By Kat Stoeffel 6/20/12 7:30am

off the record

The Times They Are A-Buzzin’: Jim Roberts and Ben Smith Talk Video Collabo

A media odd couple was formed on Monday, when BuzzFeed and The New York Times announced that they will join forces to cover the Democratic and Republican national conventions in live-streaming video “TimesCasts” on NYTimes.com.

The collaboration, which serves to lend the Times’ growing video department a jolt of buzzy, young talent while cementing BuzzFeed’s nascent journalistic credentials, was born from the Twitter-based mutual admiration of New York Times assistant managing editor Jim Roberts and BuzzFeed editor-in-chief, Ben Smith. The two met IRL when they sat on a panel together during Social Media Week in February.  Read More

By Kat Stoeffel 5/31/12 4:00pm

Messaging

photo (1)

Politico Ad and Politico Article Agree: Politico Is ‘Most Balanced’ Political News Source

Politico enraged much of the media this morning when it published an article accusing top competitors The New York Times and The Washington Post of biased campaign coverage, favoring President Barack Obama.

To us, it seemed like a shameless beat-sweetener. Signal to the G.O.P. that you think the other guys were unfair, the thinking goes, and then watch the Mitt Romney exclusives roll in. Read More

By Reid Pillifant 12/07/09 8:57pm

Pulitzers Okay With Internet-Only Qualifications

It’s always a little endearing to see old people warm up to technology, so it’s heartening that the gatekeepers of the Pulitzer Prize broadening their view of news media.

Last year, Columbia finally allowed entries from online-only sites that focused on breaking news; last week, they opened up the door to include blogs and the Read More

By John Koblin 11/03/08 10:01pm

The Morning After: What Happens at Politico?

"We have no doubt that traffic will dip—how much, we don’t know—following the election," wrote Politico editors Jim VandeHei and John Harris in a memo to staff today.

In part, the memo is an explanation of how Politico will try to make the transition from 2008 to 2009, a year when news Web Read More

By Michael Calderone 11/27/06 12:00am

Off the Record

Allbritton Communications, which owns seven ABC affiliates, including WJLA-TV in Washington, D.C., now wants to own a newspaper.

A newspaper? Didn’t everyone write those old, unprofitable things off?

Allbritton’s paper, a tabloid called The Capitol Leader, will have a circulation of between 20,000 and 30,000, according to Frederick Ryan Jr., Allbritton’s president. It will be Read More

By Michael Calderone 11/27/06 12:00am

A New D.C. Paper Poaches, Encroaches Cross-Platforms

Allbritton Communications, which owns seven ABC affiliates, including WJLA-TV in Washington, D.C., now wants to own a newspaper.

A newspaper? Didn’t everyone write those old, unprofitable things off?

Allbritton’s paper, a tabloid called The Capitol Leader, will have a circulation of between 20,000 and 30,000, according to Frederick Ryan Jr., Allbritton’s president. It will be Read More