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jjmoney62	Post subject: Let us pause Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2003 7:19 am
Joined: Mon Apr 08, 2002 12:01 am Posts: 3135 Location: Albuquerque, N.M. USA	This lengthy New York Observer interview with the NY Times publisher is notable for:<p>** Its curious shortage of commas.<p>** Information that repeats.<p>** Mind-numbingly boring quotes, from beginning to end.<p>Are publications rushing copy onto the Web, denying them the scrutiny reserved for the final print publication and allowing them unlimited space? Or is this just the Observer being the Observer?
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Phillip Blanchard	Post subject: Re: Let us pause Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2003 7:41 am
Joined: Sun Apr 07, 2002 1:01 am Posts: 8342 Location: Bethesda, Md.	"Sigh." Now we'll have to read it.
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tommangan	Post subject: Re: Let us pause Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2003 9:30 am
Joined: Mon Apr 08, 2002 12:01 am Posts: 485 Location: San Jose, CA	<blockquote><font size="1" face="TImes, TimesNR, serif">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by jjmoney62: Are publications rushing copy onto the Web, denying them the scrutiny reserved for the final print publication and allowing them unlimited space? Or is this just the Observer being the Observer?<hr></blockquote><p> yes
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SusanV	Post subject: Re: Let us pause Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2003 10:34 am
Joined: Thu Apr 18, 2002 12:01 am Posts: 1399 Location: In the newsroom	<blockquote><font size="1" face="TImes, TimesNR, serif">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by tom mangan: <p> yes<hr></blockquote> Yes on both, I suspect.<p>There was an attempt to allow that here for war reporting, but I am proud to say that I was able to prevent it from happening. It meant I did a lot of work from home (by email) on my days off and on my own time, but it was well worth it.
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Phillip Blanchard	Post subject: Re: Let us pause Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2003 1:30 am
Joined: Sun Apr 07, 2002 1:01 am Posts: 8342 Location: Bethesda, Md.	"Leadership is what I’m looking for," Mr. Sulzberger said. "Leadership means not just telling people what to do, but empowering people to tell you what they need. The best leaders are the ones who know how to listen and then provide those tools. It’s leadership."<p>***Am I dreaming or is there a hint of Mayor Daley in there somewhere?***
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pampellfw	Post subject: Re: Let us pause Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2003 1:38 pm
Joined: Thu Apr 25, 2002 12:01 am Posts: 38	Richard J. or Richie? Daley, that is.
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Powderhorn	Post subject: Re: Let us pause Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2003 12:36 am
Joined: Fri Jun 07, 2002 12:01 am Posts: 840 Location: Ashland, Ore.	Mr. Sulzberger, for his part, said he’d pick someone who was, first, "a great journalist;" and second, "someone who can manage a complex newsroom," now providing content for the local and national editions of The Times, a Web site, a cable television channel and The International Herald Tribune.<p>***As if the IHT will be named such by the time any new editor is hired.
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