CEOJimSkinner's presumed successor, MikeRoberts, quitin 2006, reportedlycomplaining that Skinner was not clearenoughabouthisintended successionschedule.
After promoting Chira, for example, Abramson had to meet with the assistant managing editor, JimRoberts, to tell him that she was subtracting part of his portfolio and adding something else, supervision of the online Times.
New contracts will be offered to Paul Barrett, Dan Bennett, Lee Jones, Andy Morrell, Wayne Phillips, Steve Roberts, Kristian Rogers, Steve Thomas and Jim Whitley.