Mediagazer: Ex-Charbeat CTO Alan Beaufour appointed SVP of engineering at the New York Times (Benjamin Mullin/Poynter)

10:25 AM ET, May 16, 2016

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Peter Kafka / Recode:

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Roger Yu / USA Today:

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Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:

Ex-Charbeat CTO Alan Beaufour appointed SVP of engineering at the New York Times — Allan Beaufour, the former chief technology officer at web analytics company Chartbeat, has been appointed senior vice president of engineering at The New York Times. — Beaufour, who will be responsible …

Todd Spangler / Variety:

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Patrick Foster / Telegraph:

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Richard Sandomir / New York Times:

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Nicholas Fandos / New York Times:

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Thomas Fuller / New York Times:

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Joe Coscarelli / New York Times:

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Christopher Heine / Adweek:

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