Book Excerpt: ‘Merchants of Truth,’ by Jill Abramson

Jill Abramson on her lessons in journalism — and management — from editing the New York Times during the great digital disruption.

Adapted from the forthcoming book Merchants of Truth , by Jill Abramson. Copyright © 2019 by Jill Abramson. Reprinted by permission of Simon & Schuster, Inc. Photo: Brigitte Lacombe Adapted from the forthcoming book Merchants of Truth , by Jill Abramson. Copyright © 2019 by Jill Abramson. Reprinted by permission of Simon & Schuster, Inc. When I took the reins of the New York Times in 2011, it was during a period of convulsive change and financial struggle, when the pace of the great digital disruption had intensified after the introduction of the iPhone and Facebook’s News Feed. The decade tha

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