by: Nat Ives | AdAge.com

The New York Times Co. last month moved to increase the digital IQ in its boardroom, naming MIT Media Lab Director Joichi Ito and Madrona Venture Group Partner Brian McAndrews its newest directors.  

Mr. McAndrews is familiar to many in the ad industry particularly because of his time as president-CEO at aQuantive, the digital agency that Microsoft acquired in 2007 for $6.3 billion.