Categories: OLD Media Moves

Kaufman, NYT digital media reporter, is out

Leslie Kaufman, who covered the digital media business for the New York Times, is leaving the paper, reports Jeremy Barr of Capital New York.

Barr writes, “‘Farewell to my beloved Times,’ Kaufman wrote on Twitter Tuesday afternoon. ‘It was a great run. Peace and love.’

“The tweet came on the day layoffs were set to begin at the paper, but Kaufman did not indicate whether in fact her exit was part of the layoffs. A call and email to Kaufman were not immediately returned.

“Kaufman has been with the Times since 1999, and before that spent five years as an associate editor for Newsweek.

“Kaufman’s departure leaves the Times with an even slimmer roster of media reporters and columnists. The media desk, which was folded into the larger business desk (BizDay), is already losing TV reporter Bill Carter, advertising reporter Stuart Elliott, and newspaper/magazine industry reporter Christine Haughney through buyouts.

“The Times has been emphasizing recently that it’s still committed to covering the media industry—just maybe not exactly as it has in the past.”

Read more here. Talking Biz News also sent an email to Kaufman but has not received a reply.

Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.