New York magazine’s anticipated profile of Arthur Sulzberger and the New York Times Company (NYSE: NYT) is out sans bombshells. The bottom line from the lengthy piece by Joe Hagen: no one in the family, including Arthur, is thrilled with the way Arthur is running the company, “no one seems to really have a better idea,” and, so far, dividends and pride are keeping the family trust intact. As for the next leader? Of the 27 members of the fifth gen, Arthur’s son, Oregonian reporter Arthur Gregg Sulzberger, seems to be a good bet with cousin Carolyn Greenspon, the first of the fifth on the board of trustees, offered as a possible catalyst. (Perhaps the best bit is a chart detailing the generations of Sulzbergers that could come in awfully handy if the clan does turn out to be like the Bancrofts or the Pulitzers.)
From the article: “It is significant that none of the members of the fifth generation of the Sulzberger family, given the chance, chose to express even a sliver of unhappiness with the company
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