Executive Editor Jill Abramson 'Unexpectedly' Leaving the New York Times

Updated 3:20 pm EST: Jill Abramson, the first female executive editor of The New York Times who has lead the newsroom since 2011, is “unexpectedly leaving the position,” according to a report published Wednesday afternoon by the Times itself. Abramson will be replaced by Dean Baquet, the current managing editor of the newspaper.

Update: At an all-staff meeting in the Times newsroom immediately following a 2:30pm announcement of Abramson's departure, the paper's publisher, Arthur Sulzberger Jr., told the staff that management issues led to the change, and that the issues were not related to the business side of the paper.

"And that's all I'm going to say about it," Sulzberger said, according to a report from Capital New York.  "It was an issue of newsroom management."

Many on Twitter were quick to note that Baquet, who won a Pulitzer Prize as a reporter, will be the first black executive editor of the Times. 

Abramson was the first female exec editor of NYT. Her replacement, Baquet, will be the first black exec editor there.

— Elahe Izadi (@ElaheIzadi) May 14, 2014

“I’ve loved my run at The Times,” Abramson said in a statement. “I got to work with the best journalists in the world doing so much stand-up journalism.”