NY Observer > Arthur Sulzberger Jr. http://origin.observer.com/taxonomy/term/49763/feed Articles from Observer.com en The Future is Here: Times Computers Upgraded to MS Office 2003! http://origin.observer.com/2008/future-here-times-computers-upgraded-ms-office-2003

One year after the New York Times moved into its shimmering new tower, the paper is ready for a dramatic software upgrade. Welcome to Microsoft Office 2003! The brand newish software was installed in the third-floor newsroom last night, and the culture department on the fourth floor is on-deck for tonight. The Times is also finally abandoning the old Eudora e-mail system for the mysterious but apparently very reliable "Outlook" e-mail. Memo, sent last night, after the jump:  read more »

]]> http://origin.observer.com/2008/future-here-times-computers-upgraded-ms-office-2003#comments Media Arthur Sulzberger Jr. New York Times Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:00:58 -0400 John Koblin 68579 at http://origin.observer.com The 2007 Punch Awards: 'T' Mag Is Excellent Biz! http://origin.observer.com/2008/2007-punch-awards-t-mag-excellent-biz

This morning, the New York Times announced the recipients of their 2007 Punch Awards. The awards, named after the nickname of former Times honcho Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, have two categories: "journalistic or editorial excellence" in community service and "business accomplishments."  read more »

]]> http://origin.observer.com/2008/2007-punch-awards-t-mag-excellent-biz#comments Media Arthur Sulzberger Jr. New York Times Punch Awards T Magazine Mon, 28 Apr 2008 10:58:53 -0400 Choire Sicha 68405 at http://origin.observer.com Welcome to the Times Tower, Goodwin Procter! http://origin.observer.com/2008/welcome-times-tower-goodwin-procter

The Post's Keith Kelly hears that 70 Times staffers are going to take buyouts, which means that about 30 are on the chopping block and it'll be Joe Sexton's Metro team that'll take the brunt of the hit.  read more »

]]> http://origin.observer.com/2008/welcome-times-tower-goodwin-procter#comments Media Arthur Sulzberger Jr. Goodwin Procter LLP New York Times The New York Times Building Fri, 25 Apr 2008 12:40:05 -0400 John Koblin 68371 at http://origin.observer.com Newsday.com: Real Competition For the Times? http://origin.observer.com/2008/newsday-com-real-competition-i-times-i

So while the city's biggest media moguls—and the FCC and Congress—start to sort out who can buy Newsday, some curious analysis of the newspaper's Web site is going around.

Yesterday, Arthur Sulzberger Jr. said at the Times Center that newsday.com was its top competition for grown-ups.

"NYTimes.com also ranks No. 1 in coverage of the greater New York market, reaching 28 percent of adults," he said. "Our closest competitor, Newsday.com, reaches 16 percent."  read more »

]]> http://origin.observer.com/2008/newsday-com-real-competition-i-times-i#comments Arthur Sulzberger Jr. Newsday Inc. Rupert Murdoch Wed, 23 Apr 2008 12:49:36 -0400 John Koblin 68286 at http://origin.observer.com Lineup for April 23, 2008 http://origin.observer.com/2008/lineup-april-23-2008

Lose an editor; gain a media property. John Koblin details every maneuver in one very busy week for Rupert Murdoch. This piece has everything: The Wall Street Journal, Marcus Brauchli, Newsday, The New York Times, and Arthur Sulzberger, Jr.  read more »

]]> http://origin.observer.com/2008/lineup-april-23-2008#comments Arthur Sulzberger Jr. Dale Peck James Rosen Marcus Brauchli Norman Mailer Raymond Carver Rupert Murdoch Wed, 23 Apr 2008 08:22:52 -0400 Matt Haber 68270 at http://origin.observer.com Rupert Rex http://origin.observer.com/2008/rupert-rex

Marcus Brauchli’s last supper with The Wall Street Journal had been a good one.

