Everything about The International Herald Tribune totally explained
The
International Herald Tribune is a widely read
English language international
newspaper. It combines the resources of its own correspondents with those of
The New York Times and is printed at 33 sites throughout the world, for sale in more than 180 countries. The
IHT is part of
The New York Times Company. It has been based in
Paris since its founding in
1887.
History
The
Herald was founded on
October 4, 1887, as the European edition of the
New York Herald by the parent paper's owner,
James Gordon Bennett, Jr. The company is based in
Neuilly-sur-Seine, a suburb of Paris.
In
1928, the
Herald became the first newspaper distributed by airplane, flying copies to
London from Paris in time for breakfast. Publication of the
IHT was interrupted during
Nazi Germany's occupation of Paris (1940–1944).
In
1959,
John Hay Whitney, a businessman and
US Ambassador to the UK, bought the
New York Herald Tribune and its European edition. In
1966, the New York paper closed, but the Whitney family kept the Paris paper going through partnerships. In December 1966,
The Washington Post became a joint owner.
The New York Times became a joint owner of the
Herald in May
1967; the newspaper became known as the
International Herald Tribune.
In
1974 the
IHT began transmitting facsimile pages of the paper between nations and opened a printing site near London. In
1977, the paper opened a second site in
Zürich.
The
IHT began to send electronic images of newspaper pages from Paris to
Hong Kong via satellite in
1980, making the paper simultaneously available on opposite sides of the planet. This was the first such intercontinental transmission of an English-language daily newspaper and followed the pioneering efforts of the Chinese-language
Sing Tao Daily newspaper.
In
1991,
The Washington Post and
The New York Times became sole and equal shareholders of the newspaper.
As of 2007, the IHT is completely owned by The New York Times Company, after that firm purchased the 50% stake owned by the
Washington Post Company on
December 30,
2002. The takeover ended a 35-year partnership between the two domestic competitors. The
Post was forced to sell when the
Times threatened to pull out and start a competing paper. As a result, the
Post entered into an agreement to publish selected articles in
The Wall Street Journal's European edition.
Distribution
The paper is printed at 33 sites around the world and sells in more than 180 countries. It has a circulation of 242,200 (2005), which has increased since 2003 when its circulation was 233,400, but is still below its 2001 circulation of 263,900
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). It has about 335 employees.
Affiliations
Affiliations with international newspapers include:
Further Information
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