Janet Robinson

New York Times Starting CEO Search Without a Search Firm

Peter Kafka in Media on December 15, 2011 at 6:17 pm PT

But they are using one to fill a board seat vacated in June. Draw your own conclusions.

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New York Times CEO Janet Robinson Steps Down; No Replacement Named

Peter Kafka in News on December 15, 2011 at 2:15 pm PT

New York Times CEO Janet Robinson is stepping down after a seven-year run. The company says it will conduct a job search for her replacement and that, in the interim, publisher Arthur Sulzberger Jr. will handle her duties as well as his own. The Times will pay Robinson $4.5 million over the next year for “consulting services,” the company disclosed in an SEC filing.

A Newspaper Pay Wall Goes Up–And So Do Visitor Numbers

Peter Kafka in Media on October 19, 2010 at 10:40 am PT

The New York Times is getting ready to roll out a pay wall in January, and plenty of people fret that the paper will see its audience disappear when the gates go up. Here’s a counterargument: The Telegram & Gazette, which happens to be owned by the Times, and which has seen its traffic rise after its wall went up.

Ad Dollars Shrink at the New York Times, Again

Peter Kafka in Media on October 19, 2010 at 5:48 am PT

Three months ago, the New York Times seemed to have halted its advertising skid after a very long slide. Perhaps it has started up again. Ad revenue dropped one percent during Q3: Digital revenue jumped 14.6 percent, but that wasn’t enough to counter a 5.8 percent drop in print ads. Things don’t look great for Q4, either. Cue the Paywall!

New York Times: We're Not a Newspaper Company. Except That We Are Totally a Newspaper Company.

Peter Kafka in Media on September 22, 2010 at 6:23 am PT

New York Times CEO Janet Robinson wants investors to know that her company is not all about newsprint. “I wouldn’t define us as a newspaper company,” she says. Except they’ll still be very much about newsprint for “many many years.”

At Last: The New York Times Halts Its Advertising Skid

Peter Kafka in Media on July 22, 2010 at 5:38 am PT

It’s not a world-beating quarter, but the New York Times will take it: Advertising revenue for the second quarter was…flat. That hasn’t happened for a long time, and it helped the publisher push overall revenue up a modest 1.2 percent.

AT&T Breach Exposes iPad Owners’ Email Addresses

John Paczkowski in News on June 9, 2010 at 3:05 pm PT

Well, this doesn’t bode well for Apple-AT&T relations. A security breach at AT&T has exposed the email addresses of more than 100,000 iPad owners–among them a who’s-who of the media and political elite.

Ad Sales, Pay Walls, and Absolutely Nothing About iPads at the New York Times Earnings Call

Peter Kafka in Media on February 10, 2010 at 8:01 am PT

The New York Times said things got better–or, if you like, no worse–during the last quarter of 2009. But investors are disappointed that the publisher isn’t more optimistic about 2010, and they’re pushing shares down this morning. Let’s see if the paper’s executives can turn that around during their earnings call.

Does It Really Take a Year to Build a Pay Wall?

Peter Kafka in Media on January 20, 2010 at 2:32 pm PT

The paper of record has problems, but it still has plenty of resources. Does the New York Times really need 12 months to figure out an online billing system?

New York Times Says Print Ads Getting Less Bad, Web Ads Bouncing Back

Peter Kafka in Media on December 8, 2009 at 7:04 am PT

A little holiday cheer from the New York Times, which says things are getting less miserable than they have been for the publisher. Print ads are still way down, but not as low as they have been. And digital revenue is actually up.

The New York Times Explains the Ad Market: Banks Bail, and So Does Hollywood. But Big Pharma Steps Up, and “Modest” Improvement Coming

Peter Kafka in Media, October 23, 2009 at 6:59 am PT

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