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Times of London editor criticizes NY Times' biz coverage

In an interview with the Press Gazette of London, the Times of London editor Robert Thomson criticized existing newspaper writing and reporting in the United States. The Times is planning to launch a U.S. version later this year.

In terms of business coverage, Thomson stated, “What surprised me when I arrived here in 1998 was how poor the business coverage was on the New York Times.

“Perhaps it’s got a little better, but at the same time there are openings for other providers.”

Thomson said the Times’s U.S. edition would follow a different structure at 64 pages compared with the UK version.

When I read these comments, I think about how comments made by rivals in professional sports such as these become “bulletin board fodder” and provide an incentive to the competition. I can see this quote going up on the bulletin board in the New York Times’ newsroom.

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