Richard Johnson / NY Post
THE New York Times has become one big promotion machine for the family of Lynn Dolnick, who's on the paper's board of directors. As gawker.com reports, husband Edward Dolnick's new book, "The Forger's Spell," about a Dutch art forger, got picked as an "editor's choice" by the Times and was praised on its "Paper Cuts" blog as a "delightful book." But there's no mention of the author's connection to his wife, or that Lynn is a cousin of publisher Arthur "Pinch" Sulzberger Jr. Last year, the Times carried an op-ed piece by Ben Dolnick, which helped promote his book "Zoology," without informing readers he's Lynn's son. Times rep Catherine Mathis said: "We would disclose the family relationship if the author was employed by the company, a member of the board or otherwise influential in the operations of the company."
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