International Herald Tribune Appoints Tom Sims as Asia Business Editor

The International Herald Tribune (IHT) announced today the appointment of Tom Sims to the position of Asia business editor based at the newspaper’s Hong Kong news bureau. Mr. Sims, currently the editor of Marketplace, the European finance section in the IHT, is an experienced business writer having come to the IHT from the Wall Street Journal in Frankfurt. As Asia business editor Mr. Sims will supervise all of the IHT’s coverage of business in Asia; he will also co-ordinate between the business desks in Asia, Paris and New York. Michael Oreskes, the IHT’s executive editor, said: "This is a crucial job. You only have to look at the business growth rates in China, India and elsewhere in Asia, and the increase in business coverage in the IHT, to appreciate the importance of the role. Tom has made such a mark as editor of Marketplace impressing us all with his knowledge, judgement and editing skills. It’s a big task, but Tom is the right editor for the job.” The IHT has invested significantly in its Asia edition: it expanded its Asian business content with the ‘Business Asia’ section and opened a newsroom in Hong Kong in 2005, when it also appointed numerous high profile correspondents and editors across the region. These and other investments in color and increased pagination have helped the paper become the best-selling international daily in Asia*, while circulation has risen steadily with a 68% increase since 2000 to a new record total of 88,386 in 2006*. *Source: Office de Justification de la Diffusion, OJD NOTES TO EDITORS: Tom Sims Mr. Sims has worked at the IHT since 2005 as editor of Marketplace. Previously he was a staff reporter at The Wall Street Journal on its international and online editions, writing under the byline G. Thomas Sims for nearly six years. Based in Frankfurt at a crossroads in European economic history, he wrote extensively from across the Continent about the young European Central Bank, the birth of the euro and its effect on currency and bond markets, the challenges of European integration, and macroeconomic trends. During the previous four years, Tom Sims was on the staff of Dow Jones Newswires in Frankfurt and New York, where he edited, reported on currency and bond markets, and covered international economics, the German auto, construction, retail and travel industries. He is a graduate of Columbia University, where he earned a Master of Science degree in Journalism in 1995. He has a Bachelor of Arts degree from Rice University and has also studied for several semesters in Vienna and Milan. About the International Herald Tribune (www.iht.com) The International Herald Tribune is the premier international newspaper for opinion leaders and decision-makers around the globe. It combines the extensive resources of its own correspondents with those of The New York Times and is printed at 36 sites throughout the world, for sale in more than 180 countries. Based in Paris since 1887, the IHT is part of The New York Times Company. About The New York Times Company The New York Times Company (NYSE: NYT), a leading media company with 2006 revenues of $3.3 billion, includes The New York Times, the International Herald Tribune, The Boston Globe, 15 other daily newspapers, WQXR-FM and more than 30 Web sites, including NYTimes.com, Boston.com and About.com. The Company's core purpose is to enhance society by creating, collecting and distributing high-quality news, information and entertainment. This press release can be downloaded from www.IHTinfo.com/press