[loganfrederick]

NYT is one of the very if, possibly only, newspaper media companies with a worldwide brand recognition to actually have value/goodwill in its own right. That is why it is considered to be worth more than other media companies; it is due to its brand and reputation. Not to say this couldn't or won't change at some point.

[clobber]

And now Mark Thompson, who is tied to the Jimmy Savile sex abuse scandal at the BBC, is CEO of NYT.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/11/mark-thompson-ceo-n...

[chimeracoder]

I'm sorry, what does that have to do with their value as a news organization?

Furthermore, Jill Abramson is a far more relevant figure than Thompson in this context.