On Tuesday, the New York Times announced its content will be entirely free to anyone carrying a library card in California. Here’s how to access the news as easily as you access sunshine, Californians.
It’s not just current articles in the NYT that are available; according to The Hill, library cards also allow access to all its digital content and archives. There is already a substantial number of readers of the East coast paper in CA, so this seems to be some sort of reward:
California is home to one of our biggest cohorts of readers, so we know that Californians value quality journalism that helps them understand not just the news that impacts their communities, but also what’s happening at the global level,” said Hannah Yang, head of subscription growth at
The New York Times
.
You must register with your card if you are accessing the site remotely, but if you’re in one of California’s 1,200 libraries, you can access the NYT directly without inputting your library credentials. That’s nice for anyone road tripping through!
There are instructions on how to input your information remotely here; you’ll be linked to a portal where you will have to give your card number and pin. If you’ve never logged on before, you’ll need to create an account:
For remote users, click on the
Create Account
button and fill out the required fields on the following page, or click on
log in here
if you already have an account. For users on library computers, click on
log in
in the upper right and log in or create an account.
And then the world, or at least the parts of it reported on by the New York Times, is your oyster.