Topic: New York Times

The New, New, New Fascination with Tiny Living (Again)

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Sometimes it feels like we've all been talking about tiny apartments for a long, long time. This is only reasonable. Combine the inherently compelling aspects of looking into someone else's home with the even more intriguing aspects of that place being, perhaps, largely unlivable, at least by any outside-of-the-city standards.

By Alexander Abad-Santos

Mar 26, 2012

Figuring Out The New York Times' Puppy Love Isn't So Simple

The Columbia Journalism Review's Ron Howell claim that Jill Abramson's love of dogs is affecting The New York Times' number of dog stories is a little bit flawed--we know because we tried it before. 

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By Eric Randall

Mar 21, 2012

Michael Kinsley Wrote the Greg Smith Editorial Bloomberg Loved So Much

Politico reported Wednesday that the Bloomberg View editorial criticizing Greg Smith's Goldman Sachs op-ed that Michael Bloomberg thought so highly of was written by Bloomberg columnist Michael Kinsley.

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By Adam Martin

Mar 20, 2012

New York Times Will Partially Plug its Leaky Paywall

The New York Times' leaky paywall is about to become less leaky as the paper cuts the number of free articles available each month from 20 to 10.

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By Eric Randall

Mar 13, 2012

Trimming the Times

Romney's Favorite Meatloaf, Life on Mars, and Confessions of a Bicycle Thief

A summary of the best reads found behind the paywall of The New York Times.

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By Adam Clark Estes

Mar 12, 2012

Jill Abramson Thinks 'News Wants to Be Free'

Appearing at South by Southwest for the first time, New York Times executive editor Jill Abramson spoke frankly about the paper's pay wall at a panel dedicated to "The Future of The New York Times." Abramson said that she supports the pay wall but also thinks that "news wants to be free."

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By Eric Randall

Mar 12, 2012

Trimming the Times

Throwing Curveballs, Drawing Batman, and a Look Back at Japan's Disaster

A summary of the best reads found behind the paywall of The New York Times.

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By Adam Clark Estes

Mar 9, 2012

Janet Robinson's Parachute a Little More Golden Than Previously Reported

Former Times Executive Made $24 Million in 2011, According to Proxy Statement [New York Times, Media Decoder]

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By Eric Randall

Mar 8, 2012

Why Gail Collins's Crate-Gate Crusade Won't Die

Some say that by devoting her entire Thursday column to the tale of Mitt Romney driving to Canada with his dog on the roof of the car, The New York Times's Gail Collins has finally (finally) found the line past which readers would no longer tolerate her many mentions of the story. But don't underestimate the persistence of Seamus: This old dog still has some bite.

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By Adam Martin

Mar 7, 2012

New York Times Editor Doesn't Want to Manage the Washington Post

Perhaps in an effort to exorcise some of the "ghosts" from its newsroom, The Washington Post reportedly offered New York Times managing editor Richard Berke the managing editor position it's had open since late January, but he turned it down.

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By Eric Randall

Mar 2, 2012

Trimming the Times

Rebuilding from a Tornado, Returning to the Bullfight, and iPads in Taxis

A summary of the best reads found behind the paywall of The New York Times.

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By Adam Clark Estes

Mar 1, 2012

Is Pete Wells Systematically Destroying The Times's Favorite Food Spots?

Even though it's not a full review, you can tell from the tone of New York Times food critic Pete Wells's latest blog post that he doesn't mind writing a scathing thing or two about the restaurants his predecessor fawned over.

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By Adam Clark Estes

Feb 29, 2012

Half of The New York Times Newsroom Is Politely Protesting

The hallways were impassible outside the daily Page One meeting of the senior-most editors at The New York Times on Wednesday afternoon, due to an unfortunate series of events that has almost 600 journalists up in arms.

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By Alexander Abad-Santos

Feb 29, 2012

Is a New York Times Reporter Smarter Than a Yelp Reviewer?

With reports of a "perfect martini" found in the heart of Iowa, the reporters at the New York Times may have finally realized that the people of the Midwest are more than ham-fisted, meat-eating, troglodytes and they too deserve nice things to eat and drink.

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By Adam Martin

Feb 29, 2012

The New York Times Facebook Timeline Goes to 1851

Facebook just debuted timelines for companies and The New York Times', which goes back to the papers founding, is amazing.

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By Elspeth Reeve

Feb 17, 2012

Anthony Shadid's Book Moved up for Release, Climbs Amazon Chart

In the wake of Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times reporter Anthony Shadid's death Thursday, his book will be released a month early than previously planned.

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By Jen Doll

Feb 16, 2012

Media Diet

Brian Stelter: What I Read

The tools New York Times media reporter Brian Stelter uses to monitor the media, including the four TVs in his bedroom.