Seated at a table in the ballroom of the Ritz-Carlton Hotel on 22nd Street NW in Washington, D.C., on the evening of April 21, he’d been offered a roasted red apple stuffed with bleu-cheese mousse; a Vidalia onion-crusted petite filet mignon with baby turnips; a chocolate mousse bombe with a dark chocolate crème brûlée center; and two wines, a 2006 California Chardonnay and a 2006 Pinot Noir.  read more »

]]> http://origin.observer.com/2008/rupert-rex#comments Media Arthur Sulzberger Jr. Rupert Murdoch Tue, 22 Apr 2008 20:08:37 -0400 John Koblin 68255 at http://origin.observer.com Wingnuts, Bugs Attack Sulzberger at Times Shareholder Meeting; New Board Raider Galloway Comes to Rescue of Old Ladies http://origin.observer.com/2008/wingnuts-bugs-attack-sulzberger-times-shareholder-meeting-new-board-raider-galloway-comes-rescu

The wingnut parade at the 112th annual New York Times stockholder's meeting, held late this morning at the Times' conference room on the other side of a birch-and-moss filled atrium from the Times' newsroom tower, was out of control. And when chairman Arthur Sulzberger Jr. was not being harassed by pesky shareholders, he was being attacked by bugs. (He spent about a minute flailing at an insect that seemed to have emerged from his hair.) Cliff Kincaid of Accuracy in Media was there.  read more »

]]> http://origin.observer.com/2008/wingnuts-bugs-attack-sulzberger-times-shareholder-meeting-new-board-raider-galloway-comes-rescu#comments Arthur Sulzberger Jr. Michael Golden Scott Galloway The New York Times The New York Times Company Tue, 22 Apr 2008 13:24:07 -0400 Choire Sicha 68191 at http://origin.observer.com Arthur Sulzberger, Jr: 'This Company Is Not for Sale' http://origin.observer.com/2008/arthur-sulzberger-jr-company-not-sale

Arthur Sulzberger, Jr., who is speaking right now at the Times Building for the paper's annual shareholders meeting, declared the newspaper is not for sale. Choire Sicha sends in this dispatch, via text:

Sulzberger: "This company is not for sale." Media reports are "ill-informed."

Newsday, which is close to being sold to Rupert Murdoch, is "our closest competitor" on the web.

]]> http://origin.observer.com/2008/arthur-sulzberger-jr-company-not-sale#comments Media Arthur Sulzberger Jr. New York Times Newsday Tue, 22 Apr 2008 10:20:44 -0400 John Koblin 68153 at http://origin.observer.com Broadsheet Battle: Murdoch's W.S.J. vs. Sulzberger's Times http://origin.observer.com/2008/broadsheet-battle-murdochs-w-s-j-vs-sulzbergers-times

Newsweek gives big play this week to Rupert Murdoch's early maneuvers at The Wall Street Journal. Point: He's the general who has declared war on The New York Times.

This is something we've been talking about around here for a while now, and rumors of war aside, we haven't quite heard the first shot around here.

That doesn't change much with this week's story, but there's still lots of juice here.

Here are the highlights:  read more »

]]> http://origin.observer.com/2008/broadsheet-battle-murdochs-w-s-j-vs-sulzbergers-times#comments Media Arthur Sulzberger Jr. Newsweek Rupert Murdoch The New York Times The Wall Street Journal Mon, 21 Apr 2008 06:23:57 -0400 John Koblin 68076 at http://origin.observer.com Janet Robinson: The Journal is 'Positioning Quite Differently' http://origin.observer.com/2008/janet-robinson-journal-positioning-quite-differently

New York Times CEO Janet Robinson in today's conference call:

From a standpoint of coverage, I think it's clear The Wall Street Journal is positioning quite differently in terms of overall coverage, broadening very much in the international and political arena, and, with the launch of their magazine, entering into broader lifestyle coverage.  read more »

]]> http://origin.observer.com/2008/janet-robinson-journal-positioning-quite-differently#comments Media Arthur Sulzberger Jr. Janet Robinson New York Times Thu, 17 Apr 2008 13:49:09 -0400 John Koblin 67998 at http://origin.observer.com