Dean Baquet, the executive editor of The New York Times, announced to staff Monday that he had a cancerous growth removed from his kidney.
Baquet, who replaced Jill Abramson after she was fired in May, told the news team that he had “minimally invasive, completely successful surgery” and would be out of the office for a week.
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He said his prognosis was “excellent” and he would be returning “as soon as possible.”
“During my absence, I will be in touch with the newsroom leadership – perhaps more than they like,” he wrote.