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By Dino Grandoni

Feb 13, 2012

After Lawsuit, the Huffington Post's Parenting Blog Gets a New Name

Proving that a news outlet can poach good journalists but not good blog names, The Huffington Post finally unveiled the new moniker for its parenting blog once called "Parentlode." It is, we learn today, now "Parentry."

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By Eric Randall

Feb 10, 2012

Bill Keller Fights Back Against His Copyright Critic

A few days after we highlighted a spat between a Boston Phoenix writer and The New York Times columnist Bill Keller, Keller is fighting back with a new blog post.

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By Eric Randall

Feb 8, 2012

New York Times Busted for Violating Copyright Bill Keller Defended

The Boston Phoenix has a long blog post out Wednesday calling out The New York Times for uploading work owned by the paper on the same day columnist Bill Keller advocated for stronger SOPA-like enforcement of copyright laws.

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By Adam Clark Estes

Feb 2, 2012

Looks Like Buyouts and Push-Outs at The Times Were Indeed Very Expensive

After a much-publicized and pretty pricey departure of its chief executiveThe New York Times's profit dropped 12 percent last quarters, according to The New York Times.

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By Eric Randall

Feb 1, 2012

Former Unpaid Intern Sues Hearst for Labor Law Violations

After years of complaints that American companies are exploiting unpaid interns, a former Harper’s Bazaar intern is suing the Hearst Corporation for allegedly violating labor laws, and the lawyers are hoping to turn it into a class action suit.

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By Adam Clark Estes

Jan 27, 2012

The New York Times Is at Risk, Says New York Times Competitor

Janet Robinson, former CEO of The New York Times Company, received over $21 million upon her departure, a solid 40 percent more than previously thought according to Bloomberg.

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By Adam Martin

Jan 24, 2012

In New York Dailies, Three Very Different Rape Trials

Three New York daily newspapers carrying three different accounts of the rape trial of a Saudi prince's friend on Monday posted stories so varied you'd be forgiven if you didn't realize they were all about the same thing.

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By John Hudson

Jan 19, 2012

Is The New York Times Israel's Greatest Enemy?

It sounds like a laughable question but last night, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency reported that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the editor of the Jerusalem Post that the two main enemies facing Israel are The New York Times and Israeli newspaper Haaretz.

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By Adam Martin

Jan 13, 2012

Has The New York Times Chosen a New CEO?

A company organizational chart revealed to a New York Times employee that the people who once reported to ex-CEO Janet Robinson now report directly to Michael Golden, Arthur Sulzberger Jr.'s cousin who's rumored to be up for Robinson's job, according to Jim Romenesko.

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By Eric Randall

Jan 11, 2012

How Romney's 'Crate-Gate' Jumped the Shark

Before the holidays New York Times columnist Gail Collins defiantly noted that she wouldn't stop mentioning the time Romney made his dog ride to Canada on the roof of the family car no matter what her critics said, but since then we fear "crate-gate" has gone and jumped the shark.

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By Adam Clark Estes

Jan 11, 2012

Homeland Security Is Monitoring The Drudge Report, The New York Times

It's unclear exactly why, but the Department of Homeland has been operating a "Social Networking/Media Capability" program to monitor the top blogs, forums and social networks for at least the past 18 months.

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By Adam Clark Estes

Jan 11, 2012

Former Times Co. Employees Prepare to Lawyer Up

The already rocky handover of the New York Times Regional Media Group to its new owner, Halifax Media Holdings, isn't getting any smoother with news that the bosses want re-hired employees to sign potentially illegal non-compete agreements.

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By Eric Randall

Jan 6, 2012

Michelle Obama and The West Wing Don't Get Along

Michelle Obama had some very serious disagreements with her husband's staff, and particularly his first chief of staff Rahm Emanuel, according to a forthcoming book from New York Times reporter Jodi Kantor called The Obamas, excerpted by The Times on Friday.

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By Adam Clark Estes

Jan 6, 2012

Paul Krugman Isn't Trying to Start a Twitter War with Tom Friedman

Twitter sort of exploded on Friday when a tweet purportedly from New York Times columnist Paul Krugman suggesting that his paper drop fellow columnist Thomas Friedman. It turned out to be a fake, and the real Krugman isn't happy about the Twitter shenanigans.

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By Adam Clark Estes

Jan 5, 2012

Keith Olbermann Drags The New York Times into His Spat with Current

Keith Olbermann's become known for pulling other media outlets into the ring when he gets into fights with his former bosses at MSNBC and ESPN, and he's taking The New York Times' Twitter-fueled TV reporter Brian Stelter.

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By Alexander Abad-Santos

Jan 3, 2012

It's Been a Fun Week for New York Times Corrections

Within days of one another other, one The New York Times writer totally forgot which John Hughes movie Duckie was from, while another writer misidentified a My Little Pony character--leading to two awesome corrections.

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By Adam Clark Estes

Dec 31, 2011

The New York Times Reports: Brad Pitt Is an Actor

It's easy to forget that the heartthrob, Hollywood idol and father of many children Brad Pitt also has an acting career.

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By Adam Clark Estes

Dec 29, 2011

At Least a Few Local Journalists Just Experienced an End of Year Miracle

News emerged Tuesday night that the new owners of the New York Times Regional Media Group would most likely be laying off a number of employees on Thursday. This Atlantic Wire tipster made the cut.

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By Adam Clark Estes

Dec 29, 2011

The New York Times Spamming Incident Wasn't That Big a Deal

The New York Times's Home Subscriber alert heard round the world on Wednesday is now enjoying a second, silly turn in the news cycle, mostly thanks to News Corp and Anonymous.

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By Adam Clark Estes

Dec 28, 2011

The New York Times Just Spammed 8 Million People by Accident

It sounds like The New York Times just got hit with a classic case of the old accidental "reply-all" syndrome.

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By Eric Randall

Dec 28, 2011

Lawyers and Artists Don't Always Speak The Same Language

There's a great scene from the deposition of artist Richard Prince as described in Randy Kennedy's New York Times story today that shows that sometimes art and law don't do so well together.

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By Adam Clark Estes

Dec 28, 2011

After Sale, New York Times Regional Employees Brace for Layoffs

'Layoff' is an understandably dirty word around The New York Times newsroom(s) these days.

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By Eric Randall

Dec 27, 2011

The New York Times is Cancelling Most Podcasts

The New York Times confirms that it is "re-evaluating our podcast schedule for the coming year," looking to cancel many of them, reports Jim Romenesko.

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By Adam Clark Estes

Dec 27, 2011

The New York Times's Oddly Sexual Report on a Park in Williamsburg

The New York Times's latest dispatch from Brooklyn is not only questionable for its newsworthiness; it's also a little bit porny.

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By Adam Clark Estes

Dec 23, 2011

It Costs a Fortune for The New York Times to Cut Costs

The New York Times is finishing up a new round of buyout packages for veteran employees, but with the report that the paper is paying $15 million to remove former chief executive Janet Robinson and a look at how much the paper has paid for a prior round of buyouts, it seems a tough way to trim costs.

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By Adam Clark Estes

Dec 22, 2011

The Huffington Post Surrenders Parentlode to The New York Times

The Huffington Post finally came to a creative solution to avoid further legal scrutiny over stealing inspiration from The New York Times to name its latest blog, Parentlode.

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By Eric Randall

Dec 21, 2011

Gail Collins Will Not Stop Mentioning Romney's Dog, No Matter What You Say

Gail Collins's campaign to repeatedly mention Mitt Romney's old family dog Seamus in her regular New York Times column has received a lot of media scrutiny this past week, but Collins will not be deterred.

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By Adam Clark Estes

Dec 20, 2011

How One Retweet from a New York Times Reporter Launched a Hall & Oates Meme

Michael Selvidge only started his job in Twilio's communications department three weeks ago, but he's already scored his first viral marketing hit -- practically by accident and all thanks to one retweet from New York Times tech reporter Jenna Wortham.

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By Alexander Abad-Santos

Dec 20, 2011

Newspaper Editors Squabble Over Who's a Fake Journalist

The Players: Dean Baquet, Managing Editor of the New York Times who once defied corporate orders at the Tribune Company and was ousted because of it, Gerould "Gerry" Kern, Editor of the Chicago Tribune often seen as a Tribune Company loyalist.

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By Adam Clark Estes

Dec 19, 2011

A Surprising List of Senior New York Times Staffers Took Buyouts

In the days after The New York Times Company pushed out chief executive Janet Robinson, we now also know which newsroom employees accepted the offers for voluntary buyouts made in October.

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By Eric Randall

Dec 19, 2011

Reasons to Hold a Business Meeting at the Gym

The Sunday's New York Times's experts at observing trendy trends have uncovered an exhausting development for the working world: "sweatworking," they call it.

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By Adam Martin

Dec 19, 2011

New York Times' Sale of Regional Papers Accidentally Revealed

The New York Times' sale of 15 regional papers in six states -- including the Herald-Tribune in Sarasota, Fla., and The Press Democrat in Santa Rosa, Calif. -- to Halifax Media Group has been accidentally revealed by a premature web listing of Halifax properties, a tipster tells Jim Romenesko.

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By Adam Clark Estes

Dec 16, 2011

Why Was The New York Times CEO Pushed Out?

The New York Times has been called a lot of things in the 160 years of its existence, but unpredictable, rash, and confusing are rarely among them. But those were all adjectives swimming around Twitter after it was announced that chief executive Janet Robinson had been asked to resign.

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By Adam Clark Estes

Dec 15, 2011

The CEO of The New York Times Company Just Abruptly Retired

Janet Robinson announced that she was stepping down "with mixed emotions" in a staff memo on Thursday evening; the company's chairman Arthur O. Sulzberger will take over as interim CEO.

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