Comments on: The Continued Decline & Fall of the International Herald Tribune http://www.andrewcusack.com/2009/04/08/iht-changes/ Wed, 17 Mar 2010 06:03:39 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: M. Smith http://www.andrewcusack.com/2009/04/08/iht-changes/comment-page-1/#comment-22868 M. Smith Mon, 14 Sep 2009 10:58:18 +0000 http://www.andrewcusack.com/?p=2842#comment-22868 I agree with the comments made by Mr. Harrington in that The Times is no longer the paper it used to be. I try to get the IHT when I can (living in the Scottish Highlands making it very hard). The way Murdoch has tried to rebrand The Times to target a wider group has led to it being a paper that has moved from serious reporting to more tabloid style articles. My father has read The Times for years and I used to, seeing the difference over the years as Murdoch changed it from being a broadsheet to tabloid through transitional steps I can see happening to the IHT by getting folded into the NYT. I agree with the comments made by Mr. Harrington in that The Times is no longer the paper it used to be. I try to get the IHT when I can (living in the Scottish Highlands making it very hard). The way Murdoch has tried to rebrand The Times to target a wider group has led to it being a paper that has moved from serious reporting to more tabloid style articles. My father has read The Times for years and I used to, seeing the difference over the years as Murdoch changed it from being a broadsheet to tabloid through transitional steps I can see happening to the IHT by getting folded into the NYT.

]]> By: Erik Zenhausern http://www.andrewcusack.com/2009/04/08/iht-changes/comment-page-1/#comment-18625 Erik Zenhausern Fri, 24 Apr 2009 03:15:50 +0000 http://www.andrewcusack.com/?p=2842#comment-18625 I don't argue with much of what's said in this article. Certainly, The New York Times wants to have a global edition and the IHT is baiscally just the delivery mechanism. Some things in the article may not be 100% accurate. The dingbat, along with the whole paper (it does mention the switch to Poynter type)was redesigned in 2002-2003. Also, the New York Times does not own the print sites around the world where the IHT is printed. These are contract printers. Of course the entire supply chain is already set up so it will be easy to pump NYT lite throughout Europe and Asia and NYT doesn't have the cost of maintaining these facilities. I sat in on early strategy meetings when the NYT forced out the WP. Even in the first few months of owning the newspaper, many people at the NYT were ready to call the newspaper New York Times International. If it wasn't for focus groups saying they thought anything that says "New York" on it won't sell in europe. While in the early days the tread lightly, heavier footsteps are coming. The IHT will definitely be folded into the NYT at some point. Erik Zenhausern Former Operations Director, The Americas International Herald Tribune I don’t argue with much of what’s said in this article. Certainly, The New York Times wants to have a global edition and the IHT is baiscally just the delivery mechanism.

Some things in the article may not be 100% accurate. The dingbat, along with the whole paper (it does mention the switch to Poynter type)was redesigned in 2002-2003.

Also, the New York Times does not own the print sites around the world where the IHT is printed. These are contract printers. Of course the entire supply chain is already set up so it will be easy to pump NYT lite throughout Europe and Asia and NYT doesn’t have the cost of maintaining these facilities.

I sat in on early strategy meetings when the NYT forced out the WP. Even in the first few months of owning the newspaper, many people at the NYT were ready to call the newspaper New York Times International. If it wasn’t for focus groups saying they thought anything that says “New York” on it won’t sell in europe.

While in the early days the tread lightly, heavier footsteps are coming. The IHT will definitely be folded into the NYT at some point.

Erik Zenhausern
Former Operations Director, The Americas
International Herald Tribune

]]> By: Robert Harrington http://www.andrewcusack.com/2009/04/08/iht-changes/comment-page-1/#comment-17844 Robert Harrington Thu, 09 Apr 2009 10:44:02 +0000 http://www.andrewcusack.com/?p=2842#comment-17844 The Times of London is a Rupert Murdoch rag white-washed to look a little more respectable. Their religion reporting for example is really really awful. Like the IHT the Times of London has a long and respectable history and was once a great newspaper but (again like the IHT) its current owners have driven it into the ground. If "the only paper worth reading" is the one that thinks Ruth Gledhill is a serious journalist worth employing, then I guess I'm off newspapers. The Times of London is a Rupert Murdoch rag white-washed to look a little more respectable. Their religion reporting for example is really really awful.

Like the IHT the Times of London has a long and respectable history and was once a great newspaper but (again like the IHT) its current owners have driven it into the ground.

If “the only paper worth reading” is the one that thinks Ruth Gledhill is a serious journalist worth employing, then I guess I’m off newspapers.

]]> By: Peter Kraus http://www.andrewcusack.com/2009/04/08/iht-changes/comment-page-1/#comment-17823 Peter Kraus Thu, 09 Apr 2009 03:12:44 +0000 http://www.andrewcusack.com/?p=2842#comment-17823 The only paper worth reading is the Times of London. The only paper worth reading is the Times of London.

]]> By: Andrew http://www.andrewcusack.com/2009/04/08/iht-changes/comment-page-1/#comment-17807 Andrew Wed, 08 Apr 2009 21:48:32 +0000 http://www.andrewcusack.com/?p=2842#comment-17807 What has happened to Souren Melikian, the smartest commentator on the art and antiques market worldwide. Has the new IHT (global NYT) kept him as a columnist? Will we be able to read him online? What has happened to Souren Melikian, the smartest commentator on the art and antiques market worldwide. Has the new IHT (global NYT) kept him as a columnist?
Will we be able to read him online?

]]> By: Steve M http://www.andrewcusack.com/2009/04/08/iht-changes/comment-page-1/#comment-17796 Steve M Wed, 08 Apr 2009 17:53:20 +0000 http://www.andrewcusack.com/?p=2842#comment-17796 Andrew, a thorough, and sad account of the decline of another great paper. I hope you have a wonderful Easter. All of your St. Agnes friends miss you. Andrew, a thorough, and sad account of the decline of another great paper.
I hope you have a wonderful Easter. All of your St. Agnes friends miss you.

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