Russell T. Lewis,《纽约时报》的CEO |
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Lewis,age 51, CEO since: 1997, made major stridestowardreinventing the Times as a national newspaper. Along withchairmanArthur Sulzberger Jr., Lewis coordinated a $1 billion planthat,among other things, introduced color. The two also transformedthepaper into a six-section daily, opened printing plantsinWashington, D.C., and Boston to improve northeasterndistribution,and pushed the national edition into dozens of newmarkets. 路易斯,51岁,1997年始任《纽约时报》CEO。他曾经取得令人瞩目的成绩,他使《纽约时报》重新成为全国性的报纸。他与主席小亚瑟·萨尔兹伯格一起,协调了一项10亿美元的计划用于引进彩色印刷及其他许多项目。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。 Business philosophy:“The collective intellect and industry ofagroup 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。” True story: While on active duty as a NationalGuardsmandelivering U.S. mail during a postal strike, he secretlygatheredinformation for a Times story. Narrowly avoidedcourt-martial butwon 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》搜集信息,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:“Im more interested in making sure we havethecenter people in the center places than in telling people whattodo. 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,andbackgrounds 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 familyduringcrisis or recession. 弱点:在危机或衰退中不知能否像萨尔兹伯格家族那样经受得住考验。 Headaches: A slowdown in traditional newspaper advertising.Theproliferation of media choices, especially the Internet,threatento 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。 Habits: Out the door by 6:15 a.m. Prefers face-to-face meetingstoE-mail or phone calls. 习惯:每天早上6点15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。 Increasing circulation by a quarter of a million copies dailyandby 300,000 on Sunday in ten years. Opening four newprinting-plantsites and increasing the number of registered userson the TimesWeb site from 6.2 million to 9 million by yearsend. 公司目标:用10年时间使每日发行量增加25万份,在星期天增加30万份。到年底新建4家印刷厂,并使在《纽约时报》网站上注册的用户由620万增加到900万人。 Personal goal: To protect the 150-year Times not only asabusiness but as an institution vital to thenationalconscience. 个人目标:保护具有150年历史的《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。 (文章来源:tom.com) |