Poynter Online | The Atlantic Michael Hirschorn claims "it's certainly plausible" that the New York Times could be out of business by late spring. Poynter's
Rick Edmonds disagrees. "The scenario is not the least bit plausible." Hirschorn, he says, "is a high-concept idea guy, not a financial journalist" who should have been rescued by the Atlantic's editing team from "a series of howlers."