A.G. Sulzberger named ‘senior editor for strategy’ at Times
Joe Pompeo
The New York Times has confirmed a new role for Arthur Gregg Sulzberger, a rising newsroom star and the son of Times publisher and chairman Arthur Sulzberger Jr.
The younger Sulzberger, who previously did stints as an editor and reporter on the metro and national desks, will become a senior editor for strategy, executive editor Dean Baquet told Times staff this afternoon in a memo obtained by Capital.
The appointment follows Sulzberger's stewardship of a Times Innovation Report that identified areas where the paper was lagging in terms of its digital operation while also calling for new teams focused on things like audience development, analytics and strategy.
As we reported in an extensive profile last month, Sulzberger's star has risen as a result of his role leading a team of colleagues in putting together the Innovation Report, which many within the newsroom viewed as a success. Along with two other Times colleagues and members of the family that controls the paper, he is seen as a likely heir to the publisher's role that his father will vacate in the coming years.
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