When it was created in 1999, NYTD included all the Company’s website properties,
including NYTimes.com, Boston.co, NYToday.com (metro area entertainment and activities guide),
GolfDigest.com, WineToday.com, and Abuzz (a new technology-driven, natural-language question
site that was designed to connect users to web pages or to other users who could answer their
questions). Part of the rationale for wrapping all the Company’s websites into a single organization
was that it would better facilitate learning from one to another.