Last Updated on August 26, 2025

This page provides the Terms of Sale (“Terms of Sale”) that govern purchases and other interactions (even without a purchase) you may have with products and services, including digital and print products, digital subscriptions and one-time purchases, offered by The New York Times Company (with a principal office located at 620 Eighth Avenue, New York, NY 10018) and certain of its subsidiaries, including The Athletic (collectively, "NYTimes" or "we" or "us"), unless we make available other terms and conditions that expressly govern. If you have access to NYTimes products and services through your employer or another corporate subscriber, additional terms and conditions may apply; these Terms of Sale also apply to your interactions with those products and services but do not require you to make any purchase in your personal capacity.

In these terms, unless the context otherwise requires, all further references to “you” and “your” means you as an individual user. Group and business subscriptions (including subscription period and terms of cancellation) differ and are governed by different terms set forth in the applicable purchase order or other contract.

Subscriptions are open to individuals who are at least the minimum legal age to enter into a contract in their country of residence. Subscriptions are personal and, to the extent permissible under applicable law, cannot be resold or transferred.

Users in certain jurisdictions outside the United States should refer to Section 4 below for additional information about your rights relating to your use of products and services offered by NYTimes.

By using NYTimes products or services, including NYTimes.com, you are agreeing to our Terms of Service. Please see our Privacy Policy to understand how we handle your personal information.

1. GENERAL TERMS OF SALE

1.1. Definitions

The term "digital product" refers to digital products available from NYTimes, including both NYTimes digital subscriptions and one-time purchases.

The term “print product” refers to paid print products described below in Section 1.2, including Home Delivery throughout the world (which may be delivered through a variety of methods, depending on location), and the International Edition of The New York Times.

1.2. About Digital and Print Products

Digital Products

You are not required to purchase anything for certain limited use of NYTimes.com or the NYTimes apps. However, if you do not purchase a subscription or product, your access to NYTimes content and services will be limited.

You can review some of the various NYTimes digital subscriptions here. We also offer other products and services, such as Cooking, Games, Wirecutter, The Athletic, gift subscriptions, licensed content (“Licensed Content”) such as Puzzle Packs and articles from our archive. The purchase of a gift subscription is a one-time purchase; for more information, see the Gift Subscriptions FAQ. For details around Licensed Content please see see Section 1.10 below.

We reserve the right to modify the content, type and availability of any digital product at any time. If you do not agree to the modifications, you may cancel your subscription through the methods explained in Section 2.1 below.

Your digital access to NYTimes digital products will be accessible twenty-four (24) hours after subscribing.

Only one person may use the email address and password associated with a digital product account.

For details about your purchases, including payment methods and subscription periods, visit the Account area of NYTimes.com.

As noted above, other terms may apply to particular products, such as The Athletic and Games, or individual apps, such as Crossplay.

Print Products

You can review the Home Delivery subscription options here , the International Edition of The New York Times subscription options here, and other print products here. At the start of your subscription, please allow seven (7) days for the delivery of your print newspaper to start after purchasing a subscription. If you are having trouble accessing the digital products, you may need to connect your Home Delivery subscription to a NYTimes account by following the process here. Similarly, you can link your International Edition of The New York Times to a NYTimes account by following the process here.

The delivery of our print products is subject to the availability and capacity of our delivery partners. There may be variability or delays in the dates and times of delivery of our print products. In addition, in certain locations and for certain print products, we may depend on the United States Postal Service or international postal services to provide delivery by mail for some or all of our print product delivery, which may result in additional variability in dates and times of delivery or, in some cases, delays. Depending on circumstances and the availability of delivery partners, we may need to switch your delivery to delivery by mail, in which case we will notify you.

1.3. NYTimes Processing and Payment

We will process your purchase as promptly as possible. There may be a delay in the activation of your product while payment details are verified.

We accept major credit cards, PayPal and other payment methods like certain digital wallet services made available during the purchase process. Accepted payment methods may vary based on your location. We reserve the right to reject any order or purchase at any time. By providing payment information to us, you agree that the payment information is valid.

If your initial payment authorization is later revoked, your subscription, product or access will be terminated. You may contact our Customer Care group (or International Edition print customer care / manage my account, where applicable) if you believe your access was terminated in error.

Unless expressly specified otherwise in these Terms of Sale, all charges are nonrefundable.

To view or change your payment method, visit the Account area of NYTimes.com. All fees are payable in accordance with the payment terms in effect when the fees become payable.

We may receive updated credit card information (new credit card number or updated expiration date) from your credit card issuer. We may use these new details in order to help prevent any interruption to the services. If you would like to use a different payment method or if there is a change in payment method, please visit the Account area of NYTimes.com to update your billing information. The disbursement of the updated credit card information is provided to us at the election of your credit card issuer. We are not responsible for the distribution of your updated credit card information. Your credit card issuer may give you the right to opt out of the updated service. It is your responsibility to contact your credit card issuer regarding your right to opt out of the updated service.

In certain circumstances, including in certain jurisdictions, we may use a third-party payment processor (“Third Party Payment Processor”) to bill you through a payment account linked to your account on the Services for your subscription fees. The processing of payments will be subject to the terms, conditions, and privacy policies of the Third Party Payment Processor in addition to these Terms. We do not endorse, verify or monitor the services / products offered by such Third Party Payment Processors and the contents displayed on the websites of such Third Party Payment Processors. We are not providing any representations, warranties or undertaking any contractual covenants on the quality of service provided by any Third Party Payment Provider to you.