Keller has appointed Jill Abramson, currently the title's Washington editor, and deputy managing editor John Geddes to the post of managing editor. They replace Gerald Boyd, who left as part of the exodus following the revelations about Blair.
Abramson and Geddes were both tipped as possible successors to Howell Raines, who quit in May after the scandal, dubbed "Writergate", broke. Blair was exposed as a phony for filing stories from his Brooklyn apartment while pretending to be away on assignments. He also plagiarised the work of other journalists.
Keller, who has been with the paper nearly 20 years, replaced Joseph Lelyveld, who took over as executive editor on an interim basis following the abrupt resignation of Raines and his deputy Boyd.
Blair quit on 1 May after he was exposed. As well as Raines and Boyd, the magazine lost one of its top reporters Rick Bragg, who quit over the use of unaccredited freelance journalists.
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