NYT chief executive warns Trump is deploying ‘anti-press playbook', FT says


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  • Thursday, 18 Sep 2025

The New York Times building in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., September 16, 2025. REUTERS/Kylie Cooper

(Reuters) -The chief executive officer of the New York Times, Meredith Kopit Levien, said the company would "not be cowed" by U.S. President Donald Trump’s $15-billion lawsuit against the newspaper, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday.

The suit is the latest in Trump's flurry of legal attacks on media during his second term, including a $10-billion defamation case against the Wall Street Journal in July.

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