This is one hour, 25 minutes. A good evening. I have the great privilege of being the president of this extraordinary institution hunter college. A great pleasure to welcome you to the future of the New York Times. This event is hosted by i were roosevelt house Public Policy institute. Thanks to the Arthur Sulzberger jr. And dean baquet and Jack Rosenthal more people rsvpd then roosevelt house Public Policy institute could handle. The roosevelt longer complex relationship with the New York Times. When he was in the white house Franklin Roosevelt begin each day by reading five newspapers and the first one is usually picked out was the New York Times. The times islam some supportive of his programs especially in the early years and endorsed him in 1932 1936. The times consider probusiness policies. The less issue irritated fdr since the times financial pages were showing strong economic growth. That prompted him his only public criticism of the paper. He said what it be nice if the edito
Bulletproof glass. The more the members talked about that, they said that is a bad idea. This is the peoples house. The people cannot be walled off from the floor. The Capitol Building is a symbol, and that makes it a target. The british burned the building in 1814. There was a bombing in world war i. There was the shooting in 1954. What happened in 1971 with the bomb set up from the Weather Underground opposed to the vietnam war. There was another bomb from people opposed to reagans foreign policy. In 1980 eight, to es were shot and killed. There have been those instances over time. Yet, the capital has remained remarkably open building. The history of the house and senate. Its leaders, characters, and prominent events. Tonight at 8 00 eastern and pacific on cspans q a. Now, New York Times chairman Arthur Sulzberger junior and dean baquet discuss the future of the New York Times. This is one hour and 25 minutes. Good evening. I am jennifer raab, and i have the great privilege of being
For decades, the times has worked provides a highest quality coverage. But that is no longer good enough in the internet era. The innovations report encourage what he called Audience Development. Find a variety of ways to reaching out to potential readers. How have you responded . Arthur a great question. In the business and newsroom. I want to go back to the earlier. When i gave the 800,000, i forgot, i can clear it up. It is 1. 1 million print subscribers when you included the weekend. I want to get the number of back to where it belongs on the weekend, sunday paper. The innovation report was a wonderful wakeup call. As you might recall, it was written on behest of dean and jill abramson, then the executive editor and empower 18 of some of our best journalists to look deep it ourselves. And then it was leaked. It was never written to be linked. At first, without it was awful. Only a few days later that we realize the power of what had happened. People around the world embraced the fa
I think the number they were talking about was 41. They just need a couple more. Our Democratic Leaders in the senate indicating that they will be able to stop that from coming to a final vote. Guest because they are so close to the 41 number, which, as you said, it will be interesting to see if they decide to do that. People in senator durbins have notid that they. Ecided if they will filibuster undecided, and they may not end up getting the vote. Att read more huffingtonpost. Com. Thanks for the update. Now, remarks from the chair and publisher of the New York Times on the future of the papers future in the digital age. About half of the subscriptions are for Digital Content only, a shift for the organization. He is joined by the executive editor at this event held in new york. It is one hour and a half. Good evening. I have the great privilege of being the president of this extraordinary institution. It is a great pleasure to welcome you to this discussion on the future of the New Y
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