The New York Daily News has never been a hotbed of worker contentment, but when editor in chief Debby Krenek took over the paper last year, the tabloid’s reporters held out hope that the affable Texan would bridge the chasm between management and a chronically disaffected newsroom. As they saw it, part of her mission Read More
Now that President Bill Clinton has confessed to an affair with Monica Lewinsky, one might expect some camaraderie between two of the scandal’s prime movers: Clinton-hating literary agent Lucianne Goldberg and the journalist she affectionately nicknamed “Spikey,” Newsweek ‘s muckraking Washington correspondent, Michael Isikoff. But a recent outgoing message on Ms. Goldberg’s answering machine suggested Read More
“If my life and work experience has yielded anything,” Geraldo Rivera said with characteristic humility, “it is the creation of a very effective bullshit meter. What I bring to the story that many of my colleagues do not is lack of pretense.”
Mr. Rivera, NBC’s Clinton-Lewinsky scandal star and the company’s problem child, was Read More
“If my life and work experience has yielded anything,” Geraldo Rivera said with characteristic humility, “it is the creation of a very effective bullshit meter. What I bring to the story that many of my colleagues do not is lack of pretense.”
Mr. Rivera, NBC’s Clinton-Lewinsky scandal star and the company’s problem child, was Read More
With the ink on Tina Brown’s recent multimedia production deal with Miramax Films barely dry, The New York Times decided to review its policies for dealing with movie studios that seek to option the rights to Times stories. According to a July 21 staff memo from the desk of associate managing editor William Schmidt, the Read More
Sidney Blumenthal’s libel suit against Internet gossip guru Matt Drudge is quickly devolving into a rancorous sideshow to Washington’s main event, but to the tight clique of partisan journalists entwined in the case, there is no proceeding more important. The July 28 editorial page of The Wall Street Journal illustrates the point perfectly: The paper Read More
Reports of Stephen Glass: The Movie , may be somewhat premature. The National Journal reported recently that a California-based freelance writer named Paul Tullis had pitched the idea of a Glass-based movie to West Coast representatives of Miramax Films. A Miramax source confirmed to Off the Record that an informal meeting took place, but said Read More
On July 13, Tina Brown, budding intellectual-property mogul, took time from taking meetings to take a call on her cell phone. She was downtown, in Miramax country, and her mood was something approaching delirium. “I’m in the TriBeCa Grill having a meeting with the acquisitions staff,” she chirped. “I’m exhilarated by my change- exhilarated . Read More
No one would ever accuse Life managing editor Isolde Motley of coddling her staff. Ms. Motley, who was the founding editor of This Old House and Martha Stewart Living and worked as a development editor at Time Inc. before taking the reins at Life , arrived in January with a mandate to cut costs and Read More
Call it an even week for CBS News. On the one hand, the network rid itself of Susan Molinari, the human Quaalude of morning-show hosts. On the other hand, CBS News president Andrew Heyward disbanded the network’s investigative unit after only one year of operation. A noble experiment designed to supply the network’s evening news Read More
