As contractions and cost-cutting continue to hit the nonfiction space, a major producer is changing its documentary strategy: The New York Times. The Times is restructuring its documentary unit, which is behind its The New York Times Presents series, which has produced nearly four dozen documentaries, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. The media company released over 20 films in 2019 under their New York Times Presents banner while it released only four films in 2023. “We just premiered a new film from The New York Times Presents last week, with two additional films presently in production, as well as a separate feature-length documentary that premiered on FX in April,” said a spokesperson for the New York Times on Friday. Films in The New York Times Presents series have been distributed as a part of a deal with FX that saw Times docs released on the cable network and its sister streaming site, Hulu.
