New York Times Stepping Up Effort to Prioritize Digital

Politico: The New York Times will take another step in its effort to prioritize digital by moving the discussion of the print edition out of its daily news meetings, executive editor Dean Baquet announced in a memo to staff. “The idea is for us to mobilize faster in the morning so we can get an earlier start on setting news and enterprise priorities,” Baquet wrote. Beginning Monday, the Times will hold its morning news meeting at 9:30 and the afternoon news meeting at 4:30. The Page One lineup will be decided at a separate meeting at 3:30. The changes are part of an ongoing effort to prioritize the digital product and move away from what Baquet described as “the grip of print deadlines.”