Thursday - June 25, 2009

Arthur Sulzberger Goes Faux-Transparent  @8:10 AM

The publisher and CEO of the New York Times have followed in the path of the rest of the TMZ-laden world and taken it upon themselves to Set The Record Straight about things at their company in a company-wide email. Or, you know, one could say: the top honchos at the New York Times issued a company-wide press release this morning! It begins: "The month of May came and went and, contrary to the prediction of one writer, we did not stop printing The New York Times." Ha, they mean Michael Hirschorn's silly/not silly piece, and now his head is going to be swollen. Also? They are all LA LA LA "DIFFICULT TIMES" LA LA. So that means they do not get it. Oh and this memo is basically all about how they screwed their staff and the unions and fired people oops, sorry everyone! READ MORE 7