A 16-page supplement with late breaking news was made available to all purchasers in early 1970.

Its publisher, Andrews & McMeel, decided to discontinue that almanac, with the final edition being the 1997 issue.

John W. Wright, the editor of the Universal Almanac, owned the rights to its content.

He approached The New York Times Company,[3] who agreed with his idea of creating a new almanac with the newspaper's name on it.

The 1998 edition of the almanac included a good deal of information from the Universal Almanac, with some members of The Times news staff contributing articles about the major news events of the year, as well as maps in the book.