The NY Times is developing an API, a la Google, which will empower “mash-ups” of NYT content, according to MediaBistro. (tip) It also sounds like the NYT is drinking semantic web kool-aid (not a bad thing, IMO): “Everything we produce should be organized data.” They’re starting with entertainment (no surprise there).
More from the ReadWriteWeb. Also, what’s an API and why should you care? (also from ReadWriteWeb)