Read Write Web (RWW) is reporting that the New York Times will release an API later this year. Their coverage is partially based on a post at Media Bistro earlier this week.

The New York Times, of course, is nearly the paper of record in the United States – with one of the highest circulations of any newspaper in the world. They’ve also led the way digitally for newspapers – doing their best to embrace the self-destructiveness that comes with putting a newspaper’s content on the web.