But is this really a wise foundation for a future-of-newspapers strategy?
"What problem does The New York Times solve for someone who is smart, Internet-savvy and living in Mumbai?" Indeed, the sensibilities of foreign governments and their citizens may not align with the newspaper's strategy.
In response to this problem, the phrase "start-up mentality" is fast replacing "digital-first" as the newspaper digital strategy cliché du jour.
The rapid succession of scoops has helped raise the profile of The Guardian's U.S. edition, which launched online in September 2011 and is part of the 192-year-old British newspaper's strategy to compete as a global news destination online.
One telling resurrection is Alfredo Ramos Martínez (1871-1946), whose politically pointed paintings from the late '30s of rope-bound Mexicans were executed on pages taken from newspapers, a strategy that presages similar works by Adrian Piper 30 years later.
Would have, that is, except that Monday — of all days — was the long-planned first day of the newspapers' new strategy for surviving the economic crisis by ending home delivery on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Saturdays.
Nonetheless, these columns won't write themselves, so earlier this week I began one of the standard New Year broadsheet newspaper columnist strategies: writing out a list of the names of famous people I imagined would be significant in 2013, based on information I have been sent in their press releases.
Since many people on vacation purposefully avoid television and newspapers, new strategies should be explored for increasing the proportion of travelers who can be reached with important health protection messages if needed in the future.
Seiken was hired in September 2013 to oversee the newspaper's editorial strategy, working with then editor Tony Gallagher.
