The top-selling item in The New York Times Store this summer was a set of rakish rain gear with a literal spin on journalistic transparency. Isaac Mizrahi, the clothing designer and reality-TV host known for democratizing couture, fashioned a see-through rain coat and umbrella for the Times, which offered the set for $99. (See photo [...]

School’s in session at The New York Times this fall, and the professors include some big bylines on campus: Nicholas Kristof, Gail Collins, and Eric Asimov. They’re offering weeklong, largely online courses for Times readers who pay between $125 and $185.
It’s the first time that Times columnists have participated in the newspaper’s three-year-old Knowledge Network, [...]

The New York Times will be poking around on Facebook again next week with a marketing campaign focused on Barack Obama’s inauguration. You might recall that the Times found success advertising on the popular social-networking site the day after Obama’s election. Murray Gaylord, the Times’ vice president of marketing, later explained why the newspaper is [...]