In a statement on Saturday, Arthur Sulzberger Jr., the publisher of The New York Times, responded to a growing controversy over the firing of the newspaper’s executive editor, Jill Abramson, denying that gender figured in the decision in any way.
Senior editors met with employees to reiterate that Jill Abramson’s departure did not reflect sexism and was not about pay disparity, but about a style of leadership.
Despite the sales gains, The New York Times Company said first-quarter profit was down because of costs related to new digital subscription products.
The Boston Globe won a Pulitzer on Monday for its reporting on the marathon bombing. The muted ceremony was also a celebration of the resiliency of New England’s largest paper.
The book, “Enough Said,” will examine language in the digital age, drawing on lectures that the executive, Mark Thompson, gave at Oxford.
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Even a cursory look at the media landscape suggests Rupert Murdoch is far from an outlier in wanting to see a property he built with his bare-knuckled hands land on his progeny.
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Tom Conrad, one of the company’s most visible executives, said on Tuesday that he would move into an adviser role for Pandora in the next three months.
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The country’s recently created telecommunications regulator issued tough new conditions that could break up virtual monopolies in phone service and television broadcasting.
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Thomas Middelhoff, a German business executive, will not seek re-election to The New York Times Company’s board in April.
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The New York Times Company said its fourth-quarter drop in print and digital ad revenue was smaller than declines earlier in 2013.
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Mark Thompson, now president and chief executive of The New York Times Company, testified that he had never “knowingly misled” Parliament over the project’s progress.
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The independent British report does not single out any executives. The BBC’s director general at the time was Mark Thompson, now chief executive of The Times.
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The newspaper said it would hire John L. Allen Jr. from The National Catholic Reporter and explore starting a publication aimed at Catholics.
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Mr. Cohen, who worked in the insurance industry, was on the board of The New York Times Company from 1960 into the early 1970s.
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Chen Guangbiao, who is known for public stunts, said he was leading a group of investors seeking to acquire a large or controlling stake in The New York Times Company.
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A report by an oversight committee of the British Parliament said that “cronyism” at a “dysfunctional” BBC led to executives getting larger payoffs than they deserved.
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Bloomberg faces newsroom layoffs, a shift in emphasis back to financial news and skepticism from the business side that investigative journalism might not be worth the potential problems it could create for terminal sales.
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The company said the results were positive because the company is now free to concentrate on its profitable core product, The New York Times and its affiliated publications.
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Once shunned for the fear of implying a casual relationship between journalists and their subjects, live media conferences have now been embraced.
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Many papers, large and small, are trying to shed their aging properties for spaces that are more efficient and high-tech.
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