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Jill Ellen Abramson (born March 19, 1954) is an American author, journalist, and academic. She is best known as the former executive editor of The New York Times; Abramson held that position from September 2011 to May 2014. She was the first female executive editor in the paper's 160-year history.
“A marvelous book” (The New York Times Book Review), Merchants of Truth is the groundbreaking and gripping story of the precarious state of the news business. The new digital reality nearly kills two venerable newspapers with an aging readership while creating two media behemoths with a ballooning and fickle audience of millennials.
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Feb 5, 2019 · Abramson offers an engrossing ‘behind the curtains’ journey into the demanding business of modern media. High-demand backstory: Abramson’s expert and frank assessment of the struggles of the press in the ‘fake news’ era will attract avid attention.”—Booklist, Starred Review.
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Feb 11, 2020 · Books. Merchants of Truth: The Business of News and the Fight for Facts. Former executive editor of The New York Times and one of our most eminent journalists Jill Abramson provides a...
Feb 5, 2019 · Merchants of Truth: The Business of Facts and The Future of News. Jill Abramson. 3.73. 641 ratings119 reviews. A report on the disruption of the news media over the last decade.
Merchants of Truth: The Business of News and the Fight for Facts is a 2019 book by Jill Abramson that follows four news organizations—The New York Times, The Washington Post, BuzzFeed, and Vice News—through changes in news media technology and standards over the course of the 21st century.
