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New York Times Names Jill Abramson Top Editor

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Thursday June 2, 2011 @ 9:29am PDTTags: Bill Keller, New York Times
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The New York Times has named longtime managing editor Jill Abramson to become executive editor. She’ll replace her boss, Bill Keller, who’ll step down to become a writer for the paper. Abramson was an investigative reporter and former Washington bureau chief for the paper before being named managing editor in 2003. According to the Times, the 57-year-old Abramson likened the job to “ascending to Valhalla.” The change takes place Sept. 6. Keller ran the paper for the past eight years at a time when it was reeling from the implications of the digital age, which has taxed every newspaper’s circulation and advertising revenues. These troubles are a big part of the Andrew Rossi-directed Page One: Inside The New York Times, a documentary that made its debut at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival and was acquired by Magnolia Pictures and Participant Media.

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DreamWorks Enters WikiLeaks Movie Sweepstakes, Buying Two Major Books

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Tuesday March 1, 2011 @ 5:25pm PSTTags: Aaron Sorkin, Alex Gibney, Ben Mezrich, Bill Keller, Daniel Domscheit-Berg, David Leigh, Facebook, Holly Bario, Jesse Eisenberg, Julian Assange, Luke Harding, Marc Shmuger, Mark Boal, Mark Sourian, Mark Zuckerberg, Martin Luther King, Megan Ellison, Movie Deals, Movies, Paul Greengrass, Raffi Khatchadourian, Scott Rudin, Stacey Snider, Steven Spielberg, The Guardian, The Social Network, Wikileaks
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EXCLUSIVE: DreamWorks has officially entered the derby to turn the story of Julian Assange and WikiLeaks into a feature film. The studio has acquired rights to two books by pivotal players in the WikiLeaks drama. DreamWorks has secured screen rights … Read More »

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‘Hurt Locker’s Mark Boal At Center Of WikiLeaks Film Deal As Other Julian Assange Movies Mobilize

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Wednesday February 2, 2011 @ 5:55pm PSTTags: Alex Gibney, Bill Keller, CAA, Daniel Domscheit-Berg, David Leigh, Der Spiegel, DreamWorks, Julian Assange, Kathryn Bigelow, Luke Harding, Management 360, Marc Shmuger, Mark Boal, Megan Ellison, Paul Greengrass, Raffi Khatchadourian, Stieg Larsson, The Guardian, The New York Times, The New Yorker, Tom Hanks, Universal Pictures, Wikileaks
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: The Hurt Locker screenwriter Mark Boal and Management 360 have partnered with financier/producer Megan Ellison to option The Boy Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest, an article about WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange in The New York Times Magazine written by the … Read More »

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