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New York Times to Buy the Athletic in $550 Million Deal

Paper acquires sports website with 1.2 million subscribers
The Athletic will remain a standalone product, Times CEO says

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By Gerry Smith

January 6, 2022 at 3:51 PM UTC

Updated on

January 6, 2022 at 9:44 PM UTC

The New York Times Co. agreed to buy the Athletic, acquiring a sports-news website with more than 1 million subscribers.

The newspaper publisher is paying $550 million for the Athletic, which will remain a standalone product, Times Chief Executive Officer Meredith Kopit Levien said Thursday in a statement. The deal is expected to close by the end of March.