All the news that fits …

This easy link takes you to the first of a series of New York Times front pages, up to the current date. Simply substitute the date you want. Unusually, this archive does not use the classic US date style of month, day, year.

Am I right in thinking that there has been a recent abandonment of the Compressed Latin headline style, replaced by NYT Cheltenham Bold Extra Condensed, as well as the introduction of the controversial basement advertisement?