Newspeak alert: NYTimes
War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.
Right?
Somehow newspeak in The New York Times reeks just a little bit more when it’s from The New York Times.
April 2008: Pulitzer prize winners Linda Greenhouse and David Cay Johnston, pioneering multimedia producer Naka Nathaniel, and many others, are among some 100 journalists trimmed from the staff of the New York Times through buyouts.
July 23, 2008:
…buyout costs increased in the quarter and totaled $27.6 million versus $5 million, a swing of $22.6 million or $0.09 per share. You will note in our guidance that we increased the amount that we expect to spend on buyout this year from a range of $30 to $35 million, to a range of $40 to $50 million. In the first half of this year, we spent the total of $38.8 million on buyouts. Compensation costs declined in the quarter due to lower incentive compensation and a reduced work force. – Jim Folio, CFO, New York Times Co., in New York Times Co. Q2 earnings conference call with investment analysts.
September 4, 2008:
We have not and will not pull back from our commitment to cover the news. It’s at the heart of our business and our institutional mission. On the contrary, we’re more prolific now than we’ve ever been in our history. Our content has expanded to include blogs, breaking news, video, interactive graphics, topic pages, slide shows and graphics. We’re even aggregating news reports from other news organizations that add value for our readers. Fortunately technology is helping us keep costs down and most of these features don’t require new bureaus.
– Vivian Schiller, GM, nytimes.com, in a Q&A with readers at … nytimes.com.
