Jill Abramson Out As Executive Editor Of New York Times

[Purveyor]

Source: Boston Globe

Jill Abramson, the executive editor of The New York Times, is leaving the position and will be replaced by managing editor Dean Baquet, the newspaper announced Wednesday.

Abramson, the first woman to serve in the position as top editor, replaced former executive editor Bill Keller in 2011.

“I’ve loved my run at The Times. I got to work with the best journalists in the world doing so much stand-up journalism,” Abramson said in a statement sent by the Times announcing the move. “Holding powerful institutions accountable is the mission of The Times and the hallmark of my time as executive editor, whether stories about China, government secrecy, or powerful figures and corporations.”

“There is no journalist in our newsroom or elsewhere better qualified to take on the responsibilities of executive editor at this time than Dean Baquet,” Times publisher Arthur Sulzberger, Jr. said in the statement. “He is an exceptional reporter and editor with impeccable news judgment who enjoys the confidence and support of his colleagues around the world and across the organization.”

Read more: http://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2014/05/14/jill-abramson-out-executive-editor-the-new-york-times/XBBpLfBtAjzzgZCVS0oUvI/story.html

[Proud Public Servant]

1. Damned shame, actually

The recent Times editorial on the GOP and Benghazi was one of teh best I've ever read in that paper; it actually had some teeth, and some verve: Center Ring at the Republican Circus

[Octafish]

2. All the fits.

That's news.

[mackerel]

3. My Father used to say all that's fit to spit they print

[AngryAmish]

4. She asked for equal pay...then got fired.

Nyt needs to be boycotted.