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Cher Peter
Posted by
Vivian Robert
1/28/2003 9:30:31 AM
I agree with Richard Allen that it is an exaggeration to call Goldmark "one of journalism's most incisive and honorable voices." Goldmark is a bu...
I agree with Richard Allen that it is an exaggeration to call Goldmark "one of journalism's most incisive and honorable voices." Goldmark is a businessman, not a journalist. Judge him as a businessman.
Many of the foreign entanglements that he led the Trib into were, while sound in principle, never given even a tiny fraction of the resources necessary to succeed. So they flopped or continue today on life support.
Further, as Allen shows, Goldmark was always too ready to sacrifice editorial, even while he was handsomely rewarding executives.
But to be fair, he was doing his best. The New York Times, we learned after the acrimonious buyout of the Washington Post, had adamantly blocked all efforts over the last few years to get the paper onto sound financial footing. The Times, with its clumsy, bumbling ambitions, pushed the Trib into its current state.
The Times forced Goldmark and the Trib management to get creative, to "leverage the brand," to use a phrase heard many times from Goldmark's lips.
Viv Robert
To answer or not to answer
Posted by
Greg Tingle
1/24/2003 5:13:12 PM
I think its a case of "damned if you do, damned if you don't", as far as Peter taking and answering questions.
On an issue...
I think its a case of "damned if you do, damned if you don't", as far as Peter taking and answering questions.
On an issue like this, there will often be unaswered questions for a variety of reasons.
Peter could hypothetically answer questions till "the cows come home", but I am sure he was other things to do, like get on with his life, and career.
There are often three sides to a story - yours, their's and the truth, with a whole lot of grey.
Perhaps New York Times may want to add more to their side of the story?
I don't suppose Peter will be commenting on my comments.
By
Greg Tingle
Sydney, Australia
No questions, please.
Posted by
Richard Allen
1/22/2003 4:31:45 AM
I have been an editor at the IHT for 21 years. I send this to Peter and posted it in the newsroom.
21 January 2003...
I have been an editor at the IHT for 21 years. I send this to Peter and posted it in the newsroom.
21 January 2003
Cher Peter,
I am sorry that your relationship with the Herald Tribune has ended the way it did, and I hope that you quickly find other employment.
But I think your very eloquent statement Monday left many unanswered questions about your legacy at the Herald Tribune. For example:
*How did slashing the news hole help preserve our independent voice?
*How did moving the deadlines forward by two hours help preserve our independent voice?
*How did slashing the news staff help preserve our independent voice?
*How did ill-conceived adventures in Germany and Asia help preserve our independent voice?
*How did turning over the top of Page One to skyboxes controlled by our “partners” help preserve our independent voice?
*How did putting display advertising on Page One help preserve our independent voice?
No one at the Herald Tribune misses the Washington Post correspondents and their often-brilliant copy more than I (as the news editor who dealt with them most extensively on a daily basis). But it was your business strategy – one that never made a strong, coherent news report its raison d’ętre -- that left us exposed and vulnerable and undercut the relationship between The Post and The New York Times.
I am sorry I missed your presentation Monday. My colleagues say it was an astonishing performance (and words like arrogant, hypocritical and self-serving were employed). But I wish you had accepted questions from the journalists present, and that answers to some of these questions might have been provided.
But I am sure declining to take questions from journalists is another of your ways of preserving our independent voice.
Best regards,
Richard Allen
What a pity
Posted by
Rolf Martensson
1/20/2003 2:20:56 PM
Many, many thanks to chairman and CEO Peter Goldmark.
All the Best to him!
What a pity with the end of the IHT as an...
Many, many thanks to chairman and CEO Peter Goldmark.
All the Best to him!
What a pity with the end of the IHT as an independent newspaper!
Rolf Martensson
r.martensson@pressdigest.org
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