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‘Hi, Mark!’

The Newspaper Guild welcomes The New York Times’s new CEO

Mark Thompson began work today as the new CEO of The New York Times, and the Newspaper Guild was there... More

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In NYT’s search for transformation, Thompson a surprising choice

“If Thompson manages more than failure, it will, in some ways, be an astonishing achievement”

Is Mark Thompson the right person to be chief executive of The New York Times? The cynical might note that,... More

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Letter from a Londoner

The BBC is in crisis. Should you care?

This week, the BBC celebrates its 90th birthday. As birthdays go, it’s a rather unhappy one. In the last month,... More

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Thompson has digital cred but faces challenges at NYT

The former BBC director general was hired to guide the Times to a cross-platform future

On Tuesday, The New York Times named Mark Thompson, the outgoing director general of the BBC, as its new chief... More

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What’s happening at the BBC

The Corporation is facing a serious challenge to its future and to its independence

“To lose one parent, Mr Worthing, may be regarded as misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness.” —Oscar Wilde, The... More

The completist guide to Star Trek

Matt Yglesias watched every Star Trek movie and every episode of every TV show in the franchise

The uncomfortable questions not raised by Benghazi

The press and Congress are asking the wrong questions

Rob Ford in ‘crack cocaine’ video scandal

A video that appears to show Toronto’s mayor smoking crack is being shopped around by a group of Somali men involved in the drug trade

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