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The intrepid New York Times watchdogs over at The NYTPicker today highlight a unique moment in the history of anonymous sourcery.

Jason Linkins http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jason-linkins/ <p>The intrepid <i>New York Times</i> watchdogs over at <i>The NYTPicker</i> today highlight a <a href="http://www.nytpick.com/2010/10/huh-executive-editor-bill-keller-quotes.html" target="_hplink">unique moment in the history of anonymous sourcery</a>. It seems that <i>Times</i> Executive Editor Bill Keller sent around a "Talk To The Newsroom" email to staff "announcing the appointment of Hugo Lindgren as the new editor of the <em>NYT Magazine</em>." Strangely, it included this:</p> <blockquote>"[Lindgren]'s very smart, wildly creative and charismatic," says one editor who has worked closely with him. "People like him and want to do their best work for him. He just has a great magazine head."</blockquote> <p>I'm not sure what to make of this! Was the anonymously quoted editor so skittish about paying Lindgren a compliment that he/she insisted on doing so on background? Or is Keller just trying to imply that he has access to knowledgeable sources at his own newspaper?</p> <p>RELATED:<br /> <a href="http://www.nytpick.com/2010/10/huh-executive-editor-bill-keller-quotes.html" target="_hplink">Huh? Executive Editor Bill Keller Quotes Anonymous Source In Announcing New NYT Magazine Editor.</a> [The NYTPicker]</p> <p><em>[Would you like to <a href="http://twitter.com/dceiver">follow me on Twitter</a>? Because why not? Also, please send tips to <a href="mailto:tv@huffingtonpost.com">tv@huffingtonpost.com</a> -- learn more about our media monitoring project <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/03/09/join-huffposts-media-moni_n_173136.html">here</a>.]</em><br /> </p> <div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/huffingtonpost/EatThePress?a=-EcqDNQT50s:UJ-NPymo_Go:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/huffingtonpost/EatThePress?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/huffingtonpost/EatThePress/~4/-EcqDNQT50s" height="1" width="1"/>