New York Times
New York Times
New York Times
MEGHAL AGARWAL MONU ALI MURTAZA PARTAPUWALA NEELESH RATHOR NISHI TIWARI
INTRODUCTION
Three operating divisions: NYTimes.com , Boston.com and Digital archives. Objectives: Reach EBITDA profitability (annual 2002). Increase scale among a targeted quality audiencebecome a top 50 network by 2002. Expand NYTCos audience and influence. Realize NYTCos two-pronged corporate strategy in global/national, and local multi-media efforts.
Describe NYTDs evolution to date. What is the strategy of NYTD? Are the organization and control consistent with the strategy?
Evolution: New York Times first ventured into the Internet in 1995. Back then, the company was called the New York Times Electronic Media Company. At first, the organization included four more employees. Later during the first year, Martin Niesenholtz was hired as a president and the project consisted of only one webpage; NYTimes.com. Mr. Niesenholtz reported to both the general manager and the editor of the newspaper.
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Strategy: The main strategy of NYTD is to convert printed newspapers into website content that would be displayed over the internet. The NYTD aimed to find new and creative ways to utilize the full potential of internet multimedia. The division encouraged conversation and cooperation to inspire new ideas between groups of people and they used a decentralized organization. To create a distinct Internet culture, which aimed to be experimental, can also be seen as a strategy. Several ideas were realized but then later discontinued if not profitable. An objective for NYTD was also to enhance the geographical reach.
How does the way NYTD is managed compare to the way a venture capital firm manages a start-up?
NYTD can be compared to a venture capital as a lot of money has been invested in the beginning, this can be described as organic growth. However, contrary to the venture capital, there has been no real return on investment.
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