations, two New York City radio stations and 35 Web sites, including NYTimes.com, Boston.com and About.com. The Company's core purpose is to enhance society by creating, collecting and distributing high-quality news, information and entertainment.

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