Dean Baquet Sends Off Times ‘Digital Pioneer’ Aron Pilhofer

By: Matthew Lynch | Capital New York

Earlier today The Guardian announced that it had hired New York Times associate managing editor for digital strategy, Aron Pilhofer, as its executive editor of digital, a new role at the British paper.

In nearly a decade at the Times, Pilhofer has led the paper's interactive news team, which seeks to blend social media and technology with the paper's more traditional journalism, among other digital initiatives.