Taking on the Times

24 November 2008 | 7:52 - By Stefano Boscutti

The hedge fund fortune that's threatening the newspaper of record comes from a most unlikely place.  Take a look at the elusive Alabama family behind the shareholder assault on The New York Times Co.

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It's a bright morning when Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Jr. takes the stage in a crowded auditorium in midtown Manhattan.  "This company is not for sale," he says, his voice sounding heavy.  He wears a charcoal suit with a red tie, and his shoulders sag slightly, as if the ghosts of three generations of Ochs-Sulzbergers, publishers of the New York Times, are pressing down on them.

http://www.portfolio.com/news-markets/national-news/portfolio/2008/09/18/Hedge-Fund-Targets-New-York-Times
http://www.portfolio.com/interactive-features/2008/09/New-York-Times-Shareholder-Timeline

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New New Media looks at how our mediascape is exploding to bits. How the latest technology and the internet are changing the way we live, work and play. How the latest media is shaping us all.

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