Bailing Out.(newspaper editors leave posts)

American Journalism Review,  October, 2001  by BASHEDA, VALARIE

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Thanks to lucrative buyout offers and stock options, some top newspaper editors are walking away from their jobs prematurely. Some are driven off by fierce profit pressures, while others are just ready for second careers.

A time to reflect. A time to dig ditches. A time to travel.

A time to leave newspapers.

Maybe it's just a coincidence. Or maybe it's a sign of the times. But a number of high-ranking editors have recently bailed out of the business--before their time, so to speak.

They're not at retirement age. They're not badly thought of, and some are even beloved. ...

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