Mediagazer: Times Selects Deborah Needleman to Run Its Style Magazines (Christine Haughney/Media Decoder)

2:15 PM ET, September 27, 2012

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Christine Haughney / Media Decoder:

Times Selects Deborah Needleman to Run Its Style Magazines — Deborah Needleman, the editor in chief of The Wall Street Journal's style magazine, has been hired to run T: The New York Times Style Magazine, the Times announced Tuesday. Ms. Needleman is taking over a franchise …

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