International Herald Tribune

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The International Herald Tribune is a widely read English-language international newspaper. It combines the extensive resources of its own correspondents with those of The New York Times and is printed at 33 sites throughout the world, for sale in more than 180 countries. Based in Paris since 1887, the IHT is part of The New York Times Company.

Contents

1 History
2 Distribution

2.1 Affiliations

3 External links

History

"The Herald" was founded on October 4, 1887 by New York Herald owner James Gordon Bennett, Jr. The company is based in Neuilly-sur-Seine, a suburb of Paris.

In 1928, the Herald became the first newspaper distributed by airplane, flying copies to London from Paris in time for breakfast. Publication of the IHT was interrupted between 1940–1944, during the occupation of Paris by Nazi Germany.

In 1959, John Hay Whitney, a businessman and US Ambassador to the UK, bought the newspaper and its European edition. In 1966, the New York paper closed, but the Whitney family kept the Paris paper going through partnerships. In December 1966, The Washington Post became a joint owner.

The New York Times became a joint owner of the Herald in May 1967; the newspaper became known as the International Herald Tribune.

In 1974 the IHT began transmitting facsimile pages of the paper between nations and opened a printing site near London. In 1977, the paper opened a second site in Zurich.

The IHT began to send electronic images of newspaper pages from Paris to Hong Kong via satellite in 1980, making the paper simultaneously available on opposite sides of the planet.

In 1991, The Washington Post and The New York Times became sole and equal shareholders of the newspaper. It is now completely owned by The New York Times Company after it purchased the 50% stake owned by the Washington Post Company on December 30, 2002. The takeover ended a 35-year partnership between the two domestic competitors. The Post was forced to sell when the Times threatened to pull out and start a competing paper. As a result, the Post entered into an agreement to publish selected articles in The Wall Street Journal's European edition.

Distribution

The influential paper is printed at 33 sites around the world and sells in more than 180 countries. It has a circulation of 242,200 (2005), which has increased since 2003 when its circulation was 233,400, but is still below its 2001 circulation of 263,900[link]. It has about 335 employees.

Affiliations

Affiliations with international newspapers include:

External links

The New York Times Company

Radio Stations: WQEW¹ | WQXR

ABC Network Affiliates: WNEP | WQAD

CBS Network Affiliates: KFSM | WHNT | WREG | WTKR

NBC Network Affiliates: KFOR | WHO

UPN Network Affiliate: KAUT²

Cable Assets: Discovery Times Channel (co-owned with Discovery Channel) | New England Sports Network³

Interactive Assets: About.com | [The New York Times Syndicate & News Service]

Other Assets³: Boston Red Sox | Donohue Malbaie Inc. | Fenway Park | Madison Paper Industries | Metro Boston

¹Operated by ABC Radio via a local marketing agreement.

²The station has not decided whether it will go independent or affiliate with My Network TV starting September 2006.

³The New York Times hold some ownership interests in these companies through joint ventures.

Annual Revenue: 1.8 million USD (First Quarter 2006) | Employees: 11,965 | Stock Symbol: NYSE: [NYT] | Website: [www.nytco.com]

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