# The New York Times Company founding date

entity: /record/the-new-york-times-company.md  
predicate: founded  
page: /record/the-new-york-times-company/founded  
as_of: 2026-11-01  

As of November 1, 2026, The New York Times Company's founding date on the AsOf record is September 18, 1851, dated September 18, 1851, from 2 secondary sources (onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu and fundinguniverse.com). The record holds 1 claim on The New York Times Company's founding date, 1 still open and 0 superseded, each dated and sourced; a replaced value is closed with an end date, never deleted.

## Current founding date

What the record asserts on 2026-11-01.

- [The New York Times Company](/record/the-new-york-times-company.md) | founded | 1851-09-18 | valid 1851-09-18 to present | conf 0.65 | valid | [clm_6E774F729357](/claim/clm_6E774F729357.md)
  sources: https://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/serial?id=nytimes, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2529982, https://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/the-new-york-times-company-history/

## Every dated value

One claim per line, oldest first. Superseded claims stay visible.

- [The New York Times Company](/record/the-new-york-times-company.md) | founded | 1851-09-18 | valid 1851-09-18 to present | conf 0.65 | valid | [clm_6E774F729357](/claim/clm_6E774F729357.md)
  sources: https://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/serial?id=nytimes, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2529982, https://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/the-new-york-times-company-history/

## Questions this record answers

### What is The New York Times Company's current founding date?

September 18, 1851, dated September 18, 1851, from 2 secondary sources (onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu and fundinguniverse.com). The record asserts this claim as of November 1, 2026 (status valid, confidence 0.65).


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