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Paidcontent (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
New York magazine's anticipated profile of Arthur Sulzberger and the New York Times Company ( NYSE: NYT ) is out sans bombshells. The bottom line from the lengthy piece by Joe Hagen: no one in the family, including Arthur, is thrilled with the way Arthur is running the company, "no one seems to really have a better idea," and, so far, dividends and pride are keeping the...
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The Media Mob (Free subscription) | 09/12/2008
Yesterday, on Sept. 11, Arthur Sulzberger Jr. held a meeting with Times employees to give the latest report on the State of the Times. There were two meetings, one in the morning, and another in the afternoon, and we spoke to three people who attended the afternoon session. Mr. Sulzberger, who wasn't wearing a wedding ring, began the meeting with a slideshow that was set to the...
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Everyday Ethics (Free subscription) | 09/12/2008
New York Observer John Koblin has more on the Arthur Sulzberger 's "State of the Times" meetings. The publisher told employees that "even as the [Wall Street] Journal moves away from its core business mission, we are strengthening our operation. ..."I promise you, with all my heart, that our beloved New York Times will prevail."
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Everyday Ethics (Free subscription) | 09/12/2008
Newsweek | New York Post They both are positive about New York Times Co.'s future, and investor Carlos Slim Helu "wants to be along or with us for the ride," publisher Arthur Sulzberger Jr. said in his annual "State of the Times" address. || More from Keith J. Kelly .
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MediaBistro.com (Free subscription) | 09/12/2008
Over at the NYO John Koblin got the inside line on Arthur Sulzberger Jr .'s "State of the Times " meeting yesterday. Apparently "Punch" wasn't wearing a wedding ring and in lieu of a moose he "began the meeting with a slideshow that was set to the background of Coldplay's 'Clocks.' The slideshow highlighted all the Pultizers the paper won this year...And by time it was over, no one clapped....
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Everyday Ethics (Free subscription) | 09/08/2008
Nieman Watchdog Joel Berg of the New York City Coalition Against Hunger asks Times publisher Arthur Sulzberger Jr. "to look beyond the economic bottom line to consider the long-term legacy of the Times" when considering Metro coverage. "What a disservice it would be to the people of New York if our only option for finding significant news every day about our hometown was to purchase...
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The Media Mob (Free subscription) | 09/05/2008
Two magazines are preparing profiles of The New York Times ' Arthur Sulzberger, Jr. New York Magazine has assigned Joe Hagan to write a profile, and David Margolick is preparing a piece for Portfolio. Both articles are write-arounds, and neither author has scored an on-the-record interview with Mr. Sulzberger, according to a source familiar with the situation, who also says that...
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The Media Mob (Free subscription) | 09/05/2008
As we reported earlier, here's the text of Arthur Sulzberger's email to his staff about the changes to The New York Times ' Metro and Sports sections: To the Staff: Given the business challenges we face, we are constantly looking for ways to reduce costs that do not affect the quality or quantity of the journalism we provide to our readers. Next month you will see one such way in the...
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Gothamist (Free subscription) | 09/03/2008
The New York Supreme Court has ruled that Times publisher Arthur Sulzberger Jr. must submit to a deposition by attorneys representing Donald Trump, who is suing Times business editor Timothy O'Brien and the publishers of O'Brien's book TrumpNation: The Art of Being The Donald. Trump is seeking $5 billion in damages because he says the book grossly underestimated his net worth at $150...
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The Media Mob (Free subscription) | 09/01/2008
The New York Supreme Court has ruled that New York Times publisher Arthur Sulzberger Jr. must submit to a deposition in the $5 billion lawsuit filed by Donald Trump against Times scribe Timothy L. O'Brien, author of the 2005 book TrumpNation: The Art of Being the Donald. In it, Mr. O'Brien labeled the New York developer and landlord a mere millionaire, which irked Mr. Trump mightily....
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Gawker (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
"Arthur Sulzberger Jr., publisher of The New York Times, had two breakfasts with the mayor, and although no specific commitments were made [about endorsing Bloomberg's third term], an understanding...
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The Media Mob (Free subscription) | 08/22/2008
A few months ago, after Times reporter David Chen left the Trenton bureau for New York's City Hall, and The Times decided against sending a replacement, New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine decided to meet with Times publisher Arthur Sulzberger Jr. at the paper's skyscraper on Eighth Avenue. "I wanted to register a sense of serious disappointment that we weren't seeing the kind of coverage...
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Everyday Ethics (Free subscription) | 09/29/2008
The Guardian Paul Harris writes: "If the ghosts of long-dead press barons are looking at Rupert Murdoch and Arthur Sulzberger Jr. , they will be doing so knowing they might be looking at a final hurrah. This newspaper war may be fierce, the stakes may be high and the passions intense - but it may also be the last of its kind."
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charliebeckett.org (Free subscription) | 09/27/2008
... was himself a broadcast innovator. We were also helped by a brilliant lecture the night before by Arthur Sulzberger , the owner of the New York Times. He made the journalistic and business case for taking a great newspaper like the Times online. He used the Ttitanic metaphor. The ‘Titanic’s real problem was not the iceberg or a useless captain. It’s real problem was the airplane....
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Gawker (Free subscription) | 09/22/2008
It's worth reviewing how things turned out the the Times was accused of favoritism. By mid July, the paper had published a positive early review, editor's choice recommendation, blog write up and page A4 plug for a book by Edward Dolnick, husband to Lynn Dolnick, a Times board member and cousin to publisher Arthur Sulzberger Jr. It had published nothing on a contemporaneous book on the...
