Sam Sifton

New York Times Hits Upon New Plan to Shed Employees - Posted January 8, 2010
Don't plan to get paid for your sick days: New York Times publisher Arthur Sulzberger sent a company-wide memo today yesterday ... [FishbowlNY]

FishbowlNY's 2009 Lists: The Year's Biggest Moves In Media - Posted December 21, 2009
This year -- full of flux and uncertainty about where the media is heading -- has resulted in a vast number of job changes and departures across all matter of media companies and publications. In almost every field of journalism, big names have either been fired, promoted, retired, or simply moved... [FishbowlNY]

NYT Restaurant Critic Sam Sifton Needs A Better Disguise - Posted October 8, 2009
After serving as culture editor for The New York Times, new restaurant critic Sam Sifton may have to give up the convention of remaining anonymous to those in the back of the house. He's already been spotted by celebrity chef Daniel Boulud... [FishbowlNY]

Editorial Changes At NYT: Corbett Named Standards Editor, Landman To Lead Culture - Posted September 15, 2009
New York Times executive editor Bill Keller has announced two new changes atop the editorial staff at the paper, starting with the announcement yesterday that Deputy Ne... [FishbowlNY]

As He Heads Out The Door, Bruni Gives Insider Tips - Posted August 26, 2009
As Frank Bruni prepares to hang up his napkin and turn over his New York Times ... [FishbowlNY]

The Things We (Almost) Missed This Week - Posted August 7, 2009
Before we head into the weekend, here's a look at some big media stories we (almost) missed this week. Better late than never, right? Times Public Editor Takes On Stanley: New York Times public editor Clark Hoyt tried to explain how a... [FishbowlNY]

Sam Sifton Picked To Fill Bruni's Restaurant Critic Post - Posted August 5, 2009
New York Times executive editor Bill Keller just announced the appointment of a new restaurant critic to take up the departed ... [FishbowlNY]

Times Steals Our TVNewser - Posted June 12, 2007
Well, score one for the Gray Lady. Brian Stelter, our TVNewser blog wunderkind, is leaving the friendly confines of the mediabistro.com server farm for the New York Times. Here's the Times memo: Colleagues, You read about him on the front page... [FishbowlNY]

Sia Michel To Rock Times - Posted March 20, 2007
Sia Michel, friend of 50 Cent and one-time Spin editor ousted during the magazine's sale last year, is joining the New York Times as pop music editor. The internal memo via Gawker: Sia Michel Joins Culture The departure of Tom Kuntz to the Week in Review created an opening in culture. I am... [FishbowlNY]