Lulz, what good is a paywalled tor site? Does NYT accept crypto, or do you have to get throwaway plastic to pay them pseudonymously?
Is it paywalled? Maybe your exit node was used to scrape? I don't read NYT much but when I've checked out the .onion such as today I've had no issue reading articles.
I'm getting "Log in or create a free New York Times account to continue reading in private mode.", then click on the "Create a free account button" to be finally faced with "This action is not supported over Onion yet, sorry.".
The concept of exit nodes does not apply to .onions.
Yet does not allow you to sign up anonymously. I'm still not sure why you need to host a tor site unless your server is in a censored country.