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Rosenthal's retirement closes a chapter in one of the most extraordinary success stories in American journalism. The son of a Belorussian-born house painter, Abraham M. Rosenthal grew up in the Bronx and attended City College of New York. He started working for the Times as a $12-a...
In 1963 Rosenthal returned to New York City as metropolitan editor and moved to overcome the long-standing criticism that the Times slighted local news for national and international affairs. Says Gay Talese, a former Times reporter who chronicled the newspaper in his book The Kingdom and the Power: "He...
Rosenthal climbed quickly: to assistant managing editor in 1967, the top job of managing editor in 1969 and the newly created post of executive editor in 1977. At the helm of the newspaper, he stressed good writing, brought such fiefs as the Washington bureau and the Sunday staff under his...
Rosenthal guided the newspaper away from its stodgy image by emphasizing a broader range of lively feature reporting. Beginning in 1976, the Times introduced sections on entertainment, living, home and science. The changes attracted both advertisers and readers (current weekday circ. 1,035,426). Veteran Times Correspondent and Editor Harrison...
For all Rosenthal's achievements, however, his autocratic management style caused increasing internal strife. Staffers describe him as an emotional, capricious and sometimes vindictive boss. When Science Reporter Richard Severo tried to sell a book based on his Times reporting to an outside publisher, he suddenly found himself handling minor...