Jill Abramson Out at The New York Times

Managing editor Dean Baquet to replace her

In a move so surprising that even her own newspaper is describing it as “unexpected,” Jill Abramson has stepped down as executive editor of The New York Times after less than three years in the position, the Times announced today. She will be replaced by managing editor Dean Baquet, who becomes the first African American to lead the 163-year-old paper of record.

Brian Stelter, a former Times media reporter and current CNN correspondent, quoted Arthur Sulzberger Jr.,

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