Mediagazer: NY Times public editor calls into question incoming CEO Thompson (Jennifer Saba/Reuters)

12:00 PM ET, October 24, 2012

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Jennifer Saba / Reuters:

NY Times public editor calls into question incoming CEO Thompson — (Reuters) - The New York Times public editor has questioned whether the newspaper's incoming chief executive, the former BBC head Mark Thompson, is fit to serve as the company's top official as a scandal shakes Britain's most prestigious broadcaster.

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Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:

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James Topham / Reuters:

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Mathew Ingram / GigaOM:

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