"Great overall news briefing"
The New York Times audio digest is a great overall news briefing for those who don't have the time to read or could utilize the time they spend on commuting or busy with other things. The daily audio digest reads the main articles on various pages and provides a great overall briefing of the day's news as well as an emphasis on the main article. The NYT tends to provide more, shorter and brief articles to give the listener more of a variety of news. On the other hand, the WSJ tends to emphasize on a major article and then provide brief snippets of What's News and other pages. If you like a greater overall news briefing on a variety of articles and pages, you'll like the New York Times Audio Digest. If you want to listen to an insightful article on a particular news topic or article, you'll enjoy the Wall Street Journal. If you can afford both, get both NYT and WSJ, but if you can only afford one, you'll have to determine what is more important to you: getting a variety of news or getting an informative, insightful news on a major article.