Keith J. Kelly

Keith J. Kelly

Media

Editor exodus continues at NYT

The stampede for the exits continues at Jill Abramson’s beleaguered New York Times.

On Tuesday, three high-profile names said they were departing the Gray Lady — media columnist Brian Stelter, Chief Political Correspondent Matt Bai and Sunday Magazine Editor-in-Chief Hugo Lindgren.

Rumors had swirled for months that Lindgren was on the way out — having fallen out of favor with Executive Editor Abramson.

And it would appear that Stelter, who had made an appearance as a guest anchor on CNN’s “Reliable Sources” over the summer — all the while insisting he had no intention of exiting the Times — may have had his eyes set on a TV gig.

Bai is leaving to go to Yahoo! News, where he will be reporting to another Times defector, Editorial Director Megan Liberman.

Two weeks earlier, she had made another high-profile raid on the Times and recruited tech columnist David Pogue.

And Rick Berke, a former top Washington editor and one-time ally of Abarmson, recently jumped to Politico as executive editor.

Lindgren, in a tearful announcement to staffers, said Tuesday he was leaving at year end. News of his departure was first reported by Capital New York.

The guessing game is on to see who Abramson finds to replace him.

Where once the Times was a destination where people generally ended their career, one departee noted that it has increasingly become a pit stop on the path to greater riches outside the Times — and Abramson is having particular problems holding onto high-profile columnists.

A Times spokeswoman insisted the top brass is not worried.

“Given the size and strength of our staff (we have a newsroom of more than 1,100), it’s inevitable that some very good people might be recruited to other opportunities in what has become a crowded and complicated media marketplace,” said Times spokeswoman Eileen Murphy.

“At the same time, we are still hiring great new talent — Jonathan Martin and Jason Horowitz, among them — and Jill remains committed to ensuring that our newsroom has the best and strongest mix of journalistic talent.