名人传记|纽约时报的CEO

Russell T. Lewis
The New York Times
3-year return: 130%
Age: 51
CEO since: 1997

Lewis made major strides last year toward reinventing the Times as a national newspaper. Along with chairman Arthur Sulzberger Jr., whose family still owns a controlling interest, Lewis coordinated^{1 a $1 billion plan that, among other things, introduced color. The two also transformed the paper into a six-section daily, opened printing plants in Washington, D.C., and Boston to improve northeastern distribution, and pushed the national edition into dozens of new markets. Revenue grew 2.5 percent to almost $3 billion.}

路易斯（Lewis）去年获得了让人瞩目的成绩，他使纽约时报重新成为全国性报纸。与主席小亚瑟?萨尔兹伯格（Arthur Sulzberger Jr.，其家族手中学会着该报的控制权）一块，路易斯协调了一项10亿USD的计划用于引进彩色印刷及其它很多项目。另外，两个人将报纸变成了天天六部分，并在华盛顿特区和波士顿打造了印刷厂以促进西北部的发行工作，还将国内版打入了很多新市场中。其年收入增涨了2.5 %，达到近30亿USD。

Business philosophy: The collective intellect and industry of a group yields greater results than any one inpidual.

买卖哲学：群体的智慧和劳动所获得的成绩永远大于任何个人。

Headaches: A slowdown in traditional newspaper advertising^{2. The proliferation of media choices, especially the Internet, threaten to cannibalize both readership and prestige.}

最头痛的事：传统报纸广告量降低。伴随愈加多的媒体出目前大家面前，特别是伴随因特网的进步，报纸的读者群及影响面都有不同程度的降低。

True story: While on active duty as a National Guardsman delivering U.S. mail during a postal^{3 strike, he secretly gathered information for a Times story. Narrowly avoided court-martial but won a National Publishers award.}

真人真事：在一次邮政大罢工中，路易斯作为一名国民警卫队士兵实行任务，负责投递邮件。他秘密地为纽约时报报道搜集信息，结果事后险些被送上军事法庭，不过却取得了国家出版人大奖。

Management Style: I'm more interested in making sure we have the right people in the right places than in telling people what to do.

管理风格：我最关心的是大家是不是有合适的人选处在合适的位子上，而不是不断地告诉大家应该做些什么。 Strength: Getting people with different styles, ideas, and backgrounds to cooperate.

优点：聚集了很多不同风格、拥有不同思想及背景的人在一块合作。

Weakness: Untested in standing^{4 up to the Sulzberger family during crisis or recession.}

弱点：在危机或衰退中不知能否象萨尔兹伯格家族那样经受住考验。

Habits: Out the door by 6:15 a.m. Prefers face-to-face meetings to E-mail or phone calls.

习惯：天天早上六点十五分出发。与用邮件或电话相比，更喜欢面对面的交流方法。

Other interests: Fitness, running. Says he's a lousy golfer, but loves the game. Corporate^{5 goals.}

兴趣喜好：健身，跑步。据称他的高尔夫球水平不高，但喜欢这项运动。

Increasing circulation by a quarter of a million copies daily and by 300,000 on Sunday in ten years. Opening four new printing-plant sites and increasing the number of registered users on the Times Web site from 6.2 million to 9 million by year's end.

公司目的：用十年时间使每天发行量增加二十五万份，在星期天增加三十万份。到年底新建四家印刷厂，并使在纽约时报网站上注册的用户由六百二十万增加到九百万人。

Personal goal: To protect the 150-year Times not only as a business but as an institution vital to the national conscience.

个人目的：保护具备一百五十年历史的纽约时报，不只把它作为一个买卖，而且作为全国公民真善美的家园。

Financial reward: 1998 salary of $503,100. Bonus of $570,000.

经济收入：1998年年薪五十万三千一百USD，奖金五十七万USD。