New Era: Jill Abramson Begins As New York Times Executive Editor Today

by Zara Golden | 9:54 am, September 6th, 2011

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It’s a new day at the New York Times, and for the first time ever, there is a woman’s name at the top of the masthead. Today marks the beginning of Jill Abramson‘s reign as executive editor of the Grey Lady. She’ll take the helm from Bill Keller, who announced in June that we has stepping down from the position he’s held the since 2003 in order to spend more time writing.

Now the first female executive editor in the paper’s 160 year history, Abramson has been with the <em>Times</em> since 1997, and has served as managing editor since 2003. In 2010, she moved briefly to NYTimes.com, where she worked to advance the paper’s digital strategy — a move that, at the time, was assumed a test for Abramson, a chance for her to “flex [her] editor muscles.” This experience will likely be influential as she moves forward with the paper.

This is a day she has long been working towards. ”In my house growing up, The Times substituted for religion,” she has said. “If The Times said it, it was the absolute truth.” Jill, this is your time.

Bill Keller, Jill Abramson, New York Times

Anonymous

The NYT’s will be selling for a $1 very soon. And it will be overpriced…..
ganymede

I get a kick out of rightwingers who will, of course, be attacking Jill Abramson and the New York Times for its ultra liberal/left, out of touch, collectivist inclined, failed policies stance, and as many negative put down things you can say about a newspaper. The reality is that The New York Times is one of the great daily newspapers in the world and must reading for anyone who has any pretensions of understanding what’s going on a round them. Obviously, most of the rightwingers don’t read the Times. They prefer to get their info from FOX, Rush and The Blaze.
Anonymous

The NYTimes was ONCE the great newspaper of its Time. It still has some great reporting no doubt but when it started using the front page for opinion pieces vs. the Opinion Page I lost respect for it. As a confirmed fiscal conservative I read them it daily even the OpEd page of the NYTimes and always the WSJ. Jill Abramson will have her hands full printing retractions and corrections in this age.
Anonymous

The “Old Grey Lady” gets an old gray (hate that gray…wash it away) lady to continue its decline!
Anonymous

There’s no need for anyone on the right to attack the Times; its former ombudsman admitted that the paper is very liberal in almost all aspects.

There’s no doubt that it leads the left field in the on-going concept of “agenda journalism.”

The print media, no matter what side it’s on, has bias; the fact that there are more papers on the left only means too many left-leaning papers and magazines are failing because they duplicate the same message as they “sound the same horn” appealing to the same shrinking audience.

You can tell by your diction that your post is meant mainly to demean the right. But, why would you even need to read the Times since you’re a person who has a deep “understanding of what’s going on a round (sic) [you]“?

And you know that “rightwingers don’t read the Times.” How so? seems you also have a few “pretensions” (?) of your own; however, your first sentence really does have the Times pegged!

“Pretensions: insincere efforts; deceptions.” (Is that the Times brand of journalism today?)
Anonymous

As an immigrant to these shores (early 60′s) I read, loved, was addicted to, and admired the NYT.
I really felt, actually knew,that it was the greatest paper in the world.
It went slowly but surely from an organ of information and instruction to a biased spinner of leftist ideas.
How can I trust it, biased as it is?
Anonymous

I’m a regular reader of the Sunday Times and I’m sure she’s a sharp newsperson, but DAMN, she really needs to take elocution lessons before doing any more TV interviews: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dg23tQu_Qf4&sns=em

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Guest

OMG Hell must be freezing over! The NYT bought a left-wing moonbat liberal on to their staff as the editor? Why the huge change NYT?
AliveStillKickin

The NYT has lost all credibility and is spiraling downward from there.
Grocery store tabloids print more truth than the NYT.
Switch to the WASHINGTON Times….and get the REAL news.
(Plus…..The “Nuge” is there — Hardcore truth in editorials)
gordonbloyershow

This is the crazy lady that lied about Clarence Thomas. She is a lib low life.