The announcement, today, that Jill Abramson was departing her job as executive editor of the New York Times prompted much speculation across the media...Howard Kurtz, a Fox News media reporter, noted that there’s Gotta be a backstory there. Ken Auletta of the New Yorker has reported on Abramson in the past, and today reports that there indeed was: that Abramson recently learned her pay package was not commensurate with that of her predecessor, Bill Keller, and sought parity. Auletta reports: She confronted the top brass,’ one close associate said, and this may have fed into the management’s narrative that she was ‘pushy,’ a characterization that, for many, has an inescapably gendered aspect. The counterargument to Abramson’s pay request, predictably, is that ownership did not want to outlay more money in a difficult time for print media, but in an update, Auletta notes that a deputy of Abramson’s, a man, made more money than she did while she was managing editor. - Salon Whats your take?
Posted on: Thu, 15 May 2014 00:09:24 +0000
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