Eventually, Chawla agreed to ask the judge to modify the gag order so McCraw could discuss the matter with the Times' general counsel and the company's outside lawyers, and then with two senior Times executives: A.G. Sulzberger, the publisher, and Meredith Kopit Levien, the chief executive.
Ekugcineni, uMnu Chawla wavuma ukucela ijaji ukuthi lishintshe lo mthetho wokuvala imilomo ukuze uMnu McCraw akwazi ukuxoxa ngalolu daba nabameli beTimes jikelele nabameli benkampani abangaphandle, bese ephendula nabaphathi abakhulu be-Times.: U-AG Sulzberger, umshicileli, noMeredith UKopit Levien, umphathi omkhulu.