The New York Times's publisher, Arthur Sulzberger, acknowledged that the move is a gamble: "This is a bet , to a certain degree, in where we think the web is going."

《纽约时报》的出版人阿瑟·苏兹伯格承认，此举是在赌博：“从某种程度上，这是在赌我们所认为的互联网的前进方向。”