Sifton to Kantor: Goodbye and Thanks for the Furniture

To: XXXX@nytimes.com
From: XXXXX@nytimes.com
Subject: News from Culture

TO THE STAFF:

Jodi Kantor came to The Times in early 2003 with a mandate to
remake the Arts & Leisure section. Now, having accomplished this
task with great skill, spirit and aplomb, and having helped in the
process to remake the Read More

Off the Record

Recently, staffers on The New York Times culture desk received an e-mail from their new editor, Steve Erlanger. As a “kind of a New Year’s Gift,” Mr. Erlanger sent along a piece by Jane Kramer from the Aug. 19, 2002, New Yorker entitled: “The Reporter’s Kitchen: A Recipe for Writing.”

“It may strike some of Read More