Abramson faces toughest test of any NYT boss

Jill Abramson will have a tougher job than any of her predecessors when she becomes executive editor today of the New York Times, because she is being thrust into completely uncharted territory where she will have to choose between two irreconcilable paths.She either will have to cannibalize the flagship print product to build the strongest possible digital franchise for the Times – OR – she will