BREAKING: David Carr Passes Away at Age 58

NYT executive editor Dean Baquet mourns the loss of the "finest media reporter of his generation"

DavidCarrNYTHeadshotThis simply cannot be true.

On the heels of Bob Simon’s freak Wednesday night car accident, that’s the first, natural reaction. But sadly, the New York Times has confirmed the loss of another forthright journalism giant:

Carr, who wrote about media as it intersects with business, culture and government in his Media Equation column for the New York Times, died at the office on Thursday. He was 58.

For the past 25 years, Mr. Carr wrote about media.

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