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John Geddes

John M. Geddes

Managing Editor, News Operations, The New York Times
New York, NY

John M. Geddes was named managing editor of The New York Times in August 2003, after having been deputy managing editor since September 1997. Mr. Geddes joined The Times as a business/financial editor in September 1994.

Prior to joining The Times, Mr. Geddes was the chief executive officer of BIS Strategic Decisions, a market research company acquired by Friday Holdings, an investment partnership, in January 1994. Before that he was a principal at Friday Holdings.

From 1976 to 1993, Mr. Geddes worked in the newspaper industry. Thirteen of those years were spent at The Wall Street Journal in various positions including: bureau chief, Bonn, Germany; deputy managing editor and then managing editor, The Wall Street Journal/Europe; news editor, assistant managing editor, senior editor, and national news editor. He was an economics correspondent in Bonn for The Times from January 1979 to March 1980, a reporter in Bonn for the AP-Dow Jones News Service from January 1978 to January 1979, a New York reporter for AP-Dow Jones News Service from September 1976 to January 1978 and a reporter at The Ansonia Evening Sentinel, Ansonia, Conn., in 1976.

Born in Providence, R.I., on November 19, 1951, Mr. Geddes received a B.A. degree in Economics, graduating cum laude, from the University of Rhode Island in 1974. He received an M.A. degree in business journalism from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, in 1976.