Tag Archives: Dean Baquet

NYT Uses Its Journalists Offline, Then Abuses Them Online

As the hardworking staff noted yesterday, the New York Times is increasingly turning its journalists into arm candy for revenue-enhancing commercial ventures, from Times Journey duty to high-powered busine$$ forums. Meanwhile, the Times has stripped its homepage of their bylines. … Continue reading

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Is the New York Times Pimping Out Its Major Journalists?

As our kissin’ cousins at Sneak Adtack noted the other day, the New York Times has been using its journalists as arm candy at a rapidly accelerating pace. The Washington Post’s Paul Farhi pointed out last year that Times Journeys excursions … Continue reading

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The Grey Lady Opens the Kimono All the Way

As the hard tracking staff at Sneak Adtack has dutifully noted, the New York Times is increasingly blurring the line between advertising and editorial. Especially prevalent are the Russian nesting ads the Times has developed – advertising in the print … Continue reading

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More Pom Poms From News Media Pep Squad for Truth

As the hardworking staff has diligently noted, all kinds of news organizations are busily marketing their truthfulness and reliability to a skeptical public. Call the roll: New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Boston Globe, and some outfit called … Continue reading

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Newspapers Fight Fake News Rap with Pep Squad for Truth

As our kissin’ cousins at Two-Daily Town noted the other day, newspapers are falling all over themselves trying to convince the American public that the press actually matters in a very real way. It started with the Washington Post pasting … Continue reading

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Six Flags Over New York Times (Sunday/School Edition)

As the hardworking staff has noted, the New York Times is searching hither and yon for new revenue sources, including the Times Journeys travel agency, the Times Store retail outlet, and New York Times Conferences, which brings together the international chinstrokerati “to … Continue reading

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Another $cheme From Six Flags Over New York Times

The hardworking staff recently noted the various financial sidelines the New York Times has launched lately to boost sagging revenues. There’s the Times Journeys travel agency and the Times Store retail outlet, both of which have profited from full-page ads in the … Continue reading

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Good Grey Lady Opens the Kimono: NYT Must Monetimes Itself

Yesterday’s New York Times reported that today’s New York Times Company is all about show me the monetize! The New York Times Company Outlines a Strategy to Double Its Digital Revenue The New York Times Company released a strategy memo … Continue reading

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That’s Just So . . . What? (NYT Upskirt Edition)

Two-page, er, spread in Sunday’s New York Times Styles section.   Close-ulp:   Closer-ulp: Memo to newly minted Times executive editor Dean Baquet: Really?  

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Did Native Advertising Croak NYT Executive Editor Jill Abramson?

The favorite parlor game right now among the chinstrokerati is, Who Killed Jill Abramson? Representative sample, via Forbes: Did the NY Times Fire Jill Abramson For Being ‘Bossy’? Jill Abramson was fired from her post as executive editor of The … Continue reading

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