By Julissa Catalan
After a three-year stint, the first female Executive Editor of The New York Times was abruptly fired last week. Since then, multiple media outlets have speculated it was due in part to wage discrimination.
The New York Times broke news of Jill Abramson’s dismissal itself, adding that she was being replaced by Managing Editor Dean Baquetwho is making history himself as the first Black Executive Editor of the paper.
