 "Once I got inside the company, not only was the total performance lower than it needed to be, every property was subpar," said by Mark Willis, CEO of Times Mirror Company in an interview from "Newsweek".Circulation peaked at 300,000 and was 231,000 at the time of closure.New York Newsday invigorated local coverage in New York, especially at The New York Times, and Willis refused to entertain employee proposals to trim costs and save the paper.