Felix Gillette talks to Newsweek International editor Fareed Zakaria, whose CNN show GPS, "unlike most Sunday public affairs programs such as Meet the Press and This Week, GPS set out to lure political leaders and thinkers onto the show from outside the Beltway and outside America."
John Koblin reports that New York Times publisher Read More
On Saturday night, The National Book Critics Circle announced 2008′s finalists for the National Book Critics Circle Awards.
Among the fiction finalists was the late Roberto Bolaño’s 2666. In nonfiction, The New York Times‘s Dexter Filkins was nominated for The Forever War.
In September 2008, Mr. Filkins told The Observer‘s Leon Read More
Felix Gillette talks to Newsweek editor-turned-NBC Washington Bureau head Mark Whitaker, who describes his position as follows: "It’s a fascinating job… For me, it’s the perfect job."
John Koblin checks in with Dean Baquet, The New York Times‘ Washington Bureau Chief who tells him, “It is a huge moment for the bureau and Read More
Yesterday on Salon, Sarah Hepola profiled writer Chuck Klosterman for the release of his first novel, Downtown Owl.
After hashing out Mr. Klosterman’s rise from obscurity to admired and derided cultural critic, Ms. Hepola writes:
But Chuck Klosterman seems to be getting a little sick of Chuck Klosterman. Even his most Read MoreJohn Koblin does a post-Murdoch Wall Street Journal roll call of all those writers and editors who’ve left and says, “it’s fair to say The Journal hasn’t experienced anything quite like this, well, ever.” Plus: The Los Angeles Times‘ Patrick Goldstein launches a blog.
Felix Gillette wonders who will be replacing Tim Russert Read More
A source deep inside the Gawker Media empire forwards us the news that there are big changes to Nick Denton’s blog empire. In an email message from Mr. Denton to his staff—which he pre-emptively encourages them to leak—he announces a pair of sites being sold another being spun off.
Email from Mr. Denton follows:
I’m Read More
Postcard From the Edge: The New York Times‘ Baghdad Bureau blog features a heartfelt essay by Mudhafer al-Husaini, a young Iraqi employee of the paper, entitled My Generation, in which al-Husaini tells of college life immediately following the fall of Baghdad: "Four years which were supposed to be my prettiest years ever, because you Read More
The Atlantic goes viral with video from March 26th’s The Britney Show: The Rise of the 24/7 Celebrity News Cycle at New York University.
The site promises this is merely part one, leading The Atlantic‘s Britney-obsessed readers to chant "Gimme, gimme more."
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