After making a fortune on Wall Street, he bought The Nation magazine and founded The New York Observer, which one writer called a “maypole of Manhattan gossip and intrigue.” Source: New York Times
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Police Arrest 3 in Vandalism of New York Times Building
By Gotham Rex on September 29, 2025
One person was charged with a hate crime in connection with a social media post that referred to The Times’s executive editor, Joseph Kahn. Source: New York Times
Grace Glueck, 96, Dies; Arts Writer Fought for Equality at The Times
By Gotham Rex on October 9, 2022
She made the art world a distinct beat at the newspaper, inspiring other papers to make it an industry standard. She later helped bring a groundbreaking sex-discrimination suit against The Times. Source: New York Times
N.Y. Post and Former Editor Michelle Gotthelf Settle Discrimination Case
By Gotham Rex on April 26, 2022
Michelle Gotthelf claimed that The Post’s former editor in chief had sexually harassed her and retaliated against her when she reported him. Source: New York Times
The Reporter Who Designed Central Park
By Gotham Rex on April 26, 2022
It’s the 200th birthday of Frederick Law Olmsted, who helped create one of New York’s shining jewels. Source: New York Times
Robin Herman, Who Pried Open Doors in the N.H.L., Dies at 70
By Gotham Rex on February 2, 2022
When hockey teams barred female reporters from men’s locker rooms, she pushed back, breaking through a barrier and campaigning successfully for equal access for women. Source: New York Times
Judge Says New York Times Can Retain Project Veritas Memos, for Now
By Gotham Rex on December 28, 2021
A New York appeals court said the paper did not need to immediately give up or destroy documents related to the conservative group. The paper is still prevented from publishing certain documents. Source: New York Times
Judge Upholds His Block on New York Times Coverage of Project Veritas
By Gotham Rex on December 24, 2021
The New York State judge also ordered The Times to turn over physical copies and destroy any electronic versions of documents a lawyer prepared for the conservative group. Source: New York Times
Edward Keating, Times Photographer at Ground Zero, Dies at 65
By Gotham Rex on September 30, 2021
In a risk-taking career, he helped the paper win a Pulitzer for its 9/11 photography and later prompted a debate on journalistic ethics that led to his leaving The Times. Source: New York Times
Trump Sues New York Times and Mary Trump Over Leaked Tax Documents
By Gotham Rex on September 22, 2021
Former President Donald J. Trump filed a lawsuit on Tuesday accusing Mary Trump and three Times reporters of conspiring to publish information about his tax records. Source: New York Times
A Time Capsule in Two Front Pages
By Gotham Rex on September 11, 2021
The newspaper of Sept. 11, 2001, is a document of America before the terror attacks and a memory of a vanished era. Source: New York Times
A Rush of News: Behind The New York Times's Live Coverage
By Gotham Rex on August 22, 2021
When readers need information immediately, teams of journalists collaborate to tell a single unfolding story. Source: New York Times
‘Ugh’: Life at Andrew Cuomo’s Hometown Newspaper
By Gotham Rex on August 7, 2021
The Times Union’s strait-laced, minimal-schmooze, no off-the-record principles put it on a collision course with the notoriously press-controlling governor of New York. Source: New York Times
Rupert Murdoch Wishes Keith Kelly 'The Best' In Retirement
By Gotham Rex on July 31, 2021
For 23 years, his Media Ink column for The New York Post was a must-read for magazine machers. What’s next? Source: New York Times
"Too Quiet": A Times Editor on Working in a Dormant Newsroom
By Gotham Rex on July 17, 2021
My colleagues are returning. Slowly. In the meantime, our office remains a ghostly work space. Source: New York Times