Operator
The New York Times
The New York Times runs 3 bots across 3 agent types. Each one is a separate user-agent so you can allow or block them independently.
New York Times Newsgathering is operated by The New York Times. Single-page fetch triggered by a user action, link previews, social unfurlers, RSS readers. Volume tracks shares and clicks rather than crawl schedules.
nyt_scraping is operated by The New York Times. Generic programmatic data extraction with intent that varies case-by-case. Worth checking the operator before blocking, some are legitimate research, some are abusive.
scraping@nytimes.com is operated by The New York Times. Competitive, marketing, or threat-intelligence data collection. Often crawls competitor pages, ad creatives, or pricing pages on behalf of a buyer.