Jim Bankoff

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318 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Jun 2026 last heard 29 Jun

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And in my mind, New York Times is the pinnacle of a great institution.

There are other ones.

I can point to the Wall Street Journal.

I can point to ESPN.

I can even point to New York Magazine, which we run, which for my money is obviously the best magazine journalism-based magazine.

institution.

And what makes an institution great?

It's the people, but it's the people who are put into a system to succeed based on the values and the proposition of that institution.

And that means often, and this is not a negative, it's actually a positive, conforming to the

the institution.

What does it mean to conform to the institution?

Sometimes it's editorial standards.

Sometimes it's like, hey, you're on this beat.

We don't want you talking about that thing, even though you might have feelings, even though you might want to report on that.

That's just not what we hired you to.

And there's a career ladder and give it a couple of years in your job and we'll get you into that other thing.

But if you want to if it's Tuesday and you want to do something else on Thursday, that's just not what this place is about.

Or in your case,

hey, I like my salary, I like my healthcare, you pay me well, but I'm doing really well here, shouldn't I get a cut of the action?

And there are very few institutions that are set up around that.

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