The New York Times Company's (NYT) CEO Meredith Kopit Levien on Q2 2021 Results - Earnings Call Transcript

The New York Times Company (NYSE:NYT) Q2 2021 Earnings Conference Call August 4, 2021 8:00 AM ET

Company Participants

Harlan Toplitzky - Vice President-Investor Relations
Meredith Kopit Levien - President and Chief Executive Officer
Roland Caputo - Chief Financial Officer

Conference Call Participants

Vasily Karasyov - Cannonball Research
Craig Huber - Huber Research Partners
Kannan Venkateshwar - Barclays Capital
Thomas Yeh - Morgan Stanley
Doug Arthur - Huber Research Partners
Alexia Quadrani - J.P. Morgan
John Janedis - Wolfe Research

Operator

Good morning and welcome to The New York Times Second Quarter 2021 Earnings Conference Call. All participants will be in listen-only mode. [Operator Instructions] After today's presentation, there will be an opportunity to ask questions. [Operator Instructions] Please note, that this event is being recorded.

I'd now like to turn the conference over to Harlan Toplitzky, Executive Director of Investor Relations and Financial Planning and Analysis, please go ahead.

Harlan Toplitzky

Thank you and welcome to The New York Times Company's second quarter 2021 earnings conference call. On the call today, we have Meredith Kopit Levien, President and Chief Executive Officer; and Roland Caputo, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.

Before we begin, I would like to remind you that management will make forward-looking statements during the course of this call. These statements are based on our current expectations and assumptions, which may change over time. Our actual results could differ materially due to a number of risks and uncertainties that are described in the company's 2020 10-K and subsequent SEC filings.

Given the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic had on our business in 2020 we will also present certain comparisons of our operating results 2021 to 2019 which we believe in many cases provides useful context for our current year results.

In addition, our presentation will include non-GAAP