Female NYT exec editor paid less than male predecessor, fired for complaining

[Lief 🗽]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/14/jill-abramson-pay-gap-fired-sexism_n_5326336.html

[windjammer]

Disgusting, obviously...

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Speaking of the NY Times firing people, whoever approved this headline needs to be fired.

[Small Business Owner of Any Repute]

The New Yorker has the numbers:

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http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2014/05/jill-abramson-and-the-times-what-went-wrong.html

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

Hahaha!

What is the matter with you?

[Hatman 🍁]

Playing devil's advocate here, but could cut backs be the cause? We all know the newspaper industry is dying.

Also, that's still a lot of money. Neither of them should've been making that much.

[emailking]

Neither of them should've been making that much.

Says who? There are no taxpayer dollars are stake here, right? If a company wants to cut into its own profits to pay someone a high salary, why "shouldn't" they do so? Presumably they made the judgment call that a large salary was necessary to get someone of high quality. It's just market forces.

[Hatman 🍁]

Neither of them should've been making that much.

Says who? There are no taxpayer dollars are stake here, right? If a company wants to cut into its own profits to pay someone a high salary, why "shouldn't" they do so? Presumably they made the judgment call that a large salary was necessary to get someone of high quality. It's just market forces.

Says me. No one is worth that much to society. I suppose you're not familiar with socialism?

[Spamage]

Hahaha!

What is the matter with you?

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[Oakvale]

Apparently she was also a terrible boss, though, so...

[DrScholl]

Hahaha!

What is the matter with you?

krazen seems to have an issue with women, and minorities too. He's completely crazy.

[Mopsus]

Hahaha!

What is the matter with you?

krazen seems to have an issue with women, and minorities too. He's completely crazy.

And other posters have trouble ignoring obvious trolls. We all have our flaws.

[RogueBeaver]

Here's a Sulzberger statement.

[Antonio the Sixth]

Ugh, so I need to change my main source of US news? I've been reading the NYT for the past 5 years or so.

[RogueBeaver]

New Yorker Part 3.

[Lurker]

Has there been posted anywhere the specifics of Abramson's salary (incl. bonuses and such) as compared to her predecessor?

[emailking]

Neither of them should've been making that much.

Says who? There are no taxpayer dollars are stake here, right? If a company wants to cut into its own profits to pay someone a high salary, why "shouldn't" they do so? Presumably they made the judgment call that a large salary was necessary to get someone of high quality. It's just market forces.

Says me. No one is worth that much to society. I suppose you're not familiar with socialism?

Of course I'm familiar with it. So then you want there to be a maximum wage law, as opposed to the NYT voluntarily not paying their editors that much?

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

Hahaha!

What is the matter with you?

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He's probably thinking its the height of hypocrisy that the king of the liberal news media, who champions the causes of women, libruls, lbgt, etc.....effs over its female executive editor.