NYT Editor No Longer Attends Page One Meetings

The New York Times it is a-changin'. One sign? Executive Editor Jill Abramson no longer attends the paper's page one meetings, she disclosed on stage at Business Insider's Ignition conference in New York City Tuesday.

(In fact, she also refrains from calling the Times a "newspaper." She refers to it as a "news report.")

The Times has two big editorial meetings every day, Abramson explained. The morning meeting focuses on "What new stories we can get on the web." However, she skips the afternoon front page meeting. That's not because she doesn't think the newspaper is important, she said, but because she's more focused on the 24/7 news cycle of the web.

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