Ousted New York Times chief Jill Abramson climbed up off the mat and donned the gloves again Thursday after suffering a potentially career-ending knockout.
A day after she was abruptly fired, a photo surfaced of the tattooed former executive editor wearing boxing gloves and hitting a heavy bag.
Abramson's daughter, Cornelia Griggs, posted the 'badass' pic on her Instagram page.
'Mom's badass new hobby #girls #pushy ,' Griggs wrote.
The sudden ouster of Abramson, 60, the Times' first female executive editor, sent shockwaves rippling through the journalism world.
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Dean Baquet, the paper's managing editor, was named Abramson's successor.
Arthur Sulzberger Jr., publisher of the New York Times, released a statement Thursday countering media reports that the firing was centered on her complaints over unequal pay.
'Compensation played no part whatsoever in my decision that Jill could not remain as executive editor,' it read.
'Nor did any discussion about compensation. The reason - the only reason - for that decision was concerns I had about some aspects of Jill's management of our newsroom, which I had previously made clear to her, both face-to-face and in my annual assessment.'
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