New York Times Executive Editor Jill Abramson Is Stepping Down

New York Times executive editor Jill Abramson is leaving the paper, she announce Wednesday. She will be replaced by Dean Baquet, the managing editor of the newspaper.

"I've loved my run at The Times," she said in a statement. "I got to work with the best journalists in the world doing so much stand-up journalism."

In its write-up of the news, the Times said the "reasons for the switch were not immediately clear."

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