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NYU Libraries Provides Free Access to Major News Outlets

by NYU Libraries Communications on 2025-02-07T16:50:00-05:00 | 0 Comments

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NYU Libraries provides NYU students, faculty, and staff with complimentary online access to major news outlets, including digital subscriptions to The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal, and access to content from thousands of newspapers and magazines from around the world.


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New York Times

Digital subscriptions to the New York Times are available to NYU students, faculty, and staff, free of charge.

New Subscribers: Activate your New York Times subscription

Existing Subscribers: If you are already a New York Times subscriber, you need to cancel your personal subscription to take advantage of the free one. Here’s how:

  1. Cancel your personal subscription by emailing customercare@nytimes.com, connecting with a chat agent on the site, or calling 800-698-4637. 

  2. Go to www.accessnyt.com.

  3. Find your school name by selecting “New York University” from the dropdown menu.

  4. Click “Already have an account? Log in here.”

  5. Input your nyu.edu email address and the same password you created for your previous account.

  6. Select your status as “student” (enter your graduation date) or “faculty/staff.”

  7. Click “Continue” and you will be directed to www.nytimes.com.

By reactivating your account, you reaffirm your consent to the Terms of Service and acknowledge the Privacy Policy.


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Wall Street Journal

Digital subscriptions to The Wall Street Journal are available to NYU students, faculty, and staff, free of charge.

New Subscribers: Activate your Wall Street Journal subscription

Existing Subscribers: If you are already a Wall Street Journal subscriber, you need to reactivate your subscription to take advantage of the free one. Here’s how:

  1. Call 1-800-JOURNAL to cancel your personal subscription. 

  2. Go to WSJ.com/NYU to activate your free Wall Street Journal university account. 

  3. Select your “Account type” as either “Student” (enter your graduation date) or “Professor/Staff.” 

  4. Input your email and create a password, then click “Create.” 

  5. A confirmation page will confirm that your academic WSJ account has been activated. Click on “Okay, Let’s Go” to customize your experience.

If you have any questions, please contact academicsupport@dowjones.com or 1-800-JOURNAL.


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PressReader

Access to more than 7,000 of the world’s top newspapers and magazines is available to NYU students, faculty, and staff through PressReader, a digital platform provides full-content, digital replicas of current publications including The Guardian, Newsweek, Daily Mail, Der Tagesspiegel, Libération, China Daily, La Razon, and more.

To activate your PressReader account:

  1. Go to www.pressreader.com
  2. Click the “Sign In” button
  3. Select “Library or Group”
  4. Search for “New York University”
  5. Click “Sign In”

Note: PressReader works from within NYU's Wi-Fi network.


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Access to More News Resources

The NYU Libraries can provide NYUers with access to content from The Washington Post, The Financial Times, Harvard Business Review, The New Yorker, The Atlantic, The Economist, and global news sources from around the world.

» For our complete guide to accessing news from around the world, please review our guide to accessing news resources


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Accessing Resources Off Campus

As an NYU student, faculty member, or staff, you have access to the same resources whether you’re on campus or elsewhere—but when you’re off campus, you may need to authenticate your identity as a member of the NYU community to access NYU Libraries-licensed e-resources.

» Consult our guidance for accessing e-resources off campus


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Help

If you need help accessing a news resource, you can chat, text, or email a NYU librarian for immediate assistance any time of day!  

» Ask a Librarian


Free access to The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal was originally announced on September 14, 2021.


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