The Axe Is Swinging At The Times
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Here’s a partial list of who’s been cut this week by The New York Times, so far.
I’m surprised by a few of them, less so by others. None of which is a comment on their talent or work, but on the way in which the axe gets swung. It’s been reported before that the Times will protect, and is doing so, its key franchises: business, national and international news and culture, what are seen as its “core businesses”, even within the larger company. While the paper, to anyone outside the building, looks like a monolithic organization, like many others it has its fiefdoms and potentates, allies and enemies. And each section has multiple layers of editors and writers, some of them clearly more vulnerable than others.
The key, as the link above makes clear — is having a powerful rabbi, and one who doesn’t duck from view when you most need them. Even finding a rabbi inside the Times is tough enough in the first place.
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I hear that this Copenhagen conference is also the last assignment for Andrew Revkin, their leading environmental journalist. I don’t know if he’s taking the buyout, but he’s apparently moving to academia, will keep blogging.
Sorry to hear that. I’ve enjoyed his work over the years. The paper is losing some veterans who’ve done a lot of good work.