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New York Times Co. sold by President/CEO: $8.21m-August 10-11

Muh option exercise of 100K shares ($8.28/sh) and sale Aug 11 with an additional sale of 85,824 shares on Aug 10.

The New York Times Company is a media company focused on creating, collecting and distributing news and information. The Company's principal business consists of distributing content generated by its newsroom through its print, Web and mobile platforms. In addition, it distributes selected content on third-party platforms. The Company includes newspapers, print and digital products and investments. The Company's businesses include newspapers, such as The New York Times (The Times); Websites, including NYTimes.com; mobile applications, including The Times's news applications, as well as interest-specific applications, such as NYT Cooking, Crossword and others, and related businesses, such as The Times news services division, product review and recommendation Websites The Wirecutter and The Sweethome, digital archive distribution, NYT Live (its live events business) and other products and services under The Times brand. Number of employees : 4 500 people.

https://www.marketscreener.com/THE-NEW-YORK-TIMES-COMPAN-13865/company/

Mark Thompson became president and chief executive officer of The New York Times Company in November 2012. Mr. Thompson served as director-general of the BBC from 2004. Mr. Thompson joined the BBC in 1979 as a production trainee. He helped launch “Watchdog” and “Breakfast Time,” was an output editor on “Newsnight,” and was appointed editor of the “Nine O’Clock News” in 1988 and “Panorama” in 1990. He became controller (programming and scheduling chief) for the TV network BBC2 and director of television for the BBC before leaving the BBC in 2002 to become C.E.O. of Channel 4 Television Corporation in the United Kingdom.

https://www.nytco.com/person/mark-thompson/

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