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Swapping Scoops: Every Night the 'NY Times' and 'Wash Post' Exchange Front Pages for the Following Day Leonard Downie, Jr. By Joe Strupp Published: September 14, 2005 10:30 AM ET updated 4:30 PM NEW YORK When The New York Times on July 16 broke the story of a 2003 State Department memo that had become a key element in the Valerie Plame leak investigation, the paper scored a major exclusive. But when The Washington Post hit newsstands that very same Saturday, it had its own version of the same story. It even credited the Times for the same-day scoop. Welcome...

October 21, 2003 A Face Lift for The Times, Typographically, That IsBy THE NEW YORK TIMES tarting today, the front page and main news sections of The New York Times are receiving a gentle typographical face-lift. In place of a miscellany of headline typefaces that have accumulated in its columns over the last century, the newspaper is settling on a single family, Cheltenham, in roman and italic versions and various light and bold weights. A narrow variation will be used for The Times's signature one-column headline, which often appears at the top right of Page A1 on the main article...

Newspaper Daze, Part 5 Bill Keller, who had been passed over for the job two years ago, became Executive Editor of the New York Times on July 30. He was hired to replace Interim Executive Editor Joseph Lelyveld who had succeeded (interimly) Howl Raines who had succeeded Lelyveld who had retired two years ago. The precipitating cause of Keller's accession to what is perhaps the most coveted spot in American journalism was the Jayson Blair fiasco. If you've forgotten that already, shame on you. You can find the details in previous Newspaper Daze. Keller was managing editor when Blair was...

The New York Times virtually ignored Bill Clinton's Arkansas scandals in exchange for an exclusive interview with the president during the 1996 election campaign, according to former presidential adviser Dick Morris. New York Times Executive Editor Joseph Lelyveld The implied commitment to pull coverage of the scandals came directly from the paper's new executive editor, Joseph Lelyveld, who held that position prior to Howell Raines, Morris says in a column today in the New York Post. Raines, accused by some critics of moving the paper further to the political left, resigned earlier this month in the wake of a devastating...

Dressed in yellow shirt-sleeves and no tie, Joseph Lelyveld stepped back into his old role at The New York Times yesterday, summoned out of retirement to rescue the beleaguered broadsheet. Lelyveld began what he called a "brief" tenure as interim executive editor by telling reporters and editors what they wanted to hear - that he'll value their opinions. Quoting author Henry David Thoreau, Lelyveld said, "It takes two to speak the truth. One to speak, and another to hear." The 200 staffers gathered in the W. 43rd St. newsroom responded with smiles and applause. "He made it clear that, from...

June 6, 2003 Times's 2 Top Editors Resign After Furor on Writer's FraudBy JACQUES STEINBERG owell Raines and Gerald M. Boyd, the top-ranking editors of The New York Times, resigned yesterday morning, five weeks after the resignation of a reporter set off a chain of events that exposed fissures in the management and morale of the newsroom. Fred R. Conrad/The New York TimesHowell Raines, left, announced his resignation in the newsroom yesterday, with Arthur Sulzberger Jr., center, and Gerald M. Boyd, right, in suit. In a hastily arranged gathering in the newsroom on the third floor, the newspaper's publisher, Arthur...

The New York Times Names Joseph Lelyveld Interim Executive Editor, Howell Raines Resigns as Executive Editor, Gerald M. Boyd Resigns as Managing Editor Thursday June 5, 10:49 am ET NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 5, 2003--The New York Times announced today that Joseph Lelyveld, former executive editor of The Times, has been named interim executive editor, assuming the responsibilities held by Howell Raines, who has resigned as executive editor. Gerald M. Boyd has also resigned as managing editor. No one will be named interim managing editor. "Howell and Gerald have tendered their resignations, and I have accepted them with sadness based on...

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