SARANAC LAKE—Doug Hoffman and his supporters gathered here to proclaim a great victory, the first peak in a populist right-wing movement that would sweep the ruling class out of office starting with a win in this Congressional district. Instead, they came up short, settling with a campaign that asserted conservative dominance over the Read More
ALBANY—Could Doug Hoffman actually win a seat in Congress?
He’s been cast, understandably, in the spoiler role—the guy running to the right of Republican Assemblywoman Dede Scozzafava, who would siphon off enough votes from her that Bill Owens, the Democratic Party’s nominee, would win the race to replace John McHugh. But the legs Read More
ALBANY—I got a press release earlier today from Baghdad, announcing another person hoping to get into the race, on the Conservative line, to replace John McHugh in Congress.
John Alvarez quotes this newspaper article in identifying himself as a "locally famous conservative." The highlight reel presented is pretty good, but my Read More
ALBANY—Less than 24 hours after her designation as the Republican candidate to replace John McHugh in Congress, Assemblywoman DeDe Scozzafava is about to get a challenge from the right.
"I did call up Mike Long, and Shaun Marie Lavine. Clearly they are not backing DeDe Scozzafava," said Jim Kelly, Read More
The Observer met up with outgoing Time Inc. managing editor Jim Kelly yesterday morning to talk about the future. We had breakfast in a second floor dining room in the Time Inc. building that overlooked Sixth Avenue. We put on our tape recorder and let Mr. Kelly, who spent 31 years at Time Inc, including Read More
Dear Reader: If you’re really curious, leave this newspaper, go straight to our Web site, http://www.observer.com, right now, and behold the new managing editor of Time magazine! Time Inc.’s editor in chief, John Huey, as we went to press Tuesday, May 16, planned to name him or her Wednesday morning.
The current managing Read More
Dear Reader: If you’re really curious, leave this newspaper, go straight to our Web site, http://www.observer.com, right now, and behold the new managing editor of Time magazine! Time Inc.’s editor in chief, John Huey, as we went to press Tuesday, May 16, planned to name him or her Wednesday morning.
The current Read More
At the massive gathering of the National Magazine Awards on Tuesday, May 9, at Jazz at Lincoln Center, Jennifer Lopez was a popular topic of conversation, even more popular than usual. Mrs. Marc Anthony had been at Time’s celebration of the Time 100, a special issue of Time magazine devoted to “the world’s most influential Read More
Awkward moments in media management: In the midst of Time Inc. editor in chief John Huey’s search for a replacement for Time managing editor Jim Kelly, Kelly collected two Ellies–including the evening-ending heavyweight-division prize for general excellence, which drew a pointedly sustained ovation from Kelly’s fellow editors.
Today, Huey gamely celebrated the win, Read More
Time Inc. editor in chief John Huey has reached out to Newsweek managing editor Jon Meacham to see if he would be interested in Time‘s managing-editor job, according to sources with knowledge of the search.
Reached by phone, Meacham declined to comment on any interactions with Huey, but said he has no plans to Read More
