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Search - Endtimes?: Crises and Turmoil at the New York Times

Endtimes Crises and Turmoil at the New York Times
Author: Daniel R. Schwarz

A groundbreaking study of ten difficult years in the life of America?s most important newspaper. — From false stories about weapons of mass destruction in Iraq to growing competition from online and twenty-four-hour cable news, the first decade of the twenty-first century was not particularly kind to the New York Times. In this groundbreakin... more »g study of the recent life and times of America?s most important newspaper, Daniel R. Schwarz describes the transformation of the Times as it has confronted not only its various scandals and embarrassments but also the rapid rise of the Internet and blogosphere, the ensuing decline in circulation and print advertising, and the change in what readers want and how they want to get it.

Drawing on more than forty one-on-one interviews with past and present editors (including every living executive editor), senior figures on the business and financial side, and publisher Arthur Sulzberger Jr., Schwarz discusses virtually every aspect of the contemporary Times, from columnists to cultural coverage. He explains how, in response to continuous online updating and twenty-four-hour all-news radio and television, the Times has become much more like a daily magazine than a traditional newspaper, with increased analysis (as opposed to reporting) of the news as well as value-added features on health, travel, investing, and food.

After carefully tracing the rise of the Times?s website, Schwarz asks whether the Times can survive as a print newspaper, whether it can find a business model to support its vast print and online newsgathering operation, and whether the Sulzberger family can survive as controlling owners. He also asks whether the Times, in its desperate effort to survive, has abandoned its quality standards by publishing what he calls ?Timeslite? and ?Timestrash.?

Writing as a skeptical outsider and devoted lifelong reader, Schwarz concludes that the Times is the worst newspaper in the world?except for all the others. Endtimes? is a must read for Times readers as well as anyone interested in the radical change in print and broadcast media in the rapidly evolving Internet Age.

?Schwarz has been diligent in his groundwork, interviewing every living executive editor of the newspaper along with a good number of section editors and senior staff writers.? ? Times Literary Supplement

?[A] balanced grappling with big issues and tumultuous changes in journalism and at The Times between 1999 and 2009.? ? CHOICE

?Fascinating ? Schwarz raises many questions about the future of printed newspapers and about how Americans will stay informed about news.? ? Charleston Gazette-Mail

?Endtimes? is a product of brain and heart?passion for its subject, yes, but also clear-eyed critique of that subject?s strengths and weaknesses.? ? Huntsville Times

?Schwarz ? is diligent in his research and his interviews ? He puts the Times on the couch and gives us a very thorough psychoanalysis.? ? Washington Independent Review of Books

ISBN-13: 9781438438962
ISBN-10: 1438438966
Publication Date: 1/2/2014
Pages: 500
Edition: Reprint
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Publisher: Excelsior Editions
Book Type: Paperback
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