Abramson out as NYT editor, Baquet replaces her

[H.L. Mencken]

Stunner.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/15/business/media/jill-abramson-being-replaced-as-top-editor-at-times.html?_r=0

 

[LongTimeListener]

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Did she get a going-away baquet?

 

[H.L. Mencken]

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Did she get a going-away baquet?

Doh.

 

[cranberry]

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Uh oh. Now she's going to really regret the NY Times "T' she has tattooed on her back.

 

[LongTimeListener]

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NYT reporter tweets that Sulzberger said it was an "issue with management." Forbes writes that she was fired for an abrasive style.

I guess the Times just found her too bossy.

 

[TheSportsPredictor]

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Sounds like she leaned too far in:

http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/currency/2014/05/why-jill-abramson-was-fired.html?utm_source=tny&utm_campaign=generalsocial&utm_medium=twitter&mbid=social_twitter

 

[YankeeFan]

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I love this:

Jessica Pressler -- ‏@jpressler

'Just let it be," Sulzberger tells entire room of professional reporters. 'Don't go speculating or trying to find out what happened.'

https://twitter.com/jpressler/status/466667587792011264

 

[Michael_ Gee]

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It has been reported Abramson found out she was getting paid notably less than her male predecessor Keller and got in his face about it. Of course, firing her was the fastest way to make sure the world found out the Times' stance on gender equity is just so much hypocritical bull****.

 

[Michael_ Gee]

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Gets better. She found out a male deputy executive editor was making more than she was and had sought legal counsel. Sulzberger really is a ****ing moron as a CEO isn't he?

 

[YankeeFan]

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Oh, please tell me this is true.

 

[YankeeFan]

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I figured they were pissed about losing Nate Silver.

 

[YankeeFan]

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This was reported last week:

Bloomberg News recently tried recruiting New York Times managing editor Dean Baquet to oversee Washington coverage, an attempted poaching that highlights the company's desire to expand its reach in the capital.

Senior Executive Editor Laurie Hays, who has known Baquet since their days reporting for a small New Orleans newspaper, approached the Times editor in recent months about the Washington position at Bloomberg, according to sources familiar with the matter who are unauthorized to discuss it. Despite the overture, Baquet is not leaving the Times and Bloomberg filled the position on Friday.

Baquet declined to comment. A Bloomberg spokesman also declined to comment.

Landing Baquet would have been a long shot for Bloomberg -- or really, any news outlet -- considering that he’s second-in-command at the Times and is considered by many in the newsroom to be in line as the next executive editor. Still, the attempt is testament to Bloomberg's ambition to be viewed as the most influential news outlet.

Despite a lucrative terminal business aimed at financial institutions, Bloomberg has struggled at driving the news and opinion conversation on the Web, on social media and on cable news. Bloomberg boasts a Washington staff roughly three times larger than that of the Times, but doesn’t have the same influence in the capital, or generate buzz in the political world like Politico.

But the company hopes to change perceptions that it's not in the game.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/06/bloomberg-dean-baquet-new-york-times_n_5276912.html

If Bloomberg tried to hire him, you can bet he's going to earn more than Abramson was getting.

 

[Baron Scicluna]

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Gets better. She found out a male deputy executive editor was making more than she was and had sought legal counsel. Sulzberger really is a ****ing moron as a CEO isn't he?

He's a CEO. That says it all. (ducking)

 

[YankeeFan]

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Before "Punch" Sulzberger died, do you think he hated it when Charles Dolan would tease him about Jimmy being smarter than "Pinch"?

 

[Michael_ Gee]

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He could've been right without Jimmy being smart.

 

[YankeeFan]

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He could've been right without Jimmy being smart.

Exactly. Who else could Charles tease about having a smarter son?

 

[YankeeFan]

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The Boston Red Sox have nothing on the Times when it comes to bashing an employee as they walk out the door.

If she was African-American, they would have called her lazy.

As the first female to run the Times in its 162-year history, Abramson was one of the most powerful women in media. She had taken to giving interviews and appearing on panels without consulting the company, a move that rankled Sulzberger, according to two people. He saw her as someone who liked having the title more than doing the job, three people said.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-05-15/nyt-publisher-said-to-always-have-clashed-with-abramson.html

 

[YankeeFan]

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From March 24th:

@nytimes: Tips for women on how to ask for a raise http://nyti.ms/1jEFfql

ASKING for a raise is the type of conversation that can make even the most confident among us uncomfortable. Women, however, may have good reason to feel that way.

Discrimination persists in the workplace and it isn’t necessarily intentional or overt, experts on gender and negotiation say.

But it can emerge when women act in ways that aren’t considered sufficiently feminine, and when women advocate for themselves, these experts say, some people find it unseemly, if on a subconscious level.

As a result, women need to take a more calibrated approach, whether in asking for a higher salary or a new position. Otherwise, they can risk being perceived as overly demanding and unlikable, experts say, and their requests can backfire.

 

[Michael_ Gee]

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The settlement given Abramson must've been large indeed to get her to a) agree never to discuss her firing and b) pass up what seems like a dandy wrongful dismissal plus sex discrimination suit. Wonder how the Times will hide the amount in its next quarterly report.

 

[H.L. Mencken]

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As neato as it feels to catch the Times in the bear trap of hypocrisy, it's pretty clear Schulzberger just never liked her from the jump. Faced with possibly losing Baquet (the guy he wanted) he gave her the boot. Should she have been earning as much as Keller? Probably. But she also came to the job with fewer credentials than Keller. How many men whose boss clearly disliked them would get a raise? She got screwed, but it was clearly because she couldn't navigate the choppy waters of NYT politics and alliances, not because she was a woman or a poor journalist. Happens to about 50 percent of corporate executives, doesn't it?