Something must have bee in the air on Friday as the media industry was hit with a series of scandals and shakeups. Here’s what you missed if you weren’t paying attention to the day’s insanity.
It all began early in the morning when a recent college grad named Simmi Aujla published a story on Read More
Washington Post reporter Paul Farhi writes about traffic — the real it-boy of the media world — for the American Journalism Review today. He spoke with Post executive editor Marcus Brauchli and also got a great quote from Jim Brady, a former Post editor and one of the founders of TBD, Albritton’s new 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
It’s possible to begin the story of the problem Walter Isaacson has turned into Topic A via his Time Magazine cover story with Mr. Isaacson himself.
The first time Josh Quittner, an editor-at-large at Time met Mr. Isaacson, who, at the time, was Time magazine’s new media editor, Mr. Isaacson was on Read More
At 10 a.m. on July 29, three top editors of The Washington Post arrived at the Times Tower on Eighth Avenue.
The Post, which is currently combining its digital and newspaper newsrooms, had come to one of its great rival news organizations for something unimaginable just a few years ago: advice.
"We’re visiting a Read More
Can The Economist be stopped? Or then again, can The Economist be started?
That’s not a good lead. It’s hard to remember what a good lead is after spending an evening with The Economist. Here are some of the opening sentences of articles in the March 10 issue:
“Texans are addicted to aggressive driving.”
“Any Read More
The story is just irresistable.
And don’t miss Jim Brady’s comment, via press release: “Now I understand why Dick Cheney keeps asking me to go hunting with him.” (via Political Wire)
Also, Drudge is now linking a story that has the victim in “very stable” condition. Protesting a bit much?
