The New York Times announced on Wednesday, May 14, that executive editor Jill Abramson was being replaced by managing editor Dean Baquet after Abramson served two and a half years as the top editor at the newspaper. Click through to see the history of the New York Times' executive editor position.
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Dean Baquet, seen here on the left in 2006, took over the position immediately after Abramson was dismissed. Baquet is the first African-American to be the newspaper's executive editor.
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Abramson, seen here in 2012, became the Times' first female executive editor in 2011.
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Bill Keller, left, preceded Abramson as executive editor. He took on the position in 2003.
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Howell Raines served from 2001 to 2003.
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Joe Lelyveld was the executive editor from 1994 to 2001.
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Max Frankel held the position from 1986 to 1994.
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A.M. Rosenthal, who helped the New York Times out of an economic rut in the 1970s, was executive editor from 1977 to 1986.
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James Reston held the title in 1968 and 1969. The position was vacant for several years after that.
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Turner Catledge, at left with columnist Joseph Alsop, was the first person to hold the executive editor position at the Times. He began in 1964.
