Arthur Sulzberger Jr.
Summary
Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, Jr. (born September 22, 1951) became the publisher of The New York Times in 1992 and chairman of the board of its owner, The New York Times Company, in 1997, succeeding his father, Arthur Ochs Sulzberger. Sulzberger is sometimes referred to as "Pinch," a play on his father's nickname of "Punch."Sulzberger was born in Mount Kisco, New York, the son of Barbara Winslow (nee Grant) and the previous Times publisher Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, and the grandson of another Times publisher, Arthur Hays Sulzberger. He was married to artist and journalist Gail Gregg as of 2008. In May, 2008 they announced plans to end their marriage.Sulzberger earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from Tufts University in 1974.
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Thompson feels the heat in New York over Jimmy Savile allegations
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BBC in ‘ghastly mess’ after resignations, as its former leader takes reins at NYT
Still reeling from the fallout of a sex abuse story it spiked, the British Broadcasting Corporation is now in even more peril because of another sex abuse story that never should have been broadcast. Director General George Entwistle resigned… Read more.
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The newsonomics of The New York Times’ expanding global strategy
SAO PAULO — Arthur Sulzberger, the Times publisher, made his first trip to Brazil this week. It was a three-day visit to Sao Paulo, and it had a single big purpose: announcing that, in the second half of 2013, The New York Times will launch a new Portuguese-language website for this nation, now the sixth-largest economy (having surpassed the U.
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This Week in Review: Discerning truth and lies in political coverage, and the value of digital-first news
How far should journalists go in judging political lies?: The U. S. vice presidential debate was held last night, and moderators remained in the spotlight during the leadup to it, as ABC’s Martha Raddatz received scrutiny from conservatives because President Obama attended her wedding 21 years ago (he was a classmate of her now ex-husband).
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Press barons may be for good or ill, but it's the accountants you have to watch
The death of Arthur Sulzberger and departure of Marjorie Scardino have sparked palpitations at the New York Times and FT – because the number-crunchers might now take over.
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This Week in Review: Twitter’s real-time debate analysis, and the rise of mobile news
Instantly analyzing and fact-checking debates: The first U. S. presidential debate of this campaign was held on Wednesday, the first general-election presidential debate to be defined by our current Twitter and “fact-checking” eras. The New York Times reported on the efforts by PBS’ Jim Lehrer and upcoming debate moderators to tune out the social media criticism, but it was pretty tough to ignore Wednesday night, when Twitter users eviscerated Lehrer’s passive performance as moderator (as Storified by Poynter).
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Arthur O. Sulzberger, Publisher Who Transformed Times, Dies at 86
Arthur Ochs Sulzberger guided The Times and its parent company through a period of expansion and change on a scale not seen since the newspaper’s founding.
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The New York Times debuts an HTML5 iPad web app to complement its native apps
Step aside, Financial Times and Quartz — there’s now a higher-profile adherent to the HTML5 web app faith.
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Arthur O. Sulzberger, Publisher Who Transformed Times, Dies at 86
Arthur Ochs Sulzberger guided The Times and its parent company through a period of expansion and change on a scale not seen since the newspaper’s founding.
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Clyde Haberman on his Sulzberger obit: ‘It is never simple to write about the boss’
As publisher of The New York Times, Arthur Ochs Sulzberger had a privilege afforded rarely even to those who share his gilded background: He was interviewed repeatedly by his obituarist.
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