A new era dawns for the
New York Times
.
After spending eight years at the head of the American daily, Mark Thompson passed the hand on Tuesday to his number two, Meredith Kopit Levien.
At 49, the latter is the youngest CEO in the history of the New York newspaper, and the second woman to hold this position after Janet Robinson (2004-2011).
Renowned for being a workaholic
(“I don't know when she sleeps”
, one of her former bosses at Forbes was surprised), Meredith Kopit Levien has experienced a lightning rise in the
New York Times
, which she joined in 2013 as director of advertising sales.
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Coming from
Forbes
(2008-2013), Meredith Kopit Levien admitted having hesitated to accept the recruitment offer of the
New York Times
, an institution with an impeccable reputation, but whose glory days seemed to be a thing of the past.
The daily had missed the train of the digital revolution, as diagnosed by an internal vitriolic report
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