Entries tagged "New York Times Co."

NY Times' auction still in limbo

The New York Times still has hopes for selling The Boston Globe and the Worcester Telegram & Gazette but is keeping the door open for holding on to those two assets.

Suicide squeeze at the Times?

Did The New York Times scoop about Red Sox slugger David Ortiz hurt the media company's efforts to sell the team and stave off bankruptcy of the newspaper chain?

Globe bidders interested in Red Sox too?

Boston Globe bidders Jack Connors and Bain Capital dealmaker Steve Pagliuca may join forces, leading to speculation of a joint bid for the Times Co.'s Red Sox stake.

Media industry feels pain of GM bankruptcy

GM's bankruptcy filing may leave a hole in the bottom lines of media companies.

Nielsen: No correlation between visitors, profits

Nielsen Online's top 10 list of unique visitors for daily newspapers in the U.S. shows there may be no correlation between unique traffic and profitability.

Geffen sees New York Times as nonprofit

David Geffen's true intention of his recent overtures for a large stake in NY Times Co. is to convert it into a nonprofit, according to Newsweek.

No papering over troubles at publishers

With six newspaper publishers already in bankruptcy this year, earnings reports from E.W. Scripps and A.H. Belo indicate that at least two more could join them.

Gannett, Hearst, etc. digital investments

Pandora, Autotrader.com and Careerbuilder are just some of the digital startups that struggling newspaper/media companies have in their fold.

Will Times Co. shut the Globe?

The Boston Globe management and its unions have reached a tentative agreement, but a major sticking point is lifetime job guarantees.

Kennedy, Kerry appeal to Sulzberger over Globe

The two senators from Massachusetts sent New York Times chairman Arthur Sulzberger Jr. a letter pleading with him to keep The Boston Globe alive.

New York Times passed on Amazon, Google, Yahoo!

Hindsight is 20/20, but the Times passed up some M&A opportunities and strategies that likely would have prevented its current financial problems.

President's words not enough to thwart global market downturn

President Barack Obama's inauguration speech opened with a grim reminder of the "clouds and raging storms" the economy is mired in, but ended on a hopeful, yet realistic note in discussing plans to get the economy back on track. ...

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