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"There is no truth to the charge," Arthur
Sulzberger Jr. told Vanity Fair in a May 18 interview for a
story published on Tuesday on the magazine's website.
"A lot of what's out there is untrue," Vanity Fair quoted
Sulzberger as saying in what it billed as his first interview
since the May 14 announcement of Abramson's ouster, which
sparked a firestorm of commentary on women managers in the
workplace.
Sulzberger, who appointed Abramson to the job in 2011, said that
her position on the Times' executive committee had increased her
bonus significantly, which according to the Times boosted her
overall compensation more than 10 percent higher than that of
her predecessor, Bill Keller, in his last year.
Vanity Fair said Abramson declined to comment on Sulzberger's
statements to the magazine.
But it said a former Times executive recalled that Abramson had
raised objections to her compensation when she took the job and
felt there was a discrepancy when compared with Keller's salary,
hiring a lawyer to discuss her compensation.
Sulzberger appointed Dean Baquet, Abramson's deputy, as her
successor, some three years after choosing Abramson over Baquet
for the newspaper's top editorial job.
Asked if he would have made a different decision if he knew then
what he knows now, the magazine quoted him as having said "Of
course I would have done it differently."
(Reporting by Chris Michaud; Editing by Simon Cameron-Moore)
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