纽约时报的CEO_名人传记

russell t. lewis
the new york times
3-year return: 130%
age: 51
ceo since: 1997

lewis made major strides last year toward reinventing the times as a national newspaper. along with chairman arthur sulzberger jr., whose family still owns a controlling interest, lewis coordinated a $1 billion plan that, among other things, introduced color. the two also transformed the paper into a six-section daily, opened printing plants in washington, d.c., and boston to improve northeastern distribution, and pushed the national edition into dozens of new markets. revenue grew 2.5 percent to almost $3 billion.

路易斯（lewis）去年取得了令人瞩目的成绩，他使纽约时报重新成为全国性报纸。与主席小亚瑟?萨尔兹伯格（arthur sulzberger jr.，其家族手中掌握着该报的控制权）一起，路易斯协调了一项10亿美元的用于引进彩色印刷及其它许多项目。另外，两个人将报纸变成了每天六部分，并在华盛顿特区和波士顿建立了印刷厂以促进西北部的发行工作，还将国内版打入了许多新市场中。其年收入增涨了2.5 %，达到近30亿美元。

business philosophy: "the collective intellect and industry of a group yields greater results than any one individual."

生意哲学：“群体的智慧和劳动所取得的成绩永远大于任何个人。”

headaches: a slowdown in traditional newspaper advertising. the proliferation of media choices, especially the internet, threaten to cannibalize both readership and prestige.

最头痛的事：传统报纸广告量下降。随着越来越多的媒体出现在人们面前，尤其是随着因特网的发展，报纸的读者群及影响面都有不同程度的下降。

true story: while on active duty as a national guardsman delivering u.s. mail during a postal strike, he secretly gathered information for a times story. narrowly avoided court-martial but won a national publishers award.

真人真事：在一次邮政大罢工中，路易斯作为一名国民警卫队士兵执行任务，负责投递邮件。他秘密地为纽约时报报道搜集，结果事后险些被送上军事法庭，不过却赢得了国家出版人大奖。

management style: "i'm more interested in making sure we have the right people in the right places than in telling people what to do."

管理风格：“我最关心的是我们是否有适合的人选处在适合的位子上，而不是不断地告诉人们应该做些什么。” strength: getting people with different styles, ideas, and backgrounds to cooperate.

优点：聚集了许多不同风格、拥有不同思想及背景的人在一起合作。

weakness: untested in standing up to the sulzberger family during crisis or recession.

弱点：在危机或衰退中不知能否象萨尔兹伯格家族那样经受住考验。

habits: out the door by 6:15 a.m. prefers face-to-face meetings to e-mail or phone calls.

习惯：每天早上六点十五分出发。与使用电子邮件或电话相比，更喜欢面对面的交流方式。

other interests: fitness, running. says he's a lousy golfer, but loves the game. corporate goals.

兴趣爱好：健身，跑步。据称他的高尔夫球水平不高，但喜欢这项运动。

increasing circulation by a quarter of a million copies daily and by 300,000 on sunday in ten years. opening four new printing-plant sites and increasing the number of registered users on the times web site from 6.2 million to 9 million by year's end.

公司目标：用十年时间使每日发行量增加二十五万份，在星期天增加三十万份。到年底新建四家印刷厂，并使在纽约时报网站上注册的用户由六百二十万增加到九百万人。

personal goal: to protect the 150-year times not only as a business but as an institution vital to the national conscience.

个人目标：保护具有一百五十年的纽约时报，不仅把它作为一个生意，而且作为全国公民真善美的家园。

financial reward: 1998 salary of $503,100. bonus of $570,000.

经济收入：1998年年薪五十万三千一百美元，奖金五十七万美元。