CUNY Libraries Offer Free Access to The New York Times and Wall

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CUNY Libraries Offer Free Access to The New York Times and 
Wall Street Journal 
 
We are happy to announce that CUNY now offers a free membership to The Wall Street Journal 
and The New York Times via a CUNY-wide academic pass. Much like the New York Times 
Academic Pass, anyone with a valid CUNY email address can register to have free access to 
www.wsj.com and use the Wall Street Journal app. 
 
How to Register for Your Wall Street Journal Pass: 
1.  Click here to register. 
2.  Complete the form with your personal information, using your CUNY email address 
3.  Then enjoy full access the Wall Street Journal at www.wsj.com or access via WSJ apps 
Smartphone Apps: Your Academic Pass includes access to the WSJ smartphone apps (use your 
CUNY email and the password you chose when you registered). Also, once you have registered 
your membership, you can access wsj.com and nytimes.com on most web-capable devices. 
 

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Ongoing Use:

• Faculty and Staff Membership: All professors & staff retain WSJ pass for one year after

activating. After that, they will have to re-activate their membership.

• Student Membership: When a student activates their membership, they are required to

input their graduation date & year. This is their membership expiration date. If they

graduate later than expected and lose access, they can re-activate their membership.

• PLEASE NOTE: Remember your subscription start and END date as you will have to RE-

ACTIVATE once the subscription ENDS. You should calendar these two events as a

reminder just before the EXPIRATION DATE on your subscription to RENEW.

Cancelling a Personal Subscription: Call 1-800-JOURNAL (1-800-568-7625) to switch from a paid

membership to a CUNY membership (and for a refund of your remaining balance).

How to Register for Your Free New York Times Academic Pass:

1. Go to nytimes.com/passes

2. Click “Create Account” to create a NYTimes.com account using your cuny.edu or

cuny.tv email address. If you already have a NYTimes account (free or paid) tied to your

CUNY email, you need to unlink your CUNY email from that account before signing up for

your Academic Pass. Log in to NYTimes.com, click your username in the top right corner,

select “My Account,” and replace your CUNY address with a non-CUNY one. You can then

use your CUNY address to register for your pass.

3. After creating your account, you will be prompted to check your email. Look for the

confirmation message, which should arrive within 15 minutes.

4. Click the link in the confirmation email. This will simultaneously verify your eligibility

and grant your Academic Pass, which will provide access to NYTimes.com for 52 weeks.

5. If you don’t get the confirmation email, check your spam filter. If you still do not

receive it, send an email from your CUNY email account to [email protected].

Annual Renewals and Ongoing Use: Once you have activated your Academic Pass, you should

have full access for 52 weeks (364 days) with no further action on your part. If you see a

message that you are reaching the limit of free articles on the site, you’re probably not logged

in. Simply log back in and this will activate another renewal for an additional 364-day cycle.

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Smartphone Apps: Your Academic Pass includes access to the NYTimes smartphone apps. Also,

once you have registered your Academic Pass, you can access nytimes.com on most web-

capable devices.

Restrictions:

o Academic Passes do not include print copies, e-reader editions, Premium

Crosswords, or the NYTimes Crosswords app.

o Academic Passes offer very limited access to articles from 1923 to 1980. However,

the BCC Library has access to that content through the library’s subscription to the New

York Times Historical database, accessible on the library website.

o If you have a personal subscription that includes features not available through the

Academic Pass, you may not want to cancel your subscription. (Or you might want to cancel

only part of your subscription.)

Canceling a Personal Subscription: To cancel your personal subscription, call NYTimes customer

service at 1-800-NYTIMES or, if you subscribed through iTunes, follow these instructions. There

may be other things you have to do, depending on the device you have been using to read the

NYTimes. If you had an annual subscription, you will receive a refund for the unused portion of

the year. If you had a monthly subscription, you will not receive a refund for the month in

which you cancel.

Please take advantage of this fantastic offer and spread the word among your CUNY

colleagues!