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New York Times wedding announcements
By: Hanna Date: December 10, 2019, 7:05 pm
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Is anyone familiar with the protocol around New York Times
wedding announcements?
We came across* the announcement of a colleague’s marriage there
and were surprised by it. First because they couple had no
connection to NY - not from there, hasn’t lived there and does
not have family there.
But also, the announcement ended with “The groom’s previous 3
marriages ended in divorce.” I don’t think most papers print
that information and I certainly don’t think the couple had it
purposely included. Is that something historically done for
public info? I was thinking like posting the baans, as we
discussed in another thread.
Thought it was an interesting discussion!
*googling for address and this came up.
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Re: New York Times wedding announcements
By: Penelope2017 Date: December 11, 2019, 5:14 am
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To address your first observation, though it’s called the New
York Times, it’s not viewed (in my opinion) as a New York
centered newspaper. It’s more national and even international
coverage. The people covered are usually notable, high level
and/or interesting in some way.
Their wedding announcements are definitely unique. I had a
cousin in there once and they described how he met his wife - at
first when they both were still with “other lovers.” I admit I
was a bit taken aback at the level of personal detail and
wondered how my private and proper family was going to cringe.
So long way of saying I agree they sometimes include things that
seem a bit invasive for a wedding announcement. Unlike other
publications might, I think they view them more as news stories.
If your wedding is in The NY Times, though, you’ve probably read
it and know what to expect.
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Re: New York Times wedding announcements
By: oogyda Date: December 11, 2019, 9:39 am
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Someone I know once submitted an application for a wedding
announcement in the NYT. This is based on what I remember she
told me.
The couple submits an application (with photos) pretty far in
advance. If you are chosen, they interview you and do some
investigating to verify what you've said in the application.
I guess you'd want to stand out in some way with your story.
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Re: New York Times wedding announcements
By: DCGirl Date: December 17, 2019, 12:06 pm
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The happy couple doesn't write the announcements, a New York
Times reporter does. They are much different than the
announcements that appear in smaller, more local newspapers and
are written more as news stories. Past marriages, whether ended
by divorce or death, are considered relevant information. Think
of it more like when a celebrity gets married and there's
usually a mention of previous marriages (and often to whom) in
the news stories about it.
When I submitted my wedding announcement to the Washington Post
(admittedly years ago), I wrote what we wanted to say but the
Post reserved the write to edit it. No one from the Post
interviewed me about the details, and our announcement was very
traditional with name of our parents, names of grandparents,
where we went to school, and where were employed.
A few years ago, the New York Times ran a story about a woman
who wanted the wedding announcement from her very short first
marriage deleted from its website because it was the first thing
that prospective dates would find online if they googled here.
The Times' position is that these announcements are part of the
public record and wouldn't delete it. She ended having to
create a LinkedIn profile, websites for her businesses, personal
websites, Facebook, Twitter, and so forth to eventually get the
announcement to stop showing up in the first page of search
results for herself.
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Re: New York Times wedding announcements
By: Hanna Date: December 17, 2019, 12:44 pm
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In this case there is no obvious reason that this couple would
have been chosen by NYT. They are very nice people but nothing
particularly interesting in their backgrounds or family
connections that would make their marriage a global point of
interest. They were married in the winter so now suspect it was
easier to be included.
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Re: New York Times wedding announcements
By: DCGirl Date: December 19, 2019, 11:11 am
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The Atlantic did a story about the odds of getting your wedding
announcement in the NY Times if you're not from New York. The
following factors help: graduating from an elite university
(Harvard, Yale, etc.), working as a Congressional staffer,
working as a elite lawyer (at a prestigious firm), living in a
tony location (Greenwich, CT, Newport, RI, etc.)....
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Re: New York Times wedding announcements
By: Hanna Date: December 19, 2019, 3:25 pm
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[quote author=DCGirl link=topic=1435.msg44024#msg44024
date=1576775496]
The Atlantic did a story about the odds of getting your wedding
announcement in the NY Times if you're not from New York. The
following factors help: graduating from an elite university
(Harvard, Yale, etc.), working as a Congressional staffer,
working as a elite lawyer (at a prestigious firm), living in a
tony location (Greenwich, CT, Newport, RI, etc.)....
[/quote]
AHA!
She did go to an elite school.
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Re: New York Times wedding announcements
By: JeanFromBNA Date: December 20, 2019, 1:58 pm
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[quote author=Hanna link=topic=1435.msg43554#msg43554
date=1576026330]
Is anyone familiar with the protocol around New York Times
wedding announcements?
We came across* the announcement of a colleague’s marriage there
and were surprised by it. First because they couple had no
connection to NY - not from there, hasn’t lived there and does
not have family there.
But also, the announcement ended with “The groom’s previous 3
marriages ended in divorce.” I don’t think most papers print
that information and I certainly don’t think the couple had it
purposely included. Is that something historically done for
public info? I was thinking like posting the baans, as we
discussed in another thread.
Thought it was an interesting discussion!
*googling for address and this came up.
[/quote]
Well best wishes and good luck to your colleague. She's going
to need it.
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