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New York Times Shake-Up: Sam Sifton Out As National Editor

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By The Huffington Post News Editors

Sam Sifton will leave his job as the national editor of the New York Times, Jill Abramson said on Friday.

She announced this change, along with a string of others, in a memo to staff. Sifton will leave his post to “create an immersive digital magazine experience,” and Alison Mitchell will ascend to the post. “National Editor is the job she was born to do,” Abramson wrote.

She described what Sifton has been tasked with lea as “a lean back read that will include new, multimedia narratives in the tradition of Snow Fall… as well as some of the best reads published during the previous week.” Snow Fall, an interactive package, garnered praise for the newspaper last year.

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The New York Times Announces New Berlin Bureau Chief and Europe Editor

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By Business Wirevia The Motley Fool

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The New York Times Announces New Berlin Bureau Chief and Europe Editor

NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)– The New York Times today announced that Alison Smale will become Berlin Bureau Chief and Dick Stevenson will become Europe Editor, based in Paris. Both will take up their positions later in the year.

Mr. Stevenson will be responsible for directing coverage of European news for all editions of The New York Times on all platforms, including the International New York Times, which the rebranded International Herald Tribune (IHT) will be called when it debuts later this year. He will report to foreign editor Joe Kahn as well as to assistant managing editor Larry Ingrassia.

Most recently Chief Washington Correspondent, Mr. Stevenson has been politics editor, Washington, DC deputy bureau chief, economics correspondent and a correspondent in Los Angeles and London. A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and the London School of Economics, Stevenson joined The Times in 1985.

Ms. Smale became executive editor of the IHT in 2009. She joined The Times in July 1998 as weekend foreign editor and served as deputy foreign editor before becoming managing editor of the IHT. She was previously the AP’s Vienna bureau chief for Eastern Europe and a correspondent in Moscow.

In making the announcement, Jill Abramson, executive editor of The New York Times, said, “As we build one news gathering operation that will combine our journalistic strengths and help us to expand our global readership, we are lucky to have such a talented editor and manager direct our European news coverage. Dick’s deep understanding of politics and economics, and his embrace of digital journalism make him especially well-suited to the role.”

Jill Abramson continued, “For the past decade, Alison Smale has been the heart and soul of the IHT, a consummate journalist and passionate leader as executive editor for more than four years. Her deep knowledge of Germany will enable The Times, both the domestic edition and the International New York Times, to cover Germany and Europe‘s place in the world – one of the most important stories anywhere – with the unparalleled sophistication and insight that The Times and IHT have long provided to readers.”

The New York Times Company (NYS: NYT) , a leading global, multimedia news and information company with 2012 revenues of $2.0 billion, includes The New York Times, the International Herald Tribune, The Boston Globe, NYTimes.com, BostonGlobe.com, Boston.com and related properties. The Company’s core purpose is to enhance …read more
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Marissa Mayer, Evan Williams among the Big Thinkers Taking the Stage at the 2013 WIRED Business Conf

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By Business Wirevia The Motley Fool

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Marissa Mayer, Evan Williams among the Big Thinkers Taking the Stage at the 2013 WIRED Business Conference


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NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)– This year’s WIRED Business Conference, in partnership with MDC Partners, is thinking bigger. The full-day symposium returns to New York City on May 7, 2013, at the Museum of Jewish Heritage with new faces, fresh takes, and big, big ideas. Registration is limited for the exclusive one-day executive event and is now open at www.wiredbusinessconference.com.

“Breakthroughs and big ideas rarely happen incrementally,” says WIRED Editor in Chief Scott Dadich. “If you want to succeed in this time of constant change, you need to be continually rethinking and reinventing your business, not just improving by 5 or 10 percent. This year’s speaker lineup underscores that theme of ‘think bigger’ by celebrating leaders with the vision and courage to deliver the products, innovations, and ideas that inspire the rest of us and move us forward.”

