New York Times Launches Online Education Initiative

The New York Times and CIG Education Group on Wednesday announced the media organization's latest ed-tech initiative: NYT EDUcation, an online platform that will offer everything from college preparatory courses to continuing education for adult learners. The Times has for years debated its role in a market trending toward digital, most recently and prominently in a leaked innovation report. The courses offered through NYT EDUcation will draw on the "authoritative content and intellectual breadth of The New York Times," the media company said in a press release.