Case 1-2 New York Times
Since 1896, four generations of the Ochs-Sulzberger family have guided The New York Times through wars, recessions, strikes, and innumerable family crises. In 2003, though, Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Jr., the current proprietor, faced what seemed to be a publisher's ultimate test after a loosely supervised young reporter named Jayson Blair was found to have fabricated dozens of stories. The revelations sparked a newsroom rebellion that humiliated Sulzberger into firing Executive Editor Howell Raines. "My heart is breaking," Sulzberger admitted to his staff on the day he showed Raines the door.
It turns out, though, that fate was not finished with Arthur Sulzberger, who also is chairman of the newspaper's corporate
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"These are tough times, and they've been tough times for a while." But he and new CEO Janet L. Robinson (Lewis retired at the end of 2004) are sticking with the long-term plan set nearly a decade ago: enhancing the content of the Times and extending its reach into virgin territories west of the Hudson while also building its multimedia capacity. In 2002, NYT Co. added a global dimension to its growth strategy by acquiring full control of the International Herald Tribune, which is now being upgraded and expanded.
In essence, Sulzberger is doing what his forebears have always done: sink money into the Times in the belief that quality journalism pays in the long run. "The challenge is to remember that our history is to invest during tough times," he says. "And when those times turn -- and they do, inevitably -- we will be well-positioned for recovery."
Will it work this time? Will toughing it out Sulzberger-style revitalize the Times or consign it to creeping irrelevance? "Despite all that has happened, I still think that The New York Times has a stature and a position of journalistic authority that is greater than any news organization in the world. Could that be destroyed? I believe that it could be," says Alex S. Jones, a former Times media critic who is
As a member of management Clive Jenkins is responsible for boosting employee morale to ensure that company goals are met
William Randolph Hearst- built his media empire after inheriting the San Francisco Examiner from his father. He challenged New York World publisher Joseph Pulitzer by buying the rival New York Journal, earning attention for his “yellow journalism.”
The case New York Times Co. Vs United States in summary was a first amendment battle between the United States government and the prominent newspaper cooperation New York Times in 1971. The premises of this legal battle was based on the New York Times reporter Daniel Ellsberg publishing in excerpts illegally leaked, classified documents containing the United States involvement in the Vietnam War specifically on the anticipated death counts (Institution, 2015, p. n .p). However, The United States government finding out about leakage placed a prior restraint also known as “government action that prohibits speech or other expression before it can take place” on New York Times cooperation based on National Security grounds (Prior Restraint, 2015). The case, despite the over powering strength of the nation and the accusations against the New York Times Cooperation the case was ruled in favor of the New York Times by the Supreme Court (Curry, Riley, & Battistoni, 2015, p. 458).
The election of Donald Trump as the new President, and his animosity towards the journalists and Press in general, has challenged the news media with threats, describing news as fake and calling journalists’ liars and terrible people. The documentary shows how Trump’s strategy corresponds to that of Thiel’s supporting the Hogan case and also the purchase of Las Vegas Review-Journal by Sheldon Adelson, a powerful business magnate and investor. The documentary spends a significant extent of time showing interviews of reporters at the Las Vegas Review-Journal, who reported the story that their own publication had been purchased by Adelson. Through this, Knappenberger highlights an alarming issue that threatens freedom and future of the
Mr. Hugh Tudor (55 yrs) is a well-known person in Milville, where he has been living for 30 years. He is involved in lot of social activities and has a reasonable pension and savings. He is becoming restless in his retirement and shows interest in investing in The Leeds Livery, local British pub in Milville, which could provide him with more challenges. While discussing this matter with his friend, he found out that the pub has great potential to perform well as it once exceeded the profit percentage of the industry. Mr. Tudor is in the process of exploring this opportunity but still has several questions rising in his mind.
In addition, as Hearst had a great starting point in his career, he had got success in his newspaper career because he had enough money to spend in upgrading and to buy many newspaper companies. Leonard describes his success in the media world by hiring the best journalists and talented writers. So, he could make the Examiner to succeed by spending more money from his father’s mines. Addressing how much he spent for his work, the writer mentions “Hearst spent more than $8 million of family money in his first decade of newspaper work.” Moreover, he purchased another newspaper, the New York Journal, and he owned more than two dozen newspaper nationwide. According to his profile, the writer said “In fact, nearly one in four Americans got their news from a Hearst paper.” Therefore, the more he purchased the newspaper companies, the more he became influence in that area because more than half of the people in the United States read his newspaper in that period of time.
In my opinion the columnist did not behave ethically. If she signed a contract with a newspaper chain, then she can’t break that contract, even for more money. What does that say about her principals to the new company anyway. To incorporate the good vs. evil on this case is simple, because the good or what should be, is her staying with her current
Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) technology would be best reveal the location and extent of damage to Tim’s brain produced by his
Drake, P. (n.d.). What is free cash flow and how do I calculate it? Florida Atlantic University, pp. 1-6. Retrieved from: http://educ.jmu.edu/~drakepp/general/FCF.pdf [Accessed: 6 Aug 2013].
Joseph Pulitzer owned the Journal and William Randolph Hearst owned the World. One day, they were discussing means to make more money and increase profits. Ideas were thrown back and forth. Including laying people off, lowering wages, and even firing people whose jobs were not important. Until they came under the conclusion to increase the tax of a ¨newsie bundle,¨ or 100 papers, from 50¢ to 60¢. The newsies could hardly pay for the papers as is. They knew they had to do something about it, so that's when the newsies took matters into their own
Another lawsuit filed in 2009 against Arthur T. caused Rafaela Evans to switch her allegiance from Arthur T. to Arthur S after the lawsuit was settled in June 2013. The allegiance shift caused a personal rift between Evans and Arthur T. and Evan’s vote switched the balance between the two cousins. When the time came for the board of directors to elect executives in 2014, Arthur T. was voted out. Although Rafaela Evans did not have the power on her own to fire Arthur T., this example of interpersonal conflict exemplifies how relationships between individuals can affect the grand scheme of organizations.
The New York Times has a strong brand presence, name and equity in the United States. According to Michael Hirschorn, contributing editor at the Atlantic, “You really can trace almost any major story these days to something that originally appeared in The Times. The problem is that once it reaches the public, they may not even know it came from The Times.” Readers of The New York Times are extremely loyal as well. A daily issue is priced at $2.50 compared to $2.00 for the Wall Street Journal and $1.00 for USA Today. In addition, within nine months, 390,000 consumers have subscribed to www.nytimes.com for a premium price of approximately $4.00 a week [Table B] and 70% of print subscribers have taken
1.What do McRae and Costa mean by introversion and extraversion? Is Subira introverted or extraverted? Find examples in the case to support your answer.
In a publication Objectivity & Balance: Today’s Best Practices in American Journalism by Joel Kaplan, the associate Dean for
To wholly have a grasp on how this new founded approach to journalism has changed alongside technology—as well as understanding the dangers such openness brings forth—one has to understand what exactly those changes are. Primarily, those that are writing for the sake of offering information have, whether willingly or not, fed into the usage of social media as it has become a centralized method of distribution that is relatively inescapable with the current times. As such those framing the news for the masses find an authentic avenue to stay in contact via social media that has benefits ranging from, “its extraordinary newsgathering potential; its potential as a new tool to engage the audience; and as a way of distributing our news” (Eltringham, 2012), all of which are deeply different from the presentation of reporting that occurred during earlier eras. Days of strongly structured instances of journalism that could not travel with such speed have been replaced as, “social media has trashed many of the foundations on