New York Times Company Slashes Dividend

New York Times Company Slashes Dividend

This ought to please those credit-ratings agencies that have been threatening to reduce The New York Times Co.'s debt to junk -- if not so much the Sulzberger scions. The Times Co. just announced a major reduction in its dividend, from 23 cents a share to a mere 6 cents a share.

"This was a difficult but necessary decision that will provide us with greater financial flexibility in these uncertain economic times," said chairman and publisher Arthur Sulzberger Jr. in the announcement.

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