Who: Gay Talese, David Carr, Andrew Rossi, moderated by Bill Keller
What: “Page One: Inside The New York Times”
Where: Times Center
When: June 14, 2011
Thumbs: Way Up

On Wednesday, New York Times chairman and publisher Arthur Sulzberger Jr. dealt Luddites a blow by admitting that eventually, the Gray Lady will exist only virtually.

Frank Rich loves the gays. On opinion pages that are pro-gay to begin with, Rich’s writing about gay rights and same-sex marriage sets him apart from his peers for his ability to capture the essence of the message on gay issues and concerns of the LGBT community.

A little over a week ago Rupert Murdoch’s Wall St. Journal launched its new local New York City section to great fanfare. It’s since been one hell of a week for local news, and if there was ever a time for the Journal to shine and impress the past five days were a better opportunity than anyone could reasonably expect. Alas, as far as I can tell they’ve made nary a blip. Here’s some suggestions on how to change this.

The end is nigh! Again. But will it be the end of free content across the board, or will it be the end of the NYT dominance on the web? We shall see. Over the weekend it was once again reported the NYT may be charging soon. Here’s a look at the reactions.

To hear Arthur Sulzberger Jr., tell it in New York Magazine following the Oct. 26 benefit for The News Literacy Project, the “critical flaw” of the RMS Titanic was not iceberg detection, not an inattentive crew, not a shortage of lifeboats, not overestimating the ship’s construction, nor underestimating the staying power of ice. It was [...]

New York Times publisher Arthur Sulzberger Jr. demonstrates the correct Titanic analogy to employ when discussing the future of print. The fact he is clear on the problem (and the future!), alas, does not mean he has a solution.

The New York Times Company announced yesterday, in a quarterly 10-Q statement to the Securities and Exchange Commission, that it has been working with Goldman, Sachs & Co. for the last two months to find a buyer for the Boston Globe, among other properties in its New England Media Group.