November 10, 2014

Despite her rather ignominious departure as executive editor of The New York Times earlier this year, Jill Abramson is rolling the dice on a new journalistic venture. The unnamed startup is in the very early stages of development, but Abramson and co-founder Steven Brill have said in multiple interviews that they’re betting on something potentially valuable: subscription long-form journalism. If their plan comes to fruition, subscribers will receive one long-form article a month. These articles would be…