[em]Times[/em]‘ Filkins Lands Book Deal

New York Times Iraq correspondent Dexter Filkins will be writing a book about his experience covering terrorism in the Middle East. Filkins’ agent Amanda Urban at ICM completed the deal on June 6 with Knopf.

“It’ll be less a reported book than a Dispatches,” Urban said by phone of Filkins’ proposal, referring to Michael Read More

[em]The Atlantic[/em]‘s D.C. Summer: Hot, Yes; Sultry, No

With the onset of the hot, gummy months in Washington, D.C., Atlantic staffers are apparently still adjusting to their new home. So on May 31, the magazine’s human-resources department sent out a post-Memorial Day memo to remind everyone of the company’s “neat and professional” dress code.

“Our policy is intentionally vague and does not Read More

Conde Touts Cafeteria 2.0

The following missive was delivered to Conde Nast staffers May 2 on a heavy, cream-colored card, nine inches by five inches, with perforated silhouettes of forks, knives, and spoons:

Let’s do Lunch. This summer step into the future at the new Conde Nast cafeteria on the second floor at 750 Third Avenue.

Enter through Read More

Salmon, Sliced Thinner

On May 3, the New York Observer plans to reduce its trim size. The paper’s width will shrink from 13 3/4 inches to 12 1/2 inches, making it as wide as The Washington Post. The length will remain at 22 1/2 inches.

Editor Peter Kaplan said that the paper will continue to run its Read More

[em]Time[/em]‘s M.E. Shopping List: Jacob Weisberg

According to two sources with knowledge of Time magazine’s search for a new managing editor, Time Inc. editor-in-chief John Huey has approached Slate editor Jacob Weisberg to see if he would be interested in the position.

“I shouldn’t say anything about it,” Weisberg said by phone. “I love my job and am happy where I Read More

‘Times’ Goes Critically Shopping; Gets New Thursday Styles Editor

New York Times Style czar Trip Gabriel has a new deputy to helm Thursday Styles. Today, The Times named former deputy regional editor Mary Ann Giordano as the Thursday Styles Deputy Editor. Gabriel said on The Times’ internal web site that Giordano, in addition to her Thursday duties, “will have a hand in generating major Read More

[em]Times[/em]‘ Stolberg Takes White House Beat

New York Times Congressional reporter Sheryl Gay Stolberg will be moving to cover the White House, filling the paper’s last vacancy on that beat. Stolberg will be taking the spot currently held by Elisabeth Bumiller, who is scheduled to go out on book leave in June to spend a year writing a biography of Condoleezza Read More

Gonnerman Leaves [em]Village Voice[/em]

Village Voice investigative reporter Jennifer Gonnerman resigned from the paper on Monday, according to Voice sources. Gonnerman, 35, was a Livingston Award winner in 2000 and a National Book Award finalist in 2004. Her 2004 book Life on the Outside chronicled the effects of the Rockefeller drug laws through the story of Elaine Bartlett, a Read More