How the NYT Mismanaged Jillghazi

How has Jill Abramson managed to so far outwit her former boss, the New York Times publisher Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Jr.? By staying quiet and playing the long game, PR pros tell The Daily Beast.

Published May 20 2014 7:10PM EDT

articles/2014/05/20/how-the-nyt-mismanaged-jill-ghazi/140520-grove-sulzberger-tease_zgq3lt — Ruth Fremson/The New York Times, Redux

New York Times publisher Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Jr. has just suffered a miserable week nursing a PR black eye after his May 14 firing of executive editor Jill Abramson.

articles/2014/05/20/how-the-nyt-mismanaged-jill-ghazi/140520-grove-sulzberger-tease_qjxisj

He hardly began the current week looking much better, evading media reporters at a gala dinner Monday night for the Reporters Committee...

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How the NYT Mismanaged Jillghazi

How has Jill Abramson managed to so far outwit her former boss, the New York Times publisher Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Jr.? By staying quiet and playing the long game, PR pros tell The Daily Beast.

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