New York Times Shifts Janet Maslin to Contributor Role

Capital New York: New York Times literary critic Janet Maslin is downshifting to a contributing role, and the newspaper will hire a full-time book critic to replace her. Executive editor Dean Baquet and culture editor Danielle Mattoon announced the move in a Monday evening memo. After the change, which is scheduled for July 1, Maslin “will continue to write regularly for the New York Times at a somewhat less grueling pace.” Baquet and Mattoon wrote. Maslin, then a film critic, left the Times in 1999, before returning as a book critic.