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A. G. Sulzberger

Wikipedia's first sentence called it “american journalist who is the publisher of the new york times”. Today it says “american journalist”.
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Arthur Gregg Sulzberger (born August 5, 1980) is an American journalist who is the publisher of The New York Times .1 He is the son of Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Jr. , the chairman of The New York Times Company and the preceding publisher of The New York Times . The New York Times on January 1, 2018. "A Conversation on the Future of The New York Times: Arthur Sulzberger, Jr. and Dean Baquet in conversation with Jack Rosenthal" .2

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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “american journalist who is the publisher of the new york times”. Today it says “american journalist”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then

american journalist who is the publisher of the new york times

Now

american journalist

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