By Wednesday afternoon, the New York Times masthead was already updated to reflect the sudden change that left its newsroom and the wider media world stunned.
According to Politico’s Dylan Byers, the newspaper’s senior editors weren’t informed until 2 p.m. ET that executive editor Jill Abramson would be leaving the paper. Publisher Arthur Sulzberger Jr. then reportedly informed the rest of the staff at 2:35 p.m. ET.
But the Times didn’t waste any time turning the page on the Abramson era, as evidenced by the masthead that already lists Dean Baquet as the new executive editor.
I smell a coup.
Orwellian. Did they also purge all pictures of her, and bylines or articles containing her name?
It isn’t surprising they have already removed her name from the masthead. They had to do that for legal reasons. The new guy goes on as soon as he assumes the job. What it tells me is they didn’t even take the time for a smooth transition.
OMG. They must have a really really fast internet connection.
Occam: Yeah, it IS Owellian – or Stalinist – isn’t it?
At least TPM knows what a “masthead” is.
Many people confuse the “banner” with the “masthead”," but TPM’ers are journalistes so zey know zee difference.