Andrew Mark Rosenthal (born February 25, 1956) is an American journalist and former editorial page editor of ''

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''. He is the son of A. M. Rosenthal, a longtime ''New York Times'' senior executive and executive editor. While at ''The New York Times'', he managed the paper's opinion pages, their editorial board, and the Letters and Op-Ed departments. As the paper maintained separation between editorial and journalistic operations, Rosenthal reported directly to paper's publisher. In March 2016, Rosenthal stepped down as editorial page editor after he had served in that role for over nine years. Rosenthal transitioned to become an online opinion columnist and podcast contributor for ''The New York Times''. In April 2021, Rosenthal was recruited as new editor-in-chief of ''

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'', a small, scandal-plagued, right-wing online newspaper in Sweden. In February 2022, Bulletin was declared bankrupt by

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due to unpaid debts.

Early life and education

Rosenthal was born in

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. He is the son of Ann Marie (née Burke), a secretary, and A.M. Rosenthal, the former ''New York Times'' executive editor. His father was Jewish, and his mother was of Irish Catholic descent. Rosenthal graduated from the

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with a

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in American history in 1978.

Career

After graduating from college, Rosenthal worked at the

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, where he served as

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bureau chief. Rosenthal joined ''

'' in March 1987. In

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, Rosenthal covered the Bush Administration, the

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and 1992 presidential elections, and the

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. In 2000, he served as national editor, covering the 2000 United States presidential election. He became editorial page editor on January 8, 2007, and he served in that role until April 2016, longer than any other editorial page editor in the modern history of ''The New York Times''. Rosenthal's successor as editorial page editor was James Bennet. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

References

External links

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List of all current members of ''The New York Times'' editorial board, with capsule biographies

Rosenthal moderates extended political discussion with David Brooks, Maureen Dowd and Frank Rich
''The New York Times'' video, July 17, 2006

''The New York Times'', September 24–28, 2007 *
C-SPAN ''Q&A'' interview with Rosenthal, December 17, 2006
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