During those dark days for media in 2008 and 2009, when the freelance well all but dried up, a little savior sprung out of Abu Dhabi.
In 2008, a weekly section dedicated to reportage and art and book reviews began as an insert called The Review in an English-language newspaper, The National. Though you might Read More
In a stunning move, The New York Times is expected to announce that Hugo Lindgren will be the next editor of The New York Times Magazine, according to three people familiar with the deal (UPDATE: It’s now official. The announcement is at the bottom of this post).
Mr. Lindgren spent the last seven months as the executive editor Read More
Over the summer, two weeklies announced job searches for two editors. It’s autumn now, and The New York Times Magazine and Newsweek are still on the hunt. So where do things stand with the two biggest media stories of the moment?
When Bill Keller announced that Gerry Marzorati’s time as editor of The Times Magazine Read More
Forbes came out with its rich people in America list, so let’s play a little game among the media set. Here are 5 media moguls, and here are 4 figures that represent their net worth. See how many you get right!
1. Rupert Murdoch
2. Ted Turner
3. Si Newhouse
4. Charles Dolan
5. Read More
Back in May, Times executive editor Bill Keller announced that managing editor Jill Abramson would be taking a detour from her managing editing duties to immerse herself with life on the web. The detour was scheduled for six months while Washington bureau chief Dean Baquet, business editor Larry Ingrassia and foreign editor Susan Chira Read More
A.G. Sulzberger is starting up his new beat in Kansas City, but he’s not the only Sulzberger-Ochs family member getting new work at the Times newsroom.
Sam Dolnick, a grandnephew to former Times publisher Arthur Ochs “Punch” Sulzberger, is going to join the metro desk’s immigration beat. He’ll work with reporter Kirk Semple who joined the beat two years Read More
The Associated Press spoke to Robert Thomson about the Journal‘s new weekend edition that debuts this weekend.
The Journal‘s spokeswoman Ashley Huston helpfully sent us an image of the front-page dummy. Unlike The Times‘ Sunday edition, the banner will look distinct from the paper’s Monday-through Friday editions. It’s called WSJ. And look at those Read More
Barbara Fairchild is leaving Bon Appetit after 32 years at the magazine, Conde Nast announced this afternoon. She will remain editor-in-chief until a successor is named.
Last year, after Conde Nast made the surprising decision of closing Gourmet and retaining Bon Ap, Ms. Fairchild was hailed as sort of a forgotten hero at Conde Nast. Apparently, her position Read More
The next battleground for The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal‘s little newspaper war is apparently the papers’ communications departments.
Bob Christie, the PR man for The Times who left the Journal
Earlier: Times socres a PR Win in WSJ Battle
After 15 days in Queens, I learned quite a lot at this year’s U.S. Open!
For the third straight year, let’s start with the weather.
The rain did it again. It messed everyting up and made us crazy. It drove me to live-blogging the weather for five hours, it canceled play and pushed our Read More
