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    It Gets Worse from Here

    Arthur Sulzberger: Employee Dedication, and Layoffs, Are Moving NYT in 'Right Direction'

    New York Times Execs Are Overpaid Even By Their Own Standards

    A Bigger Kindle Makes Jeff Bezos Richer and Newspapers Poorer

    Millionaire Media Moguls Slightly Less Rich

    New York Times Gets Scoop on Sulzberger's 'Friend' Caroline Kennedy

    New York Times Planning 20% Cuts In Newsroom

    Times Honchos' Bitchy Emails

    Arthur Sulzberger's Dismal Times

    Sulzberger's Kennedy 'Friend' To Help Choose Obama's Veep
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    Image of lobstr lobstr
    10/27/09

    In reply to It Gets Worse from Here
    That analogy would only make sense if the people of 1912 were opting for hydrofoils and planes and um, teleportation to cross the ocean, and therefore the lack of interest in Transatlantic cruise travel caused a degradation in the quality of the ship's construction.

    The Titanic's sinking can be directly attributed to one or two peoples' faults (Ismay, the PR guy for the White Star Line who demanded full steam ahead despite treacherous waters; or Fleet, the lookout who failed to see the iceberg field in time) so in that case, using a page from the Titanic playbook, Sulzberger is probably trying to pinpoint the blame of his paper's downfall on a specific person. #arthursulzberger
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    Image of TheBusinessGuy TheBusinessGuy
    10/27/09

    @lobstr: Actually, Ismay was the head of the White Star Line, not the PR guy. As for the lookout, I'm not sure you can pin this on him: the iceberg was almost impossible to see, given the darkness of the night and the relative calm of the ocean (no waves were breaking against the iceberg). The Titanic sank because of bad luck, shoddy construction of the hull, a failure of imagination in the design of the water-tight compartments (they were not water-tight because the panels that rose to seal them in an emergency did not go all the way up to the ceiling), and hubris. But as the late Walter Lord pointed out, when one assigns blame for the Titanic, one must remember that prior to its sinking, the Titanic hadn't happened yet. As with, say, 9/11, no one thought the disaster could happen, so there was no drive to do anything to prevent it from happening. #arthursulzberger
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    10/27/09

    In reply to It Gets Worse from Here
    "Twelve years earlier, two brothers invented the airplane."

    In an interview in New York magazine's Daily Intel web feature, the publisher of the Times said that the airplane was invented twelve years before the maiden voyage of the ocean liner Titanic, which sailed in 1912. The actual date of the invention of the airplane by the Wright brothers was 1903. The Times regrets the error. And is, frankly, astounded by it. #arthursulzberger
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    Image of naugahydeinplainsight naugahydeinplainsight
    10/27/09

    In reply to It Gets Worse from Here

    Poor Pinch. Must be a b*tch to finally be able to shout "I'm King of the World!" only to have that world spring a leak.
    One thing media properties can do is stop firing copy editors, at least over at New York Magazine. "Titantic" anyone? #arthursulzberger
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    10/27/09

    @naugahydeinplainsight: He resembles Stuart Smalley there. "I'm good enough, smart enough and gosh darn it, people like me." #arthursulzberger
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    10/27/09

    @momof3wildkids: That's Senator Smalley to you, my friend. ;-) #arthursulzberger
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    Image of momof3wildkids momof3wildkids
    10/27/09

    @naugahydeinplainsight: So it should be "... and gosh darn it, people voted for me." #arthursulzberger
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    10/27/09

    @naugahydeinplainsight: Titanyt? #arthursulzberger
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    10/27/09

    @Btwbfdimho: Ha! #arthursulzberger
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    Image of TheBusinessGuy TheBusinessGuy
    10/22/09

    In reply to Arthur Sulzberger: Employee Dedication, and Layoffs, Are Moving NYT in 'Right Direction'
    What a bunch of bureaucratic horseshit, and I say that as someone who has had P & L responsibilities for print publications. The spinning and lack of vision are jaw-drop worthy, while the utter insensitivity to the laid off employees--they are merely expenses--is all too typical of a business climate in which lives are measured only by the bottom line. Keller's memo had class; this one is shameful. #newyorktimes
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    Image of daveyjonesisdead daveyjonesisdead
    10/22/09

    In reply to Arthur Sulzberger: Employee Dedication, and Layoffs, Are Moving NYT in 'Right Direction'
    "Clearly, the demand for our quality journalism in print
    remains substantial." Substantial, but, um, falling. #newyorktimes
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    Image of Monte Wooley Monte Wooley
    09/21/09

    In reply to New York Times Execs Are Overpaid Even By Their Own Standards
    The freedom to destroy the press (and cash out in the process) belongs to the man who owns one.
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    Image of If_I_Had_a_Poodle If_I_Had_a_Poodle
    09/21/09

    @Monte Wooley: thank u aj
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    Image of Nic Fit Nic Fit
    09/21/09

    In reply to New York Times Execs Are Overpaid Even By Their Own Standards
    In all fairness, those stock options are worth roughly the same amount as the paper they are printed on.
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    Image of FormerEnglishMajor FormerEnglishMajor
    09/21/09

    @Nic Fit: They "over-issued" to make up for that. And I'll guess that the strike price on those options is nice and low so they're "in the money" as soon as possible. There's a zillion ways to game the system, especially when you run the place. You know, the "Golden Rule" - he who has the gold...
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    Image of stanhalen stanhalen
    05/06/09

    In reply to A Bigger Kindle Makes Jeff Bezos Richer and Newspapers Poorer
    But can you use this contraption as a blanket when you're sleeping on a park bench?


    The broadsheet is the classic homeless guy blanket. Tabloid works in a pinch but it's sort of the Ladies model of last ditch shelter.


    And you can't take that away, apple.

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    Image of ADismalScience ADismalScience
    05/06/09

    @stanhalen:


    Amazon. Contrary to popular bloglief, there is more than one innovative technology company on planet Earth.

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    Image of dado dado
    05/06/09

    In reply to A Bigger Kindle Makes Jeff Bezos Richer and Newspapers Poorer
    Can you do a crossword puzzle on a Kindle? While your Shortz are around your ankles in the reading room? Can you?
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    Image of Nic Fit Nic Fit
    05/06/09

    In reply to A Bigger Kindle Makes Jeff Bezos Richer and Newspapers Poorer
    Give it up already! If the internet existed, but there were no newspapers, would there be a reason to invent them? No. That's all you need to know.
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    Image of Syrax Syrax
    12/22/08

    In reply to Millionaire Media Moguls Slightly Less Rich
    at the same time, warren buffet got 242 million a day...
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    Image of i'm a bottle i'm a bottle
    12/22/08

    In reply to Millionaire Media Moguls Slightly Less Rich
    The costumes that the wealthy burghers are wearing nowadays are so much less interesting than what they used to wear during the Renaissance. We really need to bring back jerkins, doublets and codpieces. Really. We ought to do it for the sake of our offspring.
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    Image of GirlyWhirl GirlyWhirl
    12/22/08

    @i'm_a_bottle:


    As far as contemporary bad guys, George W. seemingly tried to bring the codpiece back to disastrous results. Be careful what you wish for.


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    12/22/08

    @i'm_a_bottle:


    Doublets seem harmless enough, though.

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    Image of i'm a bottle i'm a bottle
    12/22/08

    @GirlyWhirl: In the Met there's this ridiculously large codpiece on a small bronze figure of a pikeman from an anonymous sixteenth century Nuremberger craftsman. You have to see this thing. It's about as long as the statuette was tall. I'm sure that this photo of GWB will look as comical in four hundred years as that silly tchotchke does now.
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    Image of madam.margie madam.margie
    12/06/08

    In reply to New York Times Gets Scoop on Sulzberger's 'Friend' Caroline Kennedy
    Did you know that my great-grandfather, Samuel, was the Kennedy family butcher when John & Teddy were children? Seriously. In Brookline.


    My grandmother swore her father was directly responsible for their success because he sold only the best.


    The man behind the dynasty - my great-grandfather.


    Sorry, I get all verkelpt everytime someone brings up the Kennedys.

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    Image of BookishLookish BookishLookish
    12/06/08

    @madam.margie: Are you telling us the Kennedy clan bought their meat from a kosher butcher?
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    Image of madam.margie madam.margie
    12/06/08

    @BookishLatkeish: You callin' my relative a Jew?


    I'll have you know he converted to Catholicsm to be with my great-grandmother. His father didn't speak to him for nineteen years. Or fourteen. I forget.

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    Image of BookishLookish BookishLookish
    12/06/08

    @madam.margie: Catholic, huh? No wonder you didn't spell farklempt correctly.
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    Image of eatsshootsleaves eatsshootsleaves
    12/06/08

    In reply to New York Times Gets Scoop on Sulzberger's 'Friend' Caroline Kennedy
    Maybe this is a bit crass to even think about, but why doesn't Caroline wait and become senator of Massachusetts instead, where even if she had thousands of affairs she'd be sure to get reelected again and again?
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    Image of SinisterRouge SinisterRouge
    12/06/08

    In reply to New York Times Gets Scoop on Sulzberger's 'Friend' Caroline Kennedy
    I hope this isn't true. She would do better in some sort of charity-related manner...I don't see her putting her nose to the grindstone and working out legislation in the Senate. Not at all.
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    Image of htotheomo htotheomo
    12/06/08

    @SinisterRouge: Not at all? Let's put your detective nose to the grindstone.
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    Image of SinisterRouge SinisterRouge
    12/06/08

    @htotheomo: What does that even mean? You make no sense.
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