The Boston Globe announces changes in senior management responsibilities

   Boston - The Boston Globe said today that it is realigning some senior management responsibilities, effective immediately. The changes were announced by Globe President William B. Huff.
   Richard J. Daniels, Senior Vice President/Chief Financial Officer, was named Senior Vice President for Planning and Operations. In his new position, he will be responsible for a large number of activities that include strategic planning, production, information services, and administrative services.   
   "As newspapers move ahead in the 21st century," said Huff, "strategic planning and operations become increasingly more important and vital for the growth of our company. We are delighted that Rick Daniels has accepted these new responsibilities and look forward to his continuing contributions."
   Daniels, who continues to report to Huff, relinquishes the duties of chief financial officer, a post that will remain vacant for the present. Financial duties at the Globe are being assumed by Vice President of Finance Jack Hayon.
   Daniels, 43, who had been CFO since May 1998, joined the Globe in 1983 as a software analyst from Andersen Consulting. Prior to being CFO, he was Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing. He has also been Vice President of Strategic Planning and has served in roles where he developed new businesses, including the Globes direct mail subsidiary Globe Specialty Products.
   In a related development, Vice President of Information Services Robert T. Murphy will assume the added title of Chief Information Officer and report to Daniels. Murphy, 46, is responsible for the Globes technology and technology infrastructure.
Murphy first joined the Globe in 1973 in the advertising department. After a two-year term at ATEX, Inc. he returned to the Globe as publishing systems manager. He was named Vice President of Information Services on July 1, 1993.
The Boston Globe, New England's largest newspaper and one of the top 15 daily and top 10 Sunday newspapers in the U.S., is a wholly-owned subsidiary of The New York Times Company (NYSE: NYT), a diversified media company including newspapers, magazines, television and radio stations, and electronic information and publishing. The Companys core purpose is to enhance society by creating, collecting and distributing high-quality news, information and entertainment. In 2000 the Company was ranked No. 1 in the publishing industry in Fortunes survey of the Global Most Admired Companies and was ranked first among all companies in the survey for the quality of its products and services.
The Company, which had 1999 revenues of $3.1 billion, publishes The New York Times, The Boston Globe and 16 other newspapers; publishes four magazines, including Golf Digest; operates eight network-affiliated television stations and owns two New York City radio stations. It also operates news, photo and graphics services as well as news and feature syndicates. A division of the Company, New York Times Digital, operates Internet properties such as NYTimes.com, Boston.com and newyorktoday.com. The Company holds interests in one newsprint mill, one supercalendered paper mill and the International Herald Tribune S.A.S.

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Contact: Richard P. Gulla, public relations director, 617-929-3288. gulla@globe.com
Release on receipt/October 5, 2000