The New York Times Isn't Trying to Woo Back Atlantic Editor James Bennet
The New York Times editor Jill Abramson met with James Bennet, the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic, but he denied that she was trying to woo him back to the paper where he spent 15 years.
The Huffington Post’s Michael Calderone heard from unnamed sources that Abramson wanted to gauge Bennet’s interest in returning to the Times, possibly to replace Times Magazine editor Hugo Lindgren.
Bennet did not immediately respond to an email from FishbowlNY requesting comment.
But he did respond to Calderone, saying he’d rather be left “out of one of these toxic Times gossip stories.”
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