Daniel Cohen, a member of the Ochs-Sulzberger family, which owns a controlling vote on New York Times' board, is walking away from the board in April.
According to New York Times Securities and Exchange documents filed today, he informed the board on Jan. 7 that he would be not be asking to be re-elected at the company's annual meeting in April.
Here's the full note:
On January 7, 2010, Daniel Cohen notified the Chairman of the Board of Directors of The New York Times Company (the “Company”) of his decision not to stand for re-election to the Board at the Company’s 2010 annual meeting. Mr. Cohen, a member of the Ochs/Sulzberger family, who in addition to serving as a director is a trustee of the family trust that holds a majority of the Company’s Class B Common Stock, will continue to serve until the 2010 annual meeting, which the Company expects will be held in April.
Cohen worked for the Times for 16 years with several senior positions, most recently as 1999 as senior vice president of advertising.
He was also the president of a production company that produced shows including "A Cook's Tour" with Anthony Bourdain and "Boy Meets Grill" and "Throwdown" with Bobby Flay.
He currently serves as director of educational services for ReServe, Inc., Retired Professionals Serving the Nonprofit Community.
We sent messages to The New York Times and Cohen for comment.
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