What’s the statute of limitations on being a young talent to watch? Next week, former prodigy Adam Moss, 48, will use New York magazine to anoint the newest Wunderkindergarten class of editors. According to sources with knowledge of the project, the photo spread, with accompanying text by Carl Swanson, will include The New Republic‘s Read More
The piece that Judith Miller is working on for the Atlantic appears to be a profile of Libya’s Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi, according to sources familiar with the magazine or with Miller’s activities. Earlier this week, Miller told the Media Mob she had recently returned from the Middle East.
According to one source, Miller’s Atlantic Read More
The New York Times is looking for a reporter to move to the White House beat, as the paper continues restoring its depleted Washington bureau. A memo went out to the newsroom this morning announcing the opening and referring interested applicants to the Times‘ internal newsletter.
The beat has traditionally been shared by three reporters, Read More
A source at the Atlantic confirms that former New York Times reporter/journalistic privilege test case Judith Miller is working on a piece for the magazine. The possibility of Miller’s return to writing was first reported yesterday by Gawker. According to the Atlantic source, Miller is working on a reported piece–and not a first-person account Read More
Washington Post Style reporter Mark Leibovich learned the dangers of jumping to the rival New York Times this week. On Wednesday, a day after the news broke that Leibovich woudl be ankling the Post for the Times‘ Washington bureau, a newsroom prankster affixed a sign on the back of Leibovich’s shirt reading “Traitor.” Read More
The New York Times Washington bureau has made its second outside hire this month, grabbing Washington Post Style reporter Mark Leibovich.
Last week, the bureau raided the Los Angeles Times for Pentagon reporter Mark Mazzetti. Both additions to the depleted bureau have come despite a paper-wide hiring freeze.
Leibovich accepted the job this Read More
The New York Times plugged one of the holes in its Washington bureau this week by hiring Pentagon reporter Mark Mazzetti away from the Los Angeles Times.
“It was an agonizing decision because this place is fantastic, but I’m looking forward to the opportunity,” Mazzetti, 31, said by phone March 10.
Mazzetti had Read More
This afternoon, Conde Nast group president Mitchell Fox confirmed the news that the company is splitting the former Fairchild trade titles into two separate divisions, Fairchild Fashion Group and Fairchild Publications. Memo after the jump.
–Gabriel Sherman
From: “Fox, Mitchell”
Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2006 12:37:31 -0500
To: Conde Read More
New York Times publisher Arthur O. Sulzberger Jr. gave the first of his 2006 State of the Times addresses at 10:30 this morning at the New Amsterdam Theatre. In his opening remarks, Sulzberger discussed the paper’s efforts to expand its online and digital operations in a newspaper industry that’s mired in struggle. “The intro was Read More
Outside magazine, the Santa Fe, N.M-based adventure-sports monthly, has named Texas Monthly editorial director Christopher Keyes as its new editor. The position had been empty for two months, since editor Hal Espen left the stubble-chinned monthly to pursue freelance writing. According to a source familiar with the search, Outside‘s owner and editor-in-chief Lawrence Burke considered Read More
