Good article. This idiocy became apparent to me a few years ago when I was engaged in a boycott of all CBS-owned radio stations over the Don Imus incident. It turns out half the stations on the AM dial in my media market — including both of the major AM “all news” stations — are owned by CBS.
The New York Times Company profile and media properties -
Janet L. Robinson is the CEO of The New York Times Company. The New York Times Company (NYSE: NYT) is an American media company which publishes major newspapers including The New York Times, The Boston Globe and the International Herald Tribune, along with about 20 other regional newspapers in the United States.
Originally called the New York Daily Times, the New York Times was first published on September 18, 1851. The newspaper was founded by Henry Jarvis Raymond and George Jones. A few years later, in 1856, Raymond was also one of the founders of The Associated Press.
Adolph S. Ochs acquired the New York Times in 1896, and he led the newspaper to achieve the international prominence it holds today. Ochs coined the newspaper’s slogan “All The News That’s Fit To Print.” The Times moved into a new office building at the beginning of the 20th century, and the area was named Times Square in 1904. Nine years later, the Times opened an annex at 229 43rd Street, which is the current company headquarters.
The New York Times nickname, “the gray lady,” is thought to have been coined around 1950 and to be taken from the phrase “the Old Lady of Threadneedle Street,” long used to describe the Bank of England.
Until 2007, The New York Times Company owned nine local television stations which operated as a unit called the Broadcast Media Group. On May 7, 2007, the TV stations were sold to Oak Hill Capital Partners, a private equity firm, for $575 million.
In 2009, the company sold its classical music radio station WQXR, which it had owned for 65 years, to WNYC for $45 million.
The New York Times Company holds a stake in the Boston Red Sox and two paper mills in the US and Canada. It operates web sites through New York Times Digital and About.com, acquired in March 2005 from Primedia for $410 million.
The descendants of Adolph Ochs, principally the Sulzberger family, control the New York Times Company through the Ochs-Sulzberger family trust. The trust owns a majority of the Class B shares and elects nine of 13 directors to the New York Times board. The family also owns about 19 percent of the Class A shares. Effectively, other owns of the Class A shares have no say in the management of the company.
In 2009, The New York Times Company had revenues of $2.4 billion, down sharply from $3.4 billion in 2005.
(note – Michael Golden AP is a cousin of Sulzberger)
In Alabama:
Florence Times Daily
Gadsden Times
Tuscaloosa News
In California:
North Bay Business Journal
Petaluma Argus-Courier
Santa Rosa Press Democrat
In Florida:
Gainesville Sun
Lakeland Ledger
Ocala Star Banner
Sarasota Herald-Tribune
Winter Haven News Chief
In Louisiana:
Houma Courier
Thibodaux Daily Comet
In Massachusetts:
Boston Globe
Clinton Item
West Boylston Banner
Worcester Telegram & Gazette
In New York:
New York Times
In North Carolina:
Hendersonville Times News
Lexington Dispatch
Wilmington Star News
In South Carolina:
Spartanburg Herald-Journal
In France:
International Herald Tribune
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