A.G. Sulzberger Talks to David Remnick about the Future of The New York Times
The Political Scene | The New Yorker
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🗓️ 2 January 2018
⏱️ 16 minutes
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On January 1, thirty-seven-year-old Arthur Gregg Sulzberger will succeed his father, Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, Jr., as the publisher of the New York Times. His 2014 internal report to the Times’ leadership is credited with launching the paper’s transition into a digital-first news platform. David Remnick talks with Sulzberger about his apprenticeship at a small-town reporter, the “Trump bump,” and how long the print edition of the Times is expected to continue.
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| 1:22.4 | I should begin by congratulating you. Do you feel like you're, you should be congratulated or you feel like you |
| 1:28.4 | should be given a cool glass of water? Well, thank you. It's definitely in honor and a privilege and a |
| 1:37.3 | daunting one. Maybe the best note I got from a colleague was congratulations slash sorry, which I think is probably a statement of, |
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| 1:52.7 | And we'll get to all of that. I have to start by saying that I've had my whole career |
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