Mediagazer: New public editor says The New York Times needs to listen more to reader preferences, habits, and shifting ways of consuming information to expand audience (Liz Spayd/New York Times)

11:20 AM ET, July 11, 2016

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Liz Spayd / New York Times:

New public editor says The New York Times needs to listen more to reader preferences, habits, and shifting ways of consuming information to expand audience — MOST journalists I've worked with have a reflexive aversion to interacting with readers. They subscribe to the view that editors …

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