Mark Thompson

Pick of CEO at New York Times Raises Questions

August 15, 2013

The New York Times Company’s new CEO, Mark Thompson, began work today amid questions about his role in the recent scandal at the BBC. Times columnist Joe Nocera gives us an update from inside the paper. “Certainly Mark Thompson didn’t have anything to do with the story that led to the resignation of the current […]

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