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NEWS ABOUT: Arthur Sulzberger Jr.

Arthur Sulzberger Jr. stories: 11 news summaries

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

Debt May Force Sulzbergers to Sell NYT Stake

Family still spending like it's 1999; Mexico's Slim waits in wings

May 11, 09 1:49 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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New York Times • New York Post • Carlos Slim • Sulzberger family • Arthur Sulzberger Jr. • Ochs-Sulzberger • Jay-ZTV

Times Co. Won't Go Private, Sulzberger Says

'We unequivocally believe in our future' despite revenue falloff

Apr 23, 09 4:39 PM CDT
(Newser) - The New York Times Company does not intend to take itself or its flagship newspaper private, the Wall Street Journal reports. Chairman Arthur Sulzberger Jr. also told a shareholder meeting today that Carlos Slim, the Mexican billionaire who recently bought a large stake in the company, had no interest in... More »

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New York Times • shareholders • Arthur Sulzberger Jr. • ad revenue • New York Times Company • private companies • newspaper industry

As Staffers Take Pay Cuts, NYT Execs Get Bonuses

CEO's pay went up $1.5M last year

Apr 22, 09 3:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - New York Times Co. executives have taken big bonuses as their newsrooms endure layoffs and pay cuts, a proxy statement filed with the SEC reveals. At the eye of the storm is CEO Janet Robinson, whose compensation in 2008 was more than $1 million greater than her 2007 salary and... More »

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New York Times • corporate • Arthur Sulzberger Jr. • Boston Globe • reporters • salaries • executive bonuses • Janet L. Robinson

(Newser) - Newspaper scion Arthur Sulzberger Jr., who "has spent a lifetime faithfully placing his feet in his father’s footsteps," Mark Bowden writes in Vanity Fair, may be exactly the wrong guy to pull the New York Times out of the financial death spiral it seems to be in.... More »

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New York Times • Sulzberger family • Arthur Sulzberger Jr. • New York Times Company • Ochs-Sulzberger

ANALYSIS

Caroline-Besotted Times
Yanks Palin Comparison

Watered-down coverage of Senate hopeful's media shielding raises eyebrows

Dec 23, 08 8:03 AM CST
(Newser) - The New York Times watered down its own story about press-shy Caroline Kennedy's awkward Upstate New York visit last week, Gawker reports. The first version posted online noted the similarity to Sarah Palin, as her aides whisked her away from reporters questioning her experience. But the provocative Palin reference vanished... More »

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New York Times • Sulzberger family • Arthur Sulzberger Jr. • Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg • Sarah Palin

Times Bars Note on Caroline's Rumored Affair With Publisher

'We don't report that stuff,' sniffs Gray Lady

Dec 22, 08 3:45 AM CST
(Newser) - The New York Times will report almost anything newsworthy—except a rumored affair between its publisher and Caroline Kennedy, Gawker reports. When a reader commented on the paper’s City Room blog wondering if the Times would address the gossip surrounding the two, the comment was deleted with the explanation... More »

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New York Times • Senate • New York • Sulzberger family • Arthur Sulzberger Jr. • Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg • Ochs-Sulzberger

Murdoch Sees Opportunity in NYT's Troubles

Bio says he'd love to acquire it, make Sulzberger his 'puppet'

Dec 6, 08 11:05 AM CST
(Newser) - First the Journal and next the New York Times? The Economist takes a look at Rupert Murdoch's "ever-stronger" ambition to acquire the Times, as laid out in a new biography, The Man Who Owns the News, by Newser founder Michael Wolff. Murdoch views the Times as his "favorite... More »

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Rupert Murdoch • New York Times • Arthur Sulzberger Jr. • News Corp • Michael Wolff

analysis

NYC's Elites Want More
of the Mayor

Papers, biz leaders on board for another Bloomberg term

Oct 6, 08 11:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - New York’s opinion leaders are presenting a united front in favor of suspending term limits so Michael Bloomberg can serve a third term as mayor, David Carr writes for the New York Times. With the city facing job loss and financial crisis, everyone likes Mike, at least for another... More »

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Rupert Murdoch • New York Times • New York Post • Michael Bloomberg • Arthur Sulzberger Jr. • New York Daily News • term limits

Is This Man
Unfit to Print?

Times op-ed page's new conservative
voice isn't putting staffers' worries to rest

Jan 25, 08 2:30 PM CST
(Newser) - The criticism that rained down on the New York Times following the hiring of William Kristol as the op-ed page's second conservative voice not only hasn't died down, the New Republic reports, but is mounting—and the call is coming from inside the house. Multiple mostly anonymous current and former... More »

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Iraq • New York Times • Arthur Sulzberger Jr. • Iraq war • William Kristol

Times Will Eliminate
Pay Access to TimesSelect

Op-ed columnists to burst out from behind firewall

Aug 7, 07 11:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - The New York Times will shut down TimesSelect, the pay section of its website that keeps columnists such as Maureen Dowd and Frank Rich beyond the reach of the great unwashed. The fate of the $7.95-a-month subscription service sparked hot debate among publisher Arthur Sulzberger Jr. and other Times ... More »

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Internet • newspaper • New York Times • news • journalism • TimesSelect • paid content • Maureen Dowd • Frank Rich • Arthur Sulzberger Jr.

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