Comments on: Vivian Schiller Leaves NYT; Joins NPR As New CEO

By: CJ

CJ — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 11:44:51 +0000

Vivian Schiller must have left to face new challenges as there is not much to do at NYtimes.com. most executives want challenging roles.
Bold move there

By: Customized Software Developmen

Customized Software Developmen — Fri, 15 May 2009 01:48:32 +0000

I agree with DRM- it's a really smart move!

By: HOOCOODANODE

HOOCOODANODE — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 17:43:35 +0000

This lady is one hell of a lot smarter than the woman taking her job, that's for damn sure, because NPR is going to be around a lot longer than the NYT is in its current form. (Public to private as a way out predicted at http://www.ihtreaders.blogspot.com; basically unless they turn themselves into a sort of NPR newspaper or come up with some super innovative ideas, it's adios.)

NPR hire someone who knows something about digital news.

NYT promote ad sales person. To join the ex-ad sales person they have running the company along with the ex-journalist who is now the Chairman.

Hoocoodanode?

By: DRM

DRM — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 06:22:00 +0000

Brilliant hire and brilliant move. I won't be surprised to see NPR emerge as the "newsorganism of record" for emerging platforms.

By: jb

jb — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 02:09:11 +0000

So much of NYT online is centralized – the edit people report to the centralized edit team, ditto for sales, marketing, technology, you name it. The GM job is just someone people can go to, and a point person for upper management when they don't know who to address a question to at the site. It's not at all like the all encompassing job Martin Niesenholtz held a few years ago as CEO of NYT digital. That's probably why she left. She can actually have final say as CEO and not be sharing power with so many people.