It is undoubtedly the greatest or, at the very least, the most significant newspaper in the world. I'd say it's mostly worthwhile. They offer excellent "conventional" coverage and are typically at the vanguard of digital journalism, experimenting with video, data, podcasts, and so on. They also have a weekly magazine called The New York Times Magazine that is worth checking out. However, they are not cheap at all. A monthly subscription costs $14.95, while a yearly subscription is $119.90. That's more than some countries' budgets! Furthermore, they have some notable omissions. For example, there's no way to vote on what stories get published in The New York Times. It's up to their editors to decide what goes into each issue and they don't always choose what we might think should be included. Finally, they have changed their model several times over the years and may do so again. When they started, they were basically just a news organization that happened to have a website. Now, they are a media company that also has a book publisher, record label, etc. This means that what appears in The New York Times isn't necessarily reflective of everything that's happening in the newspaper industry as a whole.