Will the New Page One Meetings Finally Make the Times Digital First?

By: Nikki Usher | Columbia Journalism Review

Last Thursday,New York Times Executive Editor Dean Baquet announced a radical change: The Gray Lady’s twice-daily Page One meetings would no longer be focusing on the print paper.

Instead, these hallowed meetings will focus on which three to four enterprise stories will get prime real estate on digital platforms. The conversation will now ostensibly be focused on digital rather than print, and selected pieces will be placed on “Dean’s List.