When asked what advice he had for aspiring journalists, New York Times publisher Arthur Sulzberger Jr., quipped:
"Why don't we not go there?"
Then he laughed.
"Um, what I would tell them is the industry is in the midst of a massive transition," he said. "We are trying to convert shipping companies to airplane companies."
Given the recent clumsiness of the Times, his analogy is surprisingly apropos.
Nod to NY Mag.
