New York Times Company

By Megan McCarthy 12/27/11 6:49pm

The Times Selling Regional Media Group for $143 M.

The New York Times has announced that it will sell its Regional Media Group to Florida-based Halifax Media Holdings, LLC for $143 million in cash. The Regional Media Group consists of 16 regional newspapers including titles like the News Chief of Winter Haven, Florida and Thibodaux, Louisiana’s Daily Comet. The back-of-the-envelope math suggests that each paper is worth just shy of $9 million apiece, or about two years of consulting work from outgoing Times CEO Janet Robinson. Read More

By Zeke Turner 9/23/10 3:55pm

Two Ways to Spin The New York Times Co.’s Third Quarter Forecast

Yesterday morning New York Times Co. announced in a release that it is is performing below expectations in several important financial measures for the third quarter. Total revenue is down more than expected, digital advertising revenue is up less than expected and operating costs are up. CEO Janet Robinson announced the news in person at Read More

By John Koblin 6/21/10 8:33pm

Announcements

Arthur Brisbane is the Times’ New Public Editor (Updated)

The Times has hired Arthur Brisbane as their fourth public editor.

Mr. Brisbane will quickly become a very big favorite in the newsroom, we’re sure. It appears he has experience both in the newsroom and on the publishing side.

According to a Times memo, here’s his career breakdown:

1977: Kansas City Times, Metro columnist

1984: Washington Post, Read More

By Molly Fischer 2/10/10 3:05pm

Times Company Makes (Some) Money

The New York Times Company turned a profit in the fourth quarter of 2009, resulting in an overall profit for the year. The Times reports today that the quarter’s net income of $90.9 million allowed for “a modest profit for the year, $19.9 million, compared with a loss of $57.8 million in 2008.” Read More

By Staff 1/21/10 5:11pm

Why Won’t Times Pay Model Go Live ‘Til 2011?

Why does The Times need 12 months before it introduces a metered system for charging readers for content? Or rather, why announce it so far ahead?

Speculation that an announcement was meant to be timed to the release of the Apple Tablet, rumored to be the topic of a big Cupertino “event” slated for Jan. Read More

By John Koblin 8/03/09 2:15pm

Times Company’s Longtime PR Chief, Catherine Mathis, is Out

the Times had begun holding meetings where reporters and editors asked whether anything was to be done about the tide of negative coverage about the newspaper’s financial position and its business strategies; the newspaper had already begun a strategy of deploying top company office-holders to respond directly to criticism of the company Read More

By John Koblin 5/06/09 12:26am

The Times is Mad as Hell and … Well?

The New York Times has a public-relations problem.

Every day there seem to be articles, and endless Web and television chatter, about The Times: The Times might shut down The Globe! The Times lost $75 million in the first quarter!

There’s only $34 million left in cash! The Times will stop printing in May! The Read More

By John Koblin 5/04/09 7:53pm

Times Guild Expected to Approve 5 Percent Pay Cut Tonight; Rep Says Layoffs Are Still Inevitable

The New York Times Guild is expected to approve a plan today that will cut 5 percent of the salaries of reporters and all other Guild members of The Times. Even though reporters were told that the plan was being pushed forward by the Times Company so as to avoid layoffs, union chief Bill O’Meara told Times employees at Read More

By John Koblin 4/23/09 2:33pm

Arthur Sulzberger Addresses Times Company Shareholders: ‘It Is This Commitment to Excellence That Will Get Us Through This Turbulent Time’

Today, Arthur Sulzberger, Jr. addressed New York Times Company shareholders at the company’s annual shareholders meeting. It was a week of ups-and-downs for the Times Company, with Monday’s announcement of five Pulitzer Prizes for the flagship paper followed two days later by a dismal quarterly earnings report, which saw the New York Read More

By Matt Haber 4/21/09 4:01pm