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Ken Auletta / News Desk:
In 2011, Abramson's salary went from $475k to $503k, then $525k after protest; Keller's, $559k — Jill Abramson and the Times: What Went Wrong? — In the gossipy world of New York journalism, the firing of Jill Abramson from her position as the executive editor of the Times provoked …
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New York Times:
Times Seeks to Reassure Its Staff After Abramson's Ouster — A day after The New York Times Company announced that it had dismissed Jill Abramson, its first female executive editor, top editors and the publisher moved to reassure staff members and rebut news media reports that her removal …
Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:
Sulzberger: ‘Not true’ that Abramson's compensation package was less than Keller's — New York Times publisher and Times Company chairman Arthutr Sulzberger Jr. hit back Thursday at a report the previous day suggesting part of the reason he fired executive editor Jill Abramson …
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Margaret Sullivan / New York Times:
What Might Leadership Change Mean for Times Readers? — Secrets don't normally last long at newspapers. But this was different: Most of the hundreds who gathered in the Times newsroom Wednesday afternoon were stunned by Arthur O. Sulzberger Jr.'s announcement that Jill Abramson had been fired.
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Hamilton Nolan / Gawker:
NYT mishandles firing of executive editor, forces own reporters to rely on anonymous sources — The New York Times Is Run by a Human PR Disaster — The New York Times, and in particular its publisher, Pinch “Pinch” Sulzberger Jr., is taking a lot of flack for abruptly firing editor Jill Abramson yesterday.
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Rachel Sklar / Medium:
Abramson was treated shockingly badly, but still walks away with power and a legacy
Abramson was treated shockingly badly, but still walks away with power and a legacy
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Amanda Hess / Slate:
Jill Abramson was everything to young women at the New York Times.
Jill Abramson was everything to young women at the New York Times.
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Richard Prince / Quartz:
Yes, it's a huge deal to have a black journalist run the New York Times
Yes, it's a huge deal to have a black journalist run the New York Times
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Chadwick Matlin / FiveThirtyEight:
Jill Abramson Wouldn't Be the Only Female Editor to Face a Pay Gap
Jill Abramson Wouldn't Be the Only Female Editor to Face a Pay Gap
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Rebecca Traister / The New Republic:
Jill Abramson's Firing Was Singularly Humiliating
Jill Abramson's Firing Was Singularly Humiliating
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Myles Tanzer / BuzzFeed:
Internal NYT report on digital publishing: weak support systems, neglect of social promotion, editors “unfamiliar with the web”, more — Exclusive: New York Times Internal Report Painted Dire Digital Picture — “Our journalism advantage is shrinking,” a committee led by the publisher's son warned.
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Zachary M. Seward / Quartz:
The homepage is dead, and the social web has won—even at the New York Times — Traffic to the New York Times homepage fell by half in the last two years, according to the newspaper's internal review of its digital strategy. Here's the very stark chart: — That's not necessarily …
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Khoi / Subtraction.com:
Ex-NYT design chief Khoi Vinh on internal report: what matters is how company acts on it — The New York Times Innovation Report — Buzzfeed got a hold of a 96-page report on the state of innovation at The New York Times, prepared by a select group of the company's staffers and intended for internal distribution only.
Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:
Internal NYT report could be valuable for other publishers mulling digital future
Internal NYT report could be valuable for other publishers mulling digital future
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Chris Ariens / TVNewser:
Les Moonves Confirms CBS is Developing Digital News Channel; David Rhodes Oversees — CBS is in the “early stages” of developing a 24-hour digital news network, CBS Corp. CEO Les Moonves says. Appearing on Bloomberg today, Moonves told Trish Regan the digital channel will be “an exciting alternative to cable news.”
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Bloomberg:
Comcast's Race for Customers May Spur $170 Billion Deals — Comcast Corp.'s bid to buy Time Warner Cable Inc. may be the opening act for a yearlong festival of telecommunications deals that would alter Internet, phone and TV service for tens of millions of Americans. — AT&T Inc. and DirecTV may be the next dance partners.
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Comcast, Charter Appoint Cable Veteran Michael Willner CEO of Spinoff MSO
Comcast, Charter Appoint Cable Veteran Michael Willner CEO of Spinoff MSO
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David Adams / Reuters:
Cuban blogger to launch island's first independent online newspaper — Cuba's prize-winning blogger, Yoani Sanchez, is launching the island's first independent digital newspaper next week to challenge the communist-ruled country's state-controlled media. — Sanchez said the online publication …
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Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
FCC votes for Internet “fast lanes,” but could change its mind later — Chairman: “There is one Internet: Not a fast internet. Not a slow Internet.” — The Federal Communications Commission today voted in favor of a preliminary proposal to allow Internet “fast lanes,” …
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Adi Robertson / The Verge:
The real battle for net neutrality just began
The real battle for net neutrality just began
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Guardian:
Guardian, Associated Press and local Missouri papers sue state over lethal injection secrecy — Guardian challenges lethal injection secrecy in landmark Missouri lawsuit — Challenge brought by Guardian, AP and three newspapers says US public has a right to know about how drugs are being used
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Reporters Without Borders:
United States - US should not adopt “information warfare” approach — On 30 April, the US House of Representatives approved a bill, the US International Communications Reform Act, which aims to restructure the US federal government-funded international media and, in particular …
Jeff Bercovici / Forbes:
Huffington Post Founders Settle Lawsuit Over Its Origins — A three-year-old lawsuit over the origins of the Huffington Post, involving claims that stretch back over a decade, has been quietly settled. — Arianna Huffington and her cofounder, Ken Lerer, have insisted all along that Daou …
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Financial Times:
Financial Times appoints Gillian Tett US managing editor — Distinguished editor Martin Dickson to retire — The Financial Times today announces the appointment of Gillian Tett to the role of US managing editor. Tett returns to oversee the FT's print and online editions in the Americas from 1 September.
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