The New York Times Job Market ''Networking Nights'' Series Extends to Select U.S. Markets; Popular Program Helps People With Career Development and Job Search

Business Wire, May 20, 2004

Business Editors

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 20, 2004

Starting May 24 the popular New York Times Job Market "Networking Nights" series will kick off in New York City and will then extend to other select U.S. cities including Atlanta, Washington, D.C. and Chicago. The series will bring together career counselors, industry experts and company hiring managers from a range of industries with workplace professionals seeking career development or new employment opportunities.

The spring/summer 2004 schedule for "Networking Nights" is New York City (May 24, June 7 and June 28), Atlanta (June 14), Washington, DC (June 21) and Chicago (July 12).

All "Networking Nights" sessions will take place on Monday evenings from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at select Starbucks Coffee locations. Admission to all sessions is free and requires pre-registration online at NYTimes.com/jobmarket/netnights, where registrants will receive specific location information.

Topics that will be discussed during the series include:

-- Learning how to sell yourself, your product and your company

-- Finding jobs in companies that value diversity

-- Getting the most out of your Rolodex: The keys to effective

networking

-- Networking through your career in the public sector

-- Finding the interviews that other job hunters never hear about

"Job seekers' response to 'Networking Nights' has been tremendous," said Stephanie Horton, manager, advertising promotion, The New York Times. "They have helped dozens of people secure new jobs and have provided thousands more with useful career information. Given its success in New York during the last two years, we felt it was a good time to extend 'Networking Nights' to other national markets as job recruitment picks up. We believe recruiters see 'Networking Nights' as an effective resource to identify quality talent in today's marketplace."

"Starbucks Coffee is proud to be part of the success of 'Networking Nights' and to provide our venues as meeting places for the communities we serve," said Daniel Lewis, Starbucks Coffee regional spokesperson.

"Networking Nights" debuted in 2002 as a community service to help New Yorkers find jobs locally and will once again be presented in conjunction with Starbucks Coffee, the exclusive venue for all "Networking Nights" sessions.

To increase awareness of "Networking Nights" among job seekers, The New York Times Job Market and Starbucks Coffee will support the program with an integrated marketing campaign that will include ads in The New York Times, radio spots on Metro Traffic during morning and evening drive times and in-store signage at participating Starbucks Coffee locations. Online marketing will include promotion on The Times and Starbucks Web sites and E-mail marketing to NYTimes.com opt-in subscribers.

About Job Market

Job Market, the print and online recruitment services offering of The New York Times, provides employers and job seekers with comprehensive resources to streamline the recruitment process. Job Market appears in The New York Times every Sunday and is updated throughout the week at www.nytimes.com, where job seekers can find job listings, career-related Times articles, exhaustive company research, a resume database and valuable career resources.

Through the newspaper's national audience, which includes 5.0 million weekday readers and 5.5 million Sunday readers as well as the 1.4 million readers who visit www.nytimes.com every day, The New York Times Job Market reaches a marketplace of high-quality professionals actively seeking new job opportunities or considering career moves.

About The New York Times Company

The New York Times Company (NYSE: NYT), a leading media company with 2003 revenues of $3.2 billion, includes The New York Times, the International Herald Tribune, The Boston Globe, 16 other newspapers, eight network-affiliated television stations, two New York City radio stations and more than 40 Web sites, including NYTimes.com and Boston.com. For the fourth consecutive year, the Company was ranked No. 1 in the publishing industry in Fortune's 2004 list of America's Most Admired Companies. The Company's core purpose is to enhance society by creating, collecting and distributing high-quality news, information and entertainment.

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