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jarroddicker skidder NYT does have a book publishing arm *and* the right to first refusal on employee manuscripts - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Times_Books - I believe recent reporting indicated that they were not interested in publishing many of the books that came up or chose not to come close to offers elsewhere
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jarroddicker skidder I don't know why though? It always seemed odd to me that they did not pursue their own writers more vigorously, but perhaps the reasons are more ideological than business.