Newspaper & Mailroom

Arthur Sulzberger Jr. of NY Times Joins Newsroom Summit

Monday 21. June 2010 - Arthur Sulzberger Jr., the Chairman and Publisher of The New York Times, has joined the programme of the 9th International Newsroom Summit, to be held on 8 and 9 September in London, where he will talk about paid content and the importance of leveraging audience and reader engagement.

The Times has announced it will be introducing a paid model for NYTimes.com in 2011. The site will offer users free access to a set number of articles per month and then charge users once they exceed that number.

The Newsroom Summit, organised by the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) and Newsplex (www.wan-ifra.org/newsplex) will focus on what the next generation newsroom will look like and how it will operate. Full conference details can be found at www.ifra.com/newsroomsummit.

Mr Sulzberger is responsible for the New York Times’ long-term business strategy and runs the company’s flagship enterprise on a day-to-day basis. He believes reader engagement is the future of the news business model.

Other speakers at the Newsroom Summit include:

Jeff Jarvis, Associated Professor and Director of the Interactive Journalism Program, City University of New York (via Videolink);

Adrian Jenkings, Chief Executive, Archant Ltd., UK;

Marcelo Rech, General Director for Product, RBS Group, Brazil;

Reetta Meriläinen, Editor-in-Chief Helsingin Sanomat, Finland;

Raju Narisetti, Managing Editor, Washington Post, USA;

Marc Walder, CEO Switzerland/Germany, Ringier, Switzerland;

Andreas Wiele, Member of the Board/President BILD Division and Magazines, Axel Springer, Germany;

and many others. Full details at www.ifra.com/newsroomsummit.

The event will be preceded by a one-day Newsplex workshop on editorial management and reorganisation, and by a guided tour of the Telegraph Media Group newsroom.