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Today in Off the Record, New York Times managing editor Jill Abramson talks about the hiring of new metro columnist Susan Dominus. Two additional pieces of information that were not in the piece:
Ms. Abramson said that the idea of hiring Ms. Dominus originally came from deputy metro editor Jodi Rudoren, who recommended Ms. Dominus while Ms. Abramson and Ms. Rudoren were riding a Metro-North train from New Haven to New York.
And when Ms. Abramson was asked whether the hiring of Ms. Dominus--a career magazine writer--suggested a desire by Metro to hire magazine writers more generally, she had this to say: "That wasn't at all a part of the equation. It was just Jodi saying it and me having an immediate, great association with her work and her writing voice, and thinking, Wow, that could be totally interesting. It was just one of those cool ideas that came up in a conversation."
Yee-Haw! Times Hires Saucy Sex Writer to Goose Turgid Metro
The news raises a question: Does the decision to hire Susan Dominus to write a column suggest that the paper is looking to take the section in a different direction—something closer to Metro Styles? read more »
Jill Abramson Goes Home, To Work
Weeks after getting hit by a truck, The Times’ managing editor started a secret project from her hospital bed. read more »
Hillary and Barack Comparisons at the Times
Citing the fact that Baquet would become the first black executive editor if he rose to the top, and Jill Abramson the first woman were she to reach the post, one staffer dubbed them the "Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton of The New York Times."WWD (Feb. 22)
TIMELY MONIKERS: Though the presidential race is heating up, there's another campaign garnering attention in the hallways of The New York Times. Managing editor Jill Abramson and ousted Los Angeles Times editor in chief Dean Baquet, who returns to the Times in March as Washington bureau chief, are favored candidates to succeed Times executive editor Bill Keller, 58, who is seven years away from the company's mandatory retirement age of 65. Though Keller's got some time, insiders jokingly refer to Abramson as Hillary Clinton and to Baquet as Barack Obama."
Times’ Abramson Is On—Then Off! In Scooter Trial
Baquet to Future: L.A. Exile to Run Times D.C. Bureau
Keller to Meet with Times D.C. Bureau
"The Washington bureau knows the topic will be Judy and where the bureau goes from here," a Times source said. read more »
--Gabriel ShermanInside the Times, Managing Editor Rouses Rookies
Newsy Nerdettes Neck and Neck: Abramson Pays $1.65 M. in Tribeca, While Bloom and Allred Drop $1.55 M. On U.W.S.
Newsy Nerdettes Neck and Neck: Abramson Pays $1.65 M. in Tribeca, While Bloom and Allred Drop $1.55 M. On U.W.S.
In this week's Observer
Lizzy Ratner ventures into Murray Hill, a neighborhood of pampered post-grads and 30-story perma-dorms, and finds New York's own retirement resort for the young. Call it little Boca in the big city.
Matthew Schuerman looks at the increasingly sorry-looking future of the Freedom Tower and finds the Governor, who has pledged to move his offices into the building when it opens, may not be its best pitch-man. As the always erudite Myers Mermel tells him: "Financial services companies never want to be located in the same building as the government. It's not seen as a compatible mix with corporate activity." Indeed!
And Michael Calderone finds New York Times managing editrix Jill Abramson settling comfortably into a $1.6 million Spice Building loft, and the considerably less upper-crusty Montel Williams recently sold his Upper West Side penthouse for $2.275 million. The lucky buyer into the the Costas Kondylis-designed Trump venture gets to check the mail alongside Bryant Gumbel and that little bundle of sex, Dr. Ruth Westheimer. read more » The New York Times Peres- troika
Times vs. Times : Old Feud Smokes As d.C. Bureau Fights 43rd St.
Times vs. Times : Old Feud Smokes As D.C. Bureau Fights 43rd St.
