The New York Times Company

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The New York Times Company

COMPANY

Controlled by the Sulzberger-Ochs Family since 1896. Parent company for several newspapers:

The New York Times
The International Herald Tribune (jointly with The Washington Post Co. 1966-2003, sole owner 2003-)
The Boston Globe (acquired 1993 for $1.1B)
Wilmington Star-News
15 local US newspapers
35 websites, including About.com (purchased 2005 for $410M from PRIMEDIA)
9 local television stations (collected since 1971, all sold to Oak Hill Capital Partners in 2007 for $575M)
1 New York City radio station (sold a second to ABC in 2007)

Official Website:
http://www.nytco.com/

Industry:
Media

Ticker:
NYSE:NYT

Corporate headquarters:
New York City

Sales:
$3.2B (2007)

Employees:
10000 (2007)

EXECUTIVES

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Orvil Dryfoos Publisher 8-Nov-1912 26-May-1963 New York Times Publisher, 1961-63

Denise K. Fletcher Business c. 1949 EVP Finance at Vulcan Energy

James M. Follo Business c. 1959 CFO of New York Times Company

Michael Golden Publisher c. 1950 Publisher, The International Herald Tribune

William T. Kerr Business 17-Apr-1941 CEO of Meredith Corporation, 1997-2006

Martin A. Nisenholtz Business c. 1955 VP Digital Operations, New York Times Co.

John M. O'Brien Business c. 1943 CFO, New York Times Co., 1998-2001

Janet L. Robinson Business c. 1950 CEO of New York Times Company

Arthur Hays Sulzberger Publisher 12-Sep-1891 11-Dec-1968 New York Times Publisher, 1935-61

Charles H. Townsend Business c. 1945 CEO of Condé Nast

CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Brenda C. Barnes Business c. 1953 CEO of Sara Lee

Raul E. Cesan Business c. 1948 President of Schering-Plough, 1998-2001

Daniel H. Cohen Business c. 1952 NYT VP Advertising, 1995-99

Lynn G. Dolnick Naturalist c. 1951 National Zoological Park

Scott Galloway Business c. 1965 Firebrand Partners LLC

Michael Golden Publisher c. 1950 Publisher, The International Herald Tribune

William E. Kennard Government 19-Jan-1957 FCC Chairman, 1997-2001

James M. Kilts Business 10-Feb-1948 CEO of Gillette, 2001-05

James A. Kohlberg Business c. 1959 Kohlberg & Co.

David E. Liddle Business c. 1947 Metaphor Computer Systems

Ellen R. Marram Business 1947 CEO of Tropicana, 1997-98

Thomas Middelhoff Business 11-May-1953 CEO of Bertelsmann, 1997-2002

Janet L. Robinson Business c. 1950 CEO of New York Times Company

Arthur Sulzberger, Jr. Publisher 22-Sep-1951 New York Times Publisher

Doreen A. Toben Business 1949 CFO of Verizon

PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

John F. Akers Business 28-Dec-1934 CEO of IBM, 1986-93

Orvil Dryfoos Publisher 8-Nov-1912 26-May-1963 New York Times Publisher, 1961-63

Richard Gelb Business 1924 4-Apr-2004 CEO of Bristol-Myers Squibb, 1972-93

Charles H. Price II Diplomat 1-Apr-1931 US Ambassador to the UK, 1983-89

Henry B. Schacht Business 1934 Former CEO of Cummins, Lucent

William W. Scranton Politician 19-Jul-1917 Governor of Pennsylvania, 1963-67

Donald M. Stewart Administrator 1938 President of Spelman College, 1976-87

Arthur Hays Sulzberger Publisher 12-Sep-1891 11-Dec-1968 New York Times Publisher, 1935-61

Cathy J. Sulzberger Business 1949 LHIW Real Estate

Punch Sulzberger Publisher 5-Feb-1926 New York Times Publisher, 1963-91

EXTRANEOUS

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Jeff Jarvis Blogger 12-Sep-1954 Founder of Entertainment Weekly

Martin Lipton Attorney 22-Jun-1931 Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz

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