It feels like a burden has been lifted from me,” Martin Peretz said on Feb. 27.
For the first time in three decades, Mr. Peretz, 68, no longer owns a stake in The New Republic. He was on the phone from Cambridge, Mass., some two hours after the Canadian media conglomerate CanWest Global Communications announced Read More
As The New York Times slowly works its way toward a narrower broadsheet in 2008, the paper has another new format in development: a tabloid for the younger generation.
On Dec. 15, executive editor Bill Keller mentioned a tabloid “prototype” during one of his occasional “Throw Stuff at Bill” sessions for the staff, a combination Read More
On October 19, New York Times Company chairman Arthur Sulzberger received a letter. It had been drafted by the Boston Newspaper Guild, and signed by 26 political and labor leaders. It expressed support for The Boston Globe, which is owned by the Times Company.
Mr. Sulzberger wrote back. He mentioned his pride in the paper’s Read More
On October 19, New York Times Company chairman Arthur Sulzberger received a letter. It had been drafted by the Boston Newspaper Guild, and signed by 26 political and labor leaders. It expressed support for The Boston Globe, which is owned by the Times Company.
Mr. Sulzