Bill Carter Takes New York Times Buyout As Deadline Looms
Today is the deadline for New York Times staffers to apply for an above-normal buyout offer from the paper, which is looking to eliminate 100 positions in its latest cost-saving measure. Carter, who joined NYT as television reporter in 1989 after serving as TV critic at the Baltimore Sun, is among those taking the deal. He replaced the legendary Peter Boyer, who left in a wave of staff defections from the paper…