COMPANY

Founded 1851 as Raymond, Jones & Company by Henry J. Raymond and George Jones, to publish The New York Times. 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
Henry J. Raymond	Journalist	24-Jan-1820	19-Jun-1869	Co-Founder of The New York Times
Janet L. Robinson	Business	c. 1950		CEO of New York Times Company, 2005-11
Vivian Schiller	Business	13-Sep-1961		CEO of NPR, 2009-11
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
Raul E. Cesan	Business	c. 1948		President of Schering-Plough, 1998-2001
Daniel H. Cohen	Business	c. 1952		NYT VP Advertising, 1995-99
Robert E. Denham	Attorney	27-Aug-1945		Partner, Munger, Tolles & Olson
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 A. Kohlberg	Business	c. 1959		Kohlberg & Co.
Dawn G. Lepore	Business	c. 1955		CEO of Drugstore.com
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, 2005-11
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
Brenda C. Barnes	Business	c. 1953		CEO of Sara Lee, 2005-10
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
James M. Kilts	Business	10-Feb-1948		CEO of Gillette, 2001-05
George B. Munroe	Business	5-Jan-1922		CEO of Phelps Dodge, 1969-87
Charles H. Price II	Diplomat	1-Apr-1931	12-Jan-2012	US Ambassador to the UK, 1983-89
Henry B. Schacht	Business	16-Oct-1934		Former CEO of Cummins, Lucent
William W. Scranton	Politician	19-Jul-1917		Governor of Pennsylvania, 1963-67
George L. Shinn	Business	12-Mar-1923		CEO of First Boston, 1975-83
Donald M. Stewart	Educator	1938		President of College Board, 1987-99
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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