Lincoln Millstein

Lincoln Millstein became executive vice president of New York Times Digital in January 2000 and oversees products across NYTD. Prior to that, he served as group vice president and publisher since August 1999 and was responsible for overseeing New York Times Digital’s regional Web sites, including Boston.com and newyorktoday.com.

Previously, Lincoln served as vice president for new media at The Boston Globe since January 1995 and added the title of CEO of Boston.com in 1998. He is a 25-year newsroom veteran who made the transition to the business side of the newspaper to help spearhead The Globe’s fledgling interactive division.

Lincoln spent 14 years in The Globe newsroom and held a variety of positions, including features editor, business editor and city editor. In his last assignment in the newsroom, he served as managing editor for features and new media. During his tenure, he developed several important sections in the newspaper, including expansion of the Arts section to include the Movie section and the Music section. He also developed and introduced The Globe 100 list of the top companies in Massachusetts in 1989.

Prior to joining The Globe in 1983, Lincoln spent 10 years at The Hartford Courant both as a reporter and editor, including business editor from 1981 to 1983. During that time, he won several awards for his reporting of the aerospace and insurance industries.

Lincoln earned a B.A in political science from the University of Connecticut and spent a year at Stanford Business School on a Professional Journalism Fellowship awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities in 1980-1981.