International Herald Tribune
The International Herald Tribune (IHT) was a daily English-language newspaper published in Paris, France, for international English-speaking readers. It had the aim of becoming "the world's first global newspaper" and could fairly be said to have met that goal.[2] It published under the name International Herald Tribune starting in 1967, but its origins as an international newspaper trace back to 1887.[3] Sold in over 160 countries, the International Herald Tribune was an innovative newspaper that continued to produce a large amount of unique content until its closure in 2013.[4]
This article is about the paper that existed 1967–2013. For its predecessors, see New York Herald Tribune § European edition, and New York Herald § European edition.Type
Whitney Communications, The Washington Post and The New York Times Company [1]
1887
English
October 14, 2013
France
The New York Times (1967–2013)
The Washington Post (1967–2003)
Early years[edit]
In 1887, James Gordon Bennett Jr. created a Paris edition of his newspaper the New York Herald[5] with offices at 49, avenue de l'Opéra. He called it the Paris Herald. When Bennett Jr. died, the Herald and its Paris edition came under the control of Frank Munsey.[6] In 1924, Munsey sold the paper to the family of Ogden Reid, owners of the New-York Tribune, creating the New York Herald Tribune, while the Paris edition became the Paris Herald Tribune. By 1967, the paper was owned jointly by Whitney Communications, The Washington Post and The New York Times, and became known as the International Herald Tribune, or IHT.[7]
Writers and journalists[edit]
Throughout its history the Paris-based paper had a glittering stable of writers and journalists.[23] Among the most well-known were the humorist Art Buchwald,[24] the fashion editor Suzy Menkes,[25] jazz critic Mike Zwerin[26] and food writers Waverly Root[27] and Patricia Wells.[28] Former executive editors include John Vinocur,[29] David Ignatius[30] and Michael Getler.[31]
The final years[edit]
In 2013, the New York Times Company announced that the International Herald Tribune was being renamed The International New York Times.[32]
On October 14, 2013, a Monday,[9] the International Herald Tribune appeared on newsstands for the last time and ceased publication under that name.[33][7]
In 2016 the Paris offices closed amid massive layoffs.[34] The National Book Review called it "end of a romantic era in international journalism".[35]