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more about #arthursulzberger more comments → lobstr: 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... more » TheBusinessGuy: "Twelve years earlier, two brothers invented the airplane." In an interview in New York magazine's Daily Intel web feature, the publisher of the Tim... more » naugahydeinplainsight: 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 ca... more » TheBusinessGuy: 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... more » daveyjonesisdead: "Clearly, the demand for our quality journalism in print remains substantial." Substantial, but, um, falling. #newyorktimes more » Monte Wooley: The freedom to destroy the press (and cash out in the process) belongs to the man who owns one. more » Nic Fit: In all fairness, those stock options are worth roughly the same amount as the paper they are printed on. more » stanhalen: 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 ... more » dado: Can you do a crossword puzzle on a Kindle? While your Shortz are around your ankles in the reading room? Can you? more » Nic Fit: 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. more » Syrax: at the same time, warren buffet got 242 million a day... more » i'm a bottle: 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... more » madam.margie: Did you know that my great-grandfather, Samuel, was the Kennedy family butcher when John & Teddy were children? Seriously. In Brookline. My grandm... more » eatsshootsleaves: 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 thousa... more » SinisterRouge: 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 o... more » -
#newyorktimes
How Arthur Sulzberger discusses his paper's problems: "What was the critical flaw to the Titanic?"
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#whoops
New York Times Execs Are Overpaid Even By Their Own Standards
The New York Times, which six months ago forced staffers to take a 5% paycut, has been overpaying its publisher and CEO for nearly two years in violation of its own compensation rules. We're supposed to bail these people out? More » -
#printisdead
A Bigger Kindle Makes Jeff Bezos Richer and Newspapers Poorer
Amazon.com CEO Jeff Bezos unveiled the Kindle DX, a large-screen e-reader, today at the site of the New York Times's former headquarters in Lower Manhattan. The message: He's the future and newspapers are the past. More » -
#theriches
Millionaire Media Moguls Slightly Less Rich
Did you know that when the stock market goes down, media bosses get poorer like magic? It's true — and the fact that it's a totally obvious point doesn't make it any less fun! -
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#arthursulzberger
Arthur Sulzberger's Dismal Times
Since the start of this decade, stock of the company that holds the New York Times has fallen by 72%. The latest tumble came yesterday, when an analyst for Lehman Brothers said the newspaper group was still more expensive than its peers and advised it to stop paying out so much to shareholders. Well that might at last shake up the stoic Sulzberger family, which controls the Times and depends on those dividend payouts. Times watchers have long speculated on the rivalry between hapless publisher Arthur 'Pinch' Sulzberger and his cousin, this man. If now's not the time for Michael Golden to make his bid to restore the family's fortunes, then when?
