Grantland lands a New Yorker from inside Conde Nast, but not The New Yorker, though I eagerly await Jeffrey Toobin’s oral history of My Cousin Vinny when they do. Elsewhere, James Murdoch is on the stand, CJR is on the move, media “analysts” are on “TV”, and the Wall Street Journal is on the Pulitzer-pipe. Here are your Tuesday afternoon Media Briefs: Read More
Former Washington Post web editor Jim Brady and former Washington City Paper editor Erik Wemple spoke to reporters today about their Albritton-owned (like Politico) local news start-up “TBD.” The site is going live next week with about 50 staffers, according to Newsonomics (Paid Content’s David Kaplan said the site will have a Read More
When he interviewed to be the editor of D.C.’s new local news site–started by Allbritton Communications, the owners of Politico (which you may have heard about)–former Washington City Paper editor Erik Wemple said he “didn’t even go there” in discussing what it would be called.
“I knew that was a touchy subject,” he Read More
Jim Romenesko points us towards an post from Washington City Paper editor Erik Wemple in which he announces that Creative Loafing, his paper’s parent company, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
According to Mr. Wemple, it’s really not that big a deal—in fact, it might be a good thing—since, according to Read More
Sommer Mathis of DCist is reporting cuts ahead at The Washington City Paper. According to a "newsroom insider," the paper (which, along with five other papers nationwide, is owned by Creative Loafing) has to reduce its budget by $170,000.
Ms. Mathis quotes City Paper editor Erik Wemple as saying:
Like a Read MoreErik Wemple, the editor of Washington City Paper, has been named the editor-in-chief of the Village Voice. He will begin on July 24. The memo, from Ward Harkavy, follows.
—Gabriel Sherman
Village Voice Media is pleased to announce that Erik Wemple will become the new Read More
