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New York Times Gets A Wine Club

Filed under: Wine

Following in the footsteps of the Wall Street Journal, the NY Times is getting into the wine business with a new wine club. The New York Times Wine Club will have two tiers of membership $90 (Times Sampler) or $180 (Times Reserve) per six-bottle shipment Customers can choose to have wine delivered every one, two or three months. The NY Times is looking at various ways to raise revenue and extend the brand. On the wine website NY Times food and wine content runs along one side. Wine club members will also receive booklets of Times recipes meant to be paired with the wines. The shop also sells select wines like the Pahlmeyer Jayson Chardonnay and the Brokenwood Semillon in six and 12 bottle allotments.

The wine club is operated by the Global Wine Company. Other media-related wine clubs include ones started by the San Francisco Chronicle, the Bay Area public broadcasting organization KQED, Sunset Magazine and Forbes. Will wine save media? The wine industry has been going through its own turmoil lately but maybe if newspaper readers won't pay for content they will pay for wine.

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Isaac Mizrahi's New York Times Bag, Handbag of the Day

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Filed under: Handbags

This bright burst of spring color is the tote bag and scarf set created exclusively for the New York Times by designer Isaac Mizrahi. Vivid red twill and leather are paired with a tangerine hued silk chiffon scarf and a bright yellow New York Times signature medallion, the color combination inspired by the New York Times building designed by architect Renzo Piano. Only 600 are available (through the New York Times store) and each comes numbered with a cotton storage bag and gift box for $299.

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The NY Times Corporate Jet Is For Sale

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Filed under: Wings

The NY Times Co.'s annual proxy revealed an interesting detail, the company is selling its private jet. Cityfile shows that the company has been trying to sell the 1997 Dassault Falcon for close to two months. It costs $9.5 million and listing pics reveal a cozy cabin with gleaming wood and soft gray padded seats.

Gallery: Corporate Jets For Sale

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NY Times Ellis Island Keepsake

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

If your ancestors came to the U.S. through Ellis Island the NY Times has created a unique way to commemorate your past. The Times/Ellis Island Legacy Keepsake includes the passenger record, with your relative's name and arrival date, personalized text that displays your ancestors name, a photo of the ship on which they arrived (or a picture of the Statue of Liberty if the ship image is unavailable), and the front page of the New York Times on the date of arrival. The piece measures 32" across x 27" high and is framed in gold with a Liberty-Ellis Foundation brass plaque. It sells for $495.

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How Much is Too Much for a Party?

by Nicole Weston (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Events

This New York Times article about the TV show My Super Sweet 16 really got me thinking about spending. The show, if you are unfamiliar with it, is a reality program that follows the planning and preparation for some of the most expensive teenage birthday parties in the country. Many of the parties cost upwards of $200,000, not including the gifts of cars, clothes and jewelry that many of the lucky kids receive in addition.

The show has its fans and its critics, but the critics are always the most vocal, saying that such "celebrations of self... [are] an excuse to prolong the whiny, self-centered greediness that gives infantile a bad name." In contrast, a mother whose daughter appeared on the show said "Unless they were crazy or hated their child, any parent who was financially able would do it." Would they? Is there a point where the spending for a child's entertainment should stop?

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