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New York Times Executive Compensation (FY25)

NYT · New York, NY · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2022 to 2025

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Chief executive, fiscal 2025
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Meredith Kopit Levien
Latest say-on-pay support
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April 22, 2026
Chief executive pay ratio
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To the median employee

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What changed from fiscal 2023 to fiscal 2025
The figures that moved, and by how much. Analysis of these figures is part of the Velarion platform.
Chief executive total compensation — Meredith Kopit Levien: $10,280,085 → $8,862,362 (13.8% lower)
CEO pay ratio: 41:1 → 49:1 (19.5% higher)

Frequently asked questions

Answers drawn from the data on this page.
Who is New York Times' chief executive and what were they paid?
Total compensation for Meredith Kopit Levien, President and Chief Executive Officer, came to $8,862,362 in fiscal 2025. Kopit Levien's total was 13.8% lower than the $10,280,085 reported for fiscal 2023.
What was New York Times' say-on-pay result?
For fiscal 2025, the say-on-pay proposal drew 100.0% support at the meeting held April 22, 2026.
What is New York Times' chief executive pay ratio?
The disclosed chief executive pay ratio for fiscal 2025 is 49:1, against median employee compensation of $181,622.

Executive compensation

Every element reported for each named executive officer, by fiscal year.
Fiscal 2022
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Roland Caputo
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
◇—◇—◇◇◇◇
Jacqueline Welch
Executive Vice President, Chief Human Resources Officer and Chief Diversity Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Fiscal 2023
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Meredith Kopit Levien
President and Chief Executive Officer
◇—◇—◇◇◇◇
A.g. Sulzberger
Chairman of the Board and Publisher, The New York Times
◇—◇—◇◇◇◇
Roland Caputo
Former Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Departed during or after this year
◇—◇—◇◇◇◇
Diane Brayton
Executive Vice President and General Counsel
◇—◇—◇◇◇◇
William Bardeen
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
◇—◇—◇◇◇◇
Jacqueline Welch
Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer
◇—◇—◇◇◇◇
Fiscal 2025
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Meredith Kopit Levien
President and Chief Executive Officer
◇—◇—◇◇◇◇
A.g. Sulzberger
Chairman and Publisher, The New York Times
◇—◇—◇◇◇◇
Diane Brayton
Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer
◇—◇—◇◇◇◇
William Bardeen
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
◇—◇—◇◇◇◇
Jacqueline Welch
Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer
◇—◇—◇◇◇◇
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero. A negative change in pension value is shown but, as the company reports it, not included in the total.

Equity awards granted

Individual awards as disclosed: type, date, unit counts at each level, and grant date value.
Fiscal 2025
OfficerAwardGrant dateThreshold unitsTarget unitsUnits grantedMaximum unitsExercise priceGrant date fair value
Diane BraytonPSU◇—— withheld—◇—◇
Diane BraytonPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Jacqueline WelchPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Jacqueline WelchPSU◇—— withheld—◇—◇
Meredith Kopit LevienPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Meredith Kopit LevienPSU◇—— withheld—◇—◇
William BardeenPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
William BardeenPSU◇—— withheld—◇—◇
Fiscal 2024 are included in the PDF.
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero. Threshold, target and maximum apply only to performance awards and are never shown for time-based or option awards.

Outstanding awards

Awards still held at fiscal year end.
As disclosed at fiscal 2025 year end
OfficerAwardUnvested unitsMarket value of unvested unitsExercise priceExpires
A.G. SulzbergerRSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
Diane BraytonRSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
Jacqueline WelchRSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
Meredith LevienPSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
William BardeenPSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero.

Severance and change in control

The terms as written in the agreements.
Meredith Kopit Levien
President and Chief Executive Officer · Terms as described in the company’s compensation discussion · citing a 2026 filing
Severance multiple◇

Director compensation

What each non-employee director was paid.
Fiscal 2025
DirectorFees earned in cashStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Rachel Glaser
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Brian P. McAndrews
◇◇————◇
Amanpal S. Bhutani
◇◇————◇
Beth Brooke
◇◇————◇
Anuradha B. Subramanian
◇◇————◇
Rebecca Van Dyck
◇◇————◇
John W. Rogers, Jr
◇◇————◇
Arthur Golden
◇◇————◇
Manuel Bronstein
◇◇————◇
Margot Golden
◇◇————◇
A.G. Sulzberger, David Perpich and Meredith Kopit Levien served on the board in fiscal 2025 and received no compensation for board service. Executive directors are typically paid through their executive roles, shown above.
Earlier years are included in the PDF.
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero.

Director fee schedule

The standing retainers and premiums the board pays, as published.
Board equity retainer◇
Compensation committee chair◇
Compensation committee member◇
Equity is delivered as restricted stock units.
Stock ownership guideline: 4x annual cash retainer

Disclosed peer group

The companies this board named as its compensation comparison group. The list is disclosure; the comparison is analysis.

Say-on-pay history

Shareholder support for the compensation program, by year.
YearMeetingSupportVotes forVotes againstAbstentions
2025April 22, 2026=◇◇◇
2024April 30, 2025=◇◇◇
2023April 24, 2024=◇◇◇
2022April 26, 2023=◇◇◇
2021April 27, 2022=◇◇◇
2020April 28, 2021=◇◇◇
2019April 22, 2020=◇◇◇
2018May 2, 2019=◇◇◇
2017April 19, 2018=◇◇◇
2016April 19, 2017=◇◇◇

Chief executive pay ratio

As calculated and reported by the company.
Ratio
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Median employee compensation
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Chief executive total compensation
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Citations

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206 figures on this page: 196 cited to the filing that reported them, 10 calculated from figures it prints.
196 cited to the filing
10 calculated from the filing

Documents cited

  1. 0000071691-26-000019
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  2. 0000071691-26-000016
    CEO Pay Ratio · Compensation Discussion and Analysis · Director Compensation · Grants of Plan-Based Awards · and 3 more sections
  3. 0000071691-25-000086
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  4. 0001193125-24-118065
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  5. 0000071691-24-000059
    Summary Compensation Table
  6. 0001193125-23-127667
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  7. 0000071691-23-000010
    Summary Compensation Table
  8. 0000071691-22-000013
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  9. 0000071691-21-000013
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  10. 0001193125-20-117354
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  11. 0001193125-19-134911
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  12. 0001193125-18-122622
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  13. 0001193125-17-128967
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
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Velarion Company Intelligence. (2026). Velarion database: executive and board compensation data (Version 2026Q3) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22283854
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@misc{velarionData2026,
  author = {{Velarion Company Intelligence}},
  title = {Velarion database: executive and board compensation data},
  year = {2026},
  version = {2026Q3},
  doi = {10.5281/zenodo.22283854},
  publisher = {Zenodo},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22283854}
}
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