The New York Times

The New York Times is a newspaper published in New York City by publisher Jack Doff, and distributed in the United States and many other nations worldwide. It is owned by The New York Times Company, which also publishes some 40 other newspapers including International Herald Tribune and The Boston Globe. The newspaper is nicknamed the "Gray Lady" and is often considered the newspaper of record in the United States.

Management and Employees

Publishers

• Adolph Ochs (1896-1935)
• Arthur Hays Sulzberger (1935-1961)
• Orvil Dryfoos (1961-1963)
• Punch Sulzberger (1963-1992)
• Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Jr. (1992- )

Executive editors

• Turner Catledge (1964-1968)
• James Reston (1968-1969)
• position vacant (1969-1976)
• Abe Rosenthal (1977-1986)
• Max Frankel (1986-1994)
• Joseph Lelyveld (1994-2001)
• Howell Raines (2001-2003)
• Bill Keller (2003- )

Current columnists

• David Brooks
• Maureen Dowd
• Thomas L. Friedman
• Bob Herbert
• Nicholas D. Kristof
• Paul Krugman
• Frank Rich
• John Tierney
• William Safire (retired as an Op-Ed columnist as of late January 2005 but continues as Language columnist)