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New York Times stories: 167 news summaries

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(Newser) - How to save newspapers and, in fact, journalism itself? Wire creator (and former newspaperman) David Simon implores the publishers of the New York Times and the Washington Post to start charging for their websites. “Content matters," he writes in the Columbia Journalism Review. "And you must... More »

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New York Times • Washington Post • online news • The Wire • David Simon • newspaper industry • paywall

(Newser) - Somewhat unexpectedly, the New York Times has a new feature called "The Puppy Diaries," which today's debut installment describes as being "about the challenges and satisfactions of raising a puppy through its first year of life." Even less expected: The author is managing editor... More »

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media • newspaper • New York Times • Jill Abramson • puppy • golden retriever • managing editor • cute

Times Reporter Planned Escape for Weeks

Newspaper was prepared to pay $5M ransom to Taliban

Jun 22, 09 5:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - David Rohde escaped from the Taliban only after weeks of planning, taking advantage of a length of rope to aid his descent down a 20-foot wall, the New York Times reports. The journalist and his Afghan colleague waited until a night when the city had electrical power, so the sound... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • Pakistan • New York Times • Islamic militants • ransom • hostage • David Rohde

Media Kept
Quiet on
Journalist's Kidnapping

Times convinced all to put reporter's safety first

Jun 21, 09 5:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - Media outlets ranging from major newspapers to blogs agreed to stay quiet on the kidnapping of New York Times reporter David Rohde, who escaped Taliban captors Friday after seven months, out of fear for his safety, reports the Washington Post. Times executive editor Bill Keller decided sit on the story... More »

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Taliban • New York Times • kidnapping • journalism • Bill Keller • David Rohde

(Newser) - A reporter for the New York Times held by the Taliban for 7 months in the tribal regions of Afghanistan and Pakistan has escaped, the paper says. The Times kept David Rohde’s abduction secret out of concern for his safety and had been in sporadic contact with... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • Pakistan • New York Times • Bill Keller • tribal areas • prisoner • David Rohde

 Obama Looooves the Times 


Jun 15, 09 9:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama is a friend of new or non-traditional media—he’s given interviews for Univision, and called on reporters from the Huffington Post or, for example, Politico. But his true love is the Gray Lady. Unlike their predecessors, Obama and his administration treat the New York Times with... More »

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Barack Obama • media • New York Times • new media • Obama administration • Gray Lady

 Daily Show Tours 
 'Creaky Old Rag' NYT 

Correspondent compares paper to 'Colonial Williamsburg'

Jun 11, 09 9:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Daily Show took a withering look at the state of the New York Times last night, comparing its newsroom to “Colonial Williamsburg,” Gawker reports. “Do you know they still make paper newspapers today?” Jason Jones asks viewers before interviewing Times staff. “Why is aged news... More »

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television • New York Times • Bill Keller • Jon Stewart • The Daily Show • Jason Jones

(Newser) - Karl Rove fired back today at Maureen Dowd for criticizing former President Bush’s frequent vacation time in Texas, Politico reports. “I think Maureen Dowd is a bitter, twisted, deranged columnist for the New York Times,” Rove told Fox News, “who misses no opportunity to show... More »

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Bush administration • Karl Rove • New York Times • Fox News • Maureen Dowd • columnists • George W. Bush

(Newser) - The New York Times Company has hired Goldman Sachs to handle a possible sale of the Boston Globe, the Globe reports. Goldman, which has also been trying to help the Times Co. unload its 17.5% stake in the Red Sox, has been telling prospective buyers it would... More »

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media • New York Times • Boston Red Sox • Goldman Sachs • mergers and acquisitions • New York Times Company • Boston Globe • newspaper industry • Boston Newspaper Guild

OPINION

Web Will Make Conservatives Miss the Times


May 27, 09 11:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - Conservatives have delighted in making a piñata out of the New York Times, but they’re not going to like the post-Times world, writes Francis Wilkinson of The Week. “Like most powerful, entrenched institutions, the Times has a deep bias in favor of the way... More »

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New York Times • conservative • online news • journalism • media bias • Huffington Post

Glossies

Savvy Slim Bets on NYT
Being a Monopoly


May 26, 09 6:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - Carlos Slim, the elusive Mexican billionaire who bailed out the New York Times to the tune of $250 million, is betting that the Times will be one of a very few major-league news organizations left standing when the current newspaper shakeout is over, Lawrence Wright writes in a profile of... More »

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New York Times • Mexico • Carlos Slim • billionaire

 Times Nearly Scooped 
 Post on Watergate 

37 years later, reporter reveals FBI chief Gray tipped him off

May 25, 09 7:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Watergate scandal made the careers of Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, who broke the story. But the Post nearly got scooped by the New York Times, according to ... the New York Times. Nearly 37 years after the fact, a reporter briefly at the Times says he... More »

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New York Times • Watergate • Washington Post • Bob Woodward • Richard Nixon • Mark Felt • L. Patrick Gray

 Google Drops Plans to 
 Save Struggling Papers 

CEO says company won't cross the line into creating content

May 21, 09 3:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - Google has decided against  throwing struggling newspapers a lifeline through acquisition or by using its charitable arm to help them gain non-profit status, CEO Eric Schmidt tells the Financial Times. Schmidt said the company considered the idea, but decided that Google didn't want to cross the line between technology... More »

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Google • newspaper • New York Times • online advertising • Eric Schmidt • newspaper industry

Interview

Krauthammer: Right's Thorn in Obama's Side

Post columnist the only coherent voice in a fractured opposition

May 20, 09 11:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - In 2006, Charles Krauthammer urged Barack Obama to run for president, guaranteeing he’d lose. That didn’t exactly work out, but Obama’s rise has been good for the Washington Post columnist, who has become the central anti-Obama voice, writes Ben Smith in Politico. His writing drips with a... More »

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Barack Obama • New York Times • Washington Post • conservative • columnists • David Brooks • President Obama • Charles Krauthammer

Dowd Sorry for 'Plagiarizing' Liberal Blog

Says Josh Marshall passage came unattributed from a pal

May 18, 09 6:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - Fans of Talking Points Memo did a doubletake when they got to a passage in Maureen Dowd's column yesterday on the timing of Bush use of torture; Josh Marshall had written the same thing—short of three words—three days back. Dowd has corrected her column online, and the New ... More »

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newspaper • New York Times • plagiarism • blog • Maureen Dowd • Talking Points Memo • op-ed

Perspective

 Credit Crisis Traps 
 NYT Economics Scribe 


May 16, 09 6:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - New York Times economics reporter Edmund Andrews was smart enough to avoid a financial disaster like the mortgage crisis. But “I had two utterly compelling reasons for taking the plunge,” he writes: “The money was there and I was in love.” With a new fiancée—... More »

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New York Times • subprime mortgages • mortgage • mortgage defaults • mortgage delinquency • financial crisis

Times Weighs 2 Pay Models for Web Content

One scenario is
'tricky;' the other will
get you a T-shirt

May 15, 09 1:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - The New York Times will decide how to charge users for its web content by the end of next month, the New York Observer reports. In his semi-annual newsroom meeting Wednesday, executive editor Bill Keller outlined two proposals the company is considering: a meter system based on word count or... More »

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newspaper • New York Times • Bill Keller • newspaper industry

OPINION

 Don't Sell the Times... Yet 


May 14, 09 8:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - The New York Times' ruling Ochs-Sulzberger family has a “habit of buying high and selling low,” writes John Gapper of the Financial Times. The clan sold the paper’s old Times Square building at a bargain price and bought back shares near their zenith. Now Arthur Sulzberger... More »

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media • David Geffen • newspaper • New York Times • Carlos Slim • Ochs-Sulzberger • newspaper industry

Geffen Would Make NYT
a Nonprofit

Mogul still interested
in buying a large stake in the Times

May 13, 09 8:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - Hollywood’s David Geffen has amassed a multi-billion-dollar fortune through his business acumen, so why on earth is he looking to invest in the newspaper industry by buying a large stake in the New York Times? The reason, two sources tell Johnnie L. Roberts of Newsweek, is that... More »

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David Geffen • New York Times • nonprofit • newspaper industry • Jay-ZTV

Geffen Sought Stake in
NY Times

Media mogul rebuffed after bid for 20%
of company

May 12, 09 3:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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Google • David Geffen • New York Times • DreamWorks • Eric Schmidt • Arthur Sulzberger Jr. • New York Times Company • Jay-ZTV

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