By Kim Velsey 6/07/12 6:53pm

Manhattan Transfers

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Pruitt's new pad

Extra! Extra! New AP Chief Gary Pruitt Heds To $4.3 M. Tribeca Pad

Taking the top post at the Associated Press isn’t Gary Pruitt’s only big move—he’s also inked a deal on a 3-bedroom Tribeca condo.

Mr. Pruitt and wife Abby are leaving Sacramento and McClatchy behind for an airy space at 101 Warren Street. The Pruitts plunked down $4.3 million for the pad, a little over the $4.29 million ask, according to city records. The couple signed the contract just two days before AP broke the news of his hire in March.

The apartment, which has been on the market since late last year, has taken a price cut since it was initially listed with Corcoran broker Heather Cook, so we’re not sure why the couple was willing to pay over ask. Maybe another late-on-the-scene buyer materialized and Mr. Pruitt was afraid of getting scooped? Read More

By Steve Huff 8/21/10 12:10am

Meeting the Press

Mark Kennedy to Fill AP Theater Critic Post

The Associated Press has hired Mark Kennedy, late of Aol News, to be its new theater critic. Kennedy fills the post last occupied by Michael Kuchwara, who passed away last May. Kennedy previously worked for the AP and covered a number of beats and major stories. He reported on 9/11, from the field in Afghanistan Read More

By Zeke Turner 6/23/10 6:53pm

Moves

AP Washington Chief Ron Fornier Tapped to Lead National Journal Against Politico

Ron Fournier, the Associated Press’s Washington bureau chief, has been named editor-in-chief of the National Journal Group by Atlantic Media chairman David Bradley, according to Mike Allen.

Mr. Bradley is planning to relaunch the National Journal in September, dropping the paywall to compete more direclty with Politico’s coverage of Washington online.

“They are going Read More

By Felix Gillette 3/25/10 10:38pm

Moves

Kimberly Dozier Leaving CBS News for the Associated Press

Kimberly Dozier, the veteran correspondent and seasoned war reporter, is leaving CBS News for a job with the Associated Press.

Ms. Dozier will serve as the AP’s new intelligence reporter.

Ron Fournier, the AP’s Washington Bureau Chief, announced the move in a memo to staff members:

Colleagues,

I’m pleased to announce the AP’s new intelligence Read More

By Matt Haber 10/07/08 7:13pm

Economy’s Littlest Winners: Stock Photo Agencies

These are bleak economic times. Everyone who’s not listening to John McCain and Sarah Palin talking about Bill Ayers and Jeremiah Wright knows that. But amid bank closings, job losses, and belt-tightening, there’s one field that’s experiencing a bump.

We’re speaking, of course, of stock photography from the Great Depression. Photo agencies like Read More

By John Koblin and Matt Haber 6/11/08 12:10am

60 Months in the Red Zone

“It’s the oft-stated phrase that truth is the first casualty of war,” said Michael Ware, CNN’s Baghdad correspondent, on the telephone from Iraq. “In this war, as in every other conflict, everybody lies to you. Your government is lying to you. The Iraqi government is lying. The insurgents are lying. The militias are lying. The Read More

By John Koblin 5/15/08 11:34am

Michael Oreskes, Editor of IHT, to Leave Times Company for A.P.

The Media Mob has learned that longtime New York Times editor Mike Oreskes is leaving the company for the Associated Press.

Mr. Oreskes, who is currently the editor of the Times-owned International Herald Tribune, has been working in one capacity or another under the Times umbrella for the past 27 years. Before he took his Read More