This year’s event will feature Yahoo’s new CEO, Marissa Mayer, and Twitter cofounder Evan Williams, as well asintrepid upstarts like Warby Parker’s Neil Blumenthal and Buzzfeed’s Jonah Peretti. TheNew York Times‘ Jill Abramson, Microsoft Windows VP Julie Larson-Green, and Qualcomm CEO Paul Jacobs are also among this year’s main stage speakers. Additional speakers will be added to the fifth-annual event, which engages today’s thought leaders in unscripted conversations with WIRED editors.

“The WIRED Business Conference provides extraordinary access to what motivates today’s leaders in a way that only WIRED could,” says WIRED VP and publisher Howard Mittman. “Our unique perspective on where the future of business is heading and the leaders charting its path is reflected in the amazing line up of speakers as well as our partners, who appreciate the need to think bigger.”

“Truly disruptive business transformation simply can’t occur without leaders who are driven to think big and make a cultural and structural investment in innovation,” says Miles Nadal, founder and CEO of MDC Partners. “As an organization that fuels the ambitions of today’s most talented entrepreneurs in order to create that successful transformation on behalf of marketers, MDC Partners is thrilled to partner with WIRED for the fourth consecutive year to provide access to these game changers. It is these discussions, at the …read more
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The New York Times Announces Plans to Introduce a Prototype Version of NYTimes.com in Advance of a M

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The New York Times Announces Plans to Introduce a Prototype Version of NYTimes.com in Advance of a Major Site Redesign

Article Pages the First to Undergo Changes; Selected Users Encouraged to Provide Feedback

NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)– The New York Times today announced plans to introduce a prototype version of NYTimes.com in advance of a series of major site enhancements that will begin later this year.

The purpose of the prototype experiment is to gain feedback from NYTimes.com users about the functionality, design, navigation and overall experience of the planned redesign.

Starting today, Times employees who access NYTimes.com from inside the Company firewall will be able to experiment with the new article pages, which are the first to undergo changes, and provide feedback on their experience. The public may access a preview of a sample of the redesigned article pages via this animated guided tour.

In the coming weeks, the prototype will become available to a randomly selected group of users outside the Company, who will have the option to utilize it and provide feedback, or opt out if they choose. Users who are not selected may request an invitation to test the prototype on NYTimes.com, though audience size is limited.

The Times will use the feedback as it continues the process of developing a richer digital platform to best showcase its award-winning journalism and premium advertising.

Users who participate in the beta experiment will discover changes to article pages that include:

  • A cleaner, more engaging design
  • Richer integration of photography, video and interactive story elements
  • More efficient customized navigation for registered users
  • Responsive designs optimized for desktops and tablets
  • Higher-impact presentation of advertising
  • Improved ability to scan and discover content
  • Better-integrated user-comments and share tools

Jill Abramson, executive editor of The New York Times, said, “As we continue to develop our rich content offerings across video, slideshows, data visualization and interactive graphics, these adjustments to NYTimes.com provide the structure our newsroom needs to deliver a best-in-class …read more
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New York Times say its computer networks were repeatedly hacked by Chinese

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Chinese hackers repeatedly penetrated the computer networks of the New York Times for four months, apparently in an attempt to find and download files regarding the paper’s investigation into the wealth amassed by the family of one of China‘s leaders.

In a report released late Wednesday, the Times says the hackers stole passwords for reporters and other employees and infiltrated the computer system.

The Times said security experts hired to plug the breach tracked the attacks to China, and in some cases computers identified with the Chinese military.

The attacks coincided with a Times’ investigation into how the family and relatives of Premier Wen Jiabao built a fortune worth more than $2 billion. The report says no Times’ customer data was compromised but that the passwords for all employees were stolen.

“Computer security experts found no evidence that sensitive e-mails or files from the reporting of our articles about the Wen family were accessed, downloaded or copied,” Jill Abramson, executive editor of The Times said.

Experts found that the hackers used malware , or malicious software, to gain entry to any computer on The Times’s network. They found that the malware used in the attack is a specific strain linked to computer attacks based in China.

Experts also said it appears the hackers used the same university computers that have been used in the past by the Chinese military to attack U.S. military contractors.

Security experts say China carries out a widespread cyber-spying operation to steal secrets and intimidate critics.

The Times says there appears to be a larger hacker network based in China that is intent on attacking U.S. media companies who report on Chinese leaders and corporations.

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The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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