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A Wrinkle at ‘The Times’

Friday news and notes on the inside conversation coursing through the media business, from Times grumblings to Tapper’s primetime performance.

President and C.E.O. of the New York Times Company, Meredith Kopit Levien.
President and C.E.O. of the New York Times Company, Meredith Kopit Levien. Photo: Alexander Tamargo/Getty Images for Vox Media
Dylan Byers
October 14, 2022

Shortly after sending out my latest private email about the talent emigration at The New York Times, Timesism & Its Discontents, it occurred to me that I may have buried the lede. My reporting, which included conversations with around two dozen current and former journalists at the paper, had unearthed a pervasive sense of restlessness with Timesian bureaucracy. Many reporters felt boxed inside their respective beats and limited by the institution in their ability to pursue (and profit from) extracurricular activities.