That Jill Abramson Startup Might Have to Wait

Elements in the way include Harvard and a surgeon married to a surgeon.

Ahead of a recent appearance at the inaugural Women’s Conference of Florida, former New York Times executive editor Jill Abramson spoke with the Tampa Bay Times. The paper’s first question related to the current status of the new media startup Abramson initially planned to devote her time to, post-NYT.

Based on her answer, that enterprise, assuming the startup still moves forward, may have to do so without her or, at best, count on Abramson in a smaller, advisory capacity.

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