New York Times Co

Talking Times Layoffs And The Yes Men On The Menu - Posted October 20, 2009
What does it mean for the industry when a media company like the New York Times Co. announces that 100 people must be cut from the newsroom? That question led today's mediabistro.com Morning Media Menu podcast, hosted by AgencySpy editor Matt Van Hoven and TVNewser's Kevin Allocca, who welcomed FishbowlNY editor... [FishBowlNY]

Meghan McCain|Publicist Poll|Dubow Returns To Gannett|Robinson Visits Boston|NBCU Improves Earnings - Posted October 16, 2009
WebNewser: Meghan McCain fights back against comments about her breasts in a Twitter pic with a column on The Daily Beast. PRNewser: Interesting poll: Which Tactic Did You Employ the Last Time You Released Big News? 48 percent say "Posted on a wire and pitched the release." The New York Times: Craig Dubow... [FishBowlNY]

Meghan McCain|Publicist Poll|Dubow Returns To Gannett|Robinson Visits Boston|NBCU Improves Earnings - Posted October 16, 2009
WebNewser: Meghan McCain fights back against comments about her breasts in a Twitter pic with a column on The Daily Beast. PRNewser: Interesting poll: Which Tactic Did You Employ the Last Time You Released Big News? 48 percent say "Posted on a wire and pitched the release." The New York Times: Craig Dubow... [FishBowlNY]

Sulzberger, Robinson Explain Why Readers Embrace Print - Posted September 14, 2009
Less than a week after their rocky visit to The Boston Globe, New York Times Co. execs Arthur Sulzberger Jr. and Janet Robinson have issued an internal memo discussing circulation at The New York Times, the Globe and some of the Times Co.'s regional papers. Despite the fact that one reader has... [FishBowlNY]

Sulzberger, Robinson Try To Calm Boston Globe Employees' Fears In Meeting Today - Posted September 9, 2009
Boston Globe employees have been expecting a visit from New York Times Co. executives Arthur Sulzberger Jr. and Janet Robinson since late last month, and we didn't really know what to expect. Today, Sulzberger and Robinson told staffers that although they are in talks to sell the Boston paper, they are not... [FishBowlNY]

Sulzberger, Robinson Try To Calm Boston Globe Employees' Fears In Meeting Today - Posted September 9, 2009
Boston Globe employees have been expecting a visit from New York Times Co. executives Arthur Sulzberger Jr. and Janet Robinson since late last month, and we didn't really know what to expect. Today, Sulzberger and Robinson told staffers that although they are in talks to sell the Boston paper, they are not... [FishBowlNY]

Times Co. Admits Boston Globe Is Up For Sale While San Diego Paper Owner Makes Bid - Posted August 7, 2009
Today we have two updates on the possible sale of The Boston Globe, both coming from the Globe itself. Last month, Globe owner the New York Times Co. avoided the question of whether the Globe was up for sale while reporting its second quarter earnings. During a conference call, CEO Janet... [FishBowlNY]

NYT Spokeswoman Departs - Posted August 3, 2009
The Awl has learned that New York Times spokeswoman Catherine Mathis has resigned from the company. She will be leaving at the end of the month to join Standards & Poor's. In a memo to staffers from Janet Robinson, obtained by The Awl, the New York Times Co. CEO said Mathis,... [FishBowlNY]

Arthur & Janet Explain NYT's $1B Debt In Memo To Staffers - Posted July 15, 2009
Yesterday, New York Times staffers received a memo in their e-mail inboxes from publisher Arthur Sulzberger and CEO Janet Robinson. The memo is the second in a promised series that will keep the Times's internal workings more transparent for its staff. In light of yesterday's announcement that the Times had sold classical... [FishBowlNY]

WNYC Buys NYT's Classical Music Station - Posted July 14, 2009
New York public radio station WNYC just announced that it has purchased classical music station WQXR from The New York Times, promising to maintain its classical format and transform it into a public radio station. As part of the deal, Univision Radio Inc. will pay $33.5 million to swap its FCC broadcast... [FishBowlNY]

Globe Reporter Rails Against Agreement With Times Co. - Posted July 8, 2009
Last time we checked in, The Boston Globe's largest union, the Boston Newspaper Guild, had reached a tentative agreement with the paper's owner, the New York Times Co., and union members were preparing to vote on the deal July 20. But today, alternative newspaper The Boston Phoenix published a letter from Globe... [FishBowlNY]

NYT Reminds World That Hirschorn Said It'd Be Dead By May - Posted June 25, 2009
New York Times Co. chairman Arthur Sulzberger and CEO Janet Robinson have put out a memo celebrating The New York Times' survival until June -- despite the grim predictions of The Atlantic's Michael Hirschorn last year. "The month of May came and went and, contrary to the prediction of one writer, we... [FishBowlNY]

Globe Union And Times Co. Reach Tentative Agreement - Posted June 24, 2009
Last night, The Boston Globe's largest union, the Boston Newspaper Guild, finally reached a tentative agreement with the paper's owner, the New York Times Co, giving the company the $10 million in cost savings it has been seeking for months. According to guild president Dan Totten, the new agreement "includes a 5.94... [FishBowlNY]

Boston Globe Update: Union Sets Contract Vote Date, Without Deal - Posted June 19, 2009
The Boston Globe's largest union, the Boston Newspaper Guild, has set a date to vote on ratification of a contract, despite the fact that it has not yet reached an agreement with the paper's owner, the New York Times Co. The Globe reported today that the guild is set to vote on... [FishBowlNY]

Jared Cohen: The Guy Who Kept Iranians Twittering|It's Twin Girls For Quintanilla|Keller Googles In Iran|Boston Globe Union Optimistic About Deal As Negotiations Continue|Newsweek Cuts An Issue - Posted June 17, 2009
The Colbert ReportMon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30cJared Cohenwww.colbertnation.comColbert Report Full EpisodesPolitical HumorStephen Colbert in Iraq Baynewser: A profile of U.S. State Department employee Jared Cohen, who called Twitter to ask them to postpone scheduled maintanence. TVNewser: CNBC's Carl Quintanilla and his wife Judy Chung, a former CNBC and MSNBC producer, welcomed twin... [FishBowlNY]

Jared Cohen: The Guy Who Kept Iranians Twittering|It's Twin Girls For Quintanilla|Keller Googles In Iran|Boston Globe Union Optimistic About Deal As Negotiations Continue|Newsweek Cuts An Issue - Posted June 17, 2009
The Colbert ReportMon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30cJared Cohenwww.colbertnation.comColbert Report Full EpisodesPolitical HumorStephen Colbert in Iraq Baynewser: A profile of U.S. State Department employee Jared Cohen, who called Twitter to ask them to postpone scheduled maintanence. TVNewser: CNBC's Carl Quintanilla and his wife Judy Chung, a former CNBC and MSNBC producer, welcomed twin... [FishBowlNY]

What Is The Boston Globe Worth? - Posted June 15, 2009
There might be some buyers interested in saving the Boston Globe, but how much will they have to shell out? David Carr of The New York Times, who asked industry experts to weigh in on the issue, raises an interesting point: the New York Times Co., which owns the Globe, may... [FishBowlNY]

Businessmen With Boston Roots Come To Globe's Rescue - Posted June 12, 2009
Earlier this week, Boston Globe union the Boston Newspaper Guild, spoke out in support of the New York Times Co.'s decision to seek a buyer for the Boston paper. But we wondered: who would step up to buy the Globe -- and possibly save it from extinction? Today, the Globe reports that... [FishBowlNY]

Boston Globe Union Rejects Cuts - Posted June 9, 2009
Last night, The Boston Globe's largest union, the Boston Newspaper Guild, rejected $10 million in wage and benefit cuts proposed by the paper's owner, The New York Times Co. The guild, which represents nearly 700 editorial, advertising, and business office workers, voted 277 to 265 to reject the Times Co.'s contract offer,... [FishBowlNY]

J.P. Morgan Analyst Gives Boston Globe Hope - Posted May 15, 2009
Beleaguered newspaper The Boston Globe had a hopeful story today about the possibility of its survival. According to the paper, J.P. Morgan analyst Alexia Quadrani has said that the Globe's owner, the New York Times Co., appears to be committed to the Boston paper "long term." Last month, the Times Co. threatened to... [FishBowlNY]

Boston Globe Has a Week to Live - Posted April 24, 2009
The Boston Globe inches ever closer to becoming the latest newspaper to shut down. Yesterday, Janet Robinson, the chief executive of the New York Times Co., reiterated that the paper's union has one week to agree to $20 million in concessions or follow Hearst Corporation's Seattle Post-Intelligencer into the great newspaper... [FishBowlNY]

How Much Did Your Favorite Fortune 500 Media Company Lose? - Posted April 21, 2009
The story of today is The New York Times Co.'s disastrous first quarter results, but it's not the only media outlet dealing with immense loses. Over at paidContent.org (which cashed in during 2008), Rory Maher put together a list of media companies on the Fortune 500 list that struggled during the... [FishBowlNY]

NYT Co. Seeking 'Deep Concessions,' Boston in 'Near Shock' - Posted April 13, 2009
The showdown between the New York Times Co. and Boston Globe continues (does the curse of the Bambino extend to newspapers?). The Boston Globe is reporting that the NYT Co., which has threatened to shut down the paper altogether if it doesn't meet their demands, is "seeking deep concessions from... [FishBowlNY]

Boston Globe Raising Prices - Posted April 9, 2009
Union members at the The Boston Globe, which is set to lose $85 million this year, are mad because its parent company -- the New York Times Co. -- wants huge cuts to save money. "The company's demands are outrageous," Daniel Totten, the union's president told the Times. "We're willing to consider... [FishBowlNY]

Boston Globe Raising Prices - Posted April 9, 2009
Union members at the The Boston Globe, which is set to lose $85 million this year, are mad because its parent company -- the New York Times Co. -- wants huge cuts to save money. "The company's demands are outrageous," Daniel Totten, the union's president told the Times. "We're willing to consider... [FishBowlNY]

GateHouse vs. NYT Co. Goes to Trial - Posted January 26, 2009
Lately it seems as though The New York Times is making as many headlines as it is reporting. Here's today's addition. GateHouse Media, a large publisher of community newspapers filed copyright infringement lawsuit against the New York Times Co., which is set to hit the courthouse this week. ... [FishBowlNY]

Curse or Credit? NYT Co. Could Cash in Big on Sale of BoSox - Posted December 18, 2008
We're not entirely sure whether the fact the New York Times Co. could help itself out of a big mess by selling the Boston Red Sox for a possible $200 million means the curse of the Bambino is alive or dead. Either way that's what sports bankers (first time... [FishBowlNY]

NYT Co. Considers Asset Sales - Posted December 10, 2008
Well, one supposes it's better than bankruptcy (also, a corruption scandal!). The Financial Times is reporting that the New York Times Co. is "considering potential asset sales and is in discussions with lenders as it prepares for one of the 'most challenging years' in its history." These asset sales,... [FishBowlNY]

Monday Morning Depressing Media News Roundup - Posted December 8, 2008
We decided to group most of the bad Monday morning media news together. We already told you about the Tribune Co. but also making headlines this morning is the fact that McClatchy, the third largest newspaper chain in the country has decided to put the Miami Herald up for sale... [FishBowlNY]

The New York Times: All the Junk That's Fit to Downgrade? - Posted October 24, 2008
Yesterday we told you that the New York Times Co. was under even more pressure to cut its big dividends to shareholders after, among other things, a steep drop in advertising sales. As of yesterday the ratings agency Moody's was threatening to downgrade the NYT Co. status to junk, and... [FishBowlNY]

Up, Up, and Away: NYT to Raise Newsstand Price - Posted July 23, 2008
That was fast. Just this morning the Times released its (demoralizing) second quarter earnings and shortly thereafter on a conference call to discuss the report New York Times Co. president and CEO Janet Robinson announced that as of Aug. 18 the paper would be raising its newsstand prices from $1.25... [FishBowlNY]

Newspapers: It's Officially, Officially, Very, Very Bad - Posted July 23, 2008
We're just going to assume that everyone who reads FBNY is acutely aware (more than a number of you probably first-hand) that the newspaper industry is in a free fall. It's a rare day that at least one of our posts does not cover some lay-off here, or some shuttering... [FishBowlNY]