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I would get them every day and there were rarely more than one story in them that I would actually read.

Maybe the problem wasn't the paper.

The New York Times' target audience isn't grad students. I don't think it's all that surprising that you weren't all that interested in it.

As we get older, we change. We learn more. We become interested in more things. Depending on how long it's been since grad school, you may be interested in what's in the Times now.

I know that I don't like the same thing I did back in grad school. I certainly know that I'm interested in more things than I was then.

When I was in grad school, I couldn't stand the taste of tapioca. Now, I love it.

The New York Times target audience isn’t a highly educated young American? Maybe that’s the problem, as pointed out?

> young

No. Middle-career and beyond because you probably can't afford tickets to the Met gala if you're <35.

Those are $35,000. I suspect they hope to have a broader audience than folk who regularly drop 35k on a single night's event.

I read multiple NY Times articles per day while in community college and university (2007-2012). I’d say there were multiple relevant articles every day. I think OP just isn’t interested in current events or the opinion pages. Which is fine. But likely not broadly representative of most news consumers.

The problem is that this doesn't address who the target audience for the NYT actually is. I'm young and interested in lots of things. Going by just the section headings, except for sports, I should adore getting the paper. The content is absolute garbage though. I come away having learned nothing and no more informed than if I just read the headline. It's not even entertaining as a consolation prize.

Like I'm basically exactly the right blend of pretentious artsy liberal yuppie but I've found my niches other places.

Even worse on the internet when the headline obfuscates the info promising something that isn’t there.

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