Page One: Inside the New York Times ****

A fascinating and timely look at the U.S. newspaper of record in a year of sweeping changes in media usage patterns, as newspaper advertising income drops 30% at the same time readership on competing outlets on the Internet increases, and paper after paper goes out of business or into bankruptcy. Focusing largely on the Media desk and editor David Carr, "Page One" provides an intimate look at the jockeying for A1 story placement and how the Times is responding and adapting to the changing media landscape. There are no easy answers, and no clear way forward, punctuated by the layoff of 100 of the paper's 1400 journalists, but there is a clear sense of the institution's dedication to integrity and the real value of on-the-round journalism versus online aggregators and bloggers.