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Abramson Named as NYT 's First Female Editor

Evann Gastaldo — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 10:17:18 CDT

Jill Abramson will become the New York Times ' first female executive editor in 160 years, succeeding Bill Keller, who is leaving the post to write full-time for the paper. Abramson, a former investigative reporter and Washington bureau chief, has served as managing editor since 2003. Born and raised in...

NY Times Paywall Starts This Month

Matt Cantor — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 11:54:48 CDT

The New York Times website will start charging customers for unlimited access starting March 28, the newspaper announced . Users will be able to read up to 20 articles for free, but beyond that, they’ll have to pay $15 per month for full access to the site and mobile app. For...

Journal vs. Times : Sharks vs. Jets Style

John Johnson — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 12:55:00 CDT

Here's everything you need to know about the turf war between the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times in the Big Apple ... in animated form. (Get ready for Rupert Murdoch with a fin, and a Jets vs. Sharks homage). The YouTube video comes from Taiwanese New Media Animation,...

Sulzberger: We'll Stop Printing Times , 'Date TBD'

John Johnson — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 14:43:37 CDT

This from Arthur Sulzberger Jr.: "We will stop printing the New York Times sometime in the future, date TBD." OK, "this sounds obvious," writes Henry Blodget at Business Insider , "but it's a big deal." Unless the paper finds a "sugar-daddy," it will surely have to downsize over time given the...

New York Times 'Hurting the Nation'

Kevin Spak — Wed, 26 May 2010 11:52:59 CDT

Lt. Col. Ralph Peters thinks the New York Times is hurting America. OK, so lots of conservatives think that all the time, but the Fox News strategic analyst has a particular bone to pick with the yesterday's front-page story about the US' expanded ground operations in the middle east, and...

Murdoch Uses Sulzberger Image for 'Girly Man' Story

John Johnson — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 12:46:02 CDT

Rupert Murdoch uses his Wall Street Journal today to tweak rival publisher Arthur Sulzberger of the New York Times . In a collage of photos illustrating a story on feminine-looking men, a familiar image shows up. "There is, in the bottom image of the lower quadrant of a male face, an...

NY Times Announces Paywall Plan

Kevin Spak — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 09:52:41 CST

If you want to read the New York Times online, it's going to cost you—but not for everything and not until next year. The Times confirmed its planned paywall today, but execs “could not yet answer fundamental questions about the plan.” The Times will allow users to read a...

Geffen Sought Stake in NY Times

Jason Farago — Tue, 12 May 2009 03:43:57 CDT

Media mogul and DreamWorks co-founder David Geffen recently offered to buy nearly 20% of the struggling New York Times Company, Fortune reports. Geffen offered market price, currently $194 million, for the shares owned by Harbinger Capital Management. But the hedge fund rejected his offer as too low. He hasn't been...

Debt May Force Sulzbergers to Sell NYT Stake

Kevin Spak — Mon, 11 May 2009 13:49:00 CDT

The Ochs-Sulzberger family may be forced to sell its controlling interest in the New York Times , according to the rival Post, which helpfully points out that family members are also spending far more than they're pulling down at the paragraph factory. Thanks to the recession and the newspaper’s floundering fortunes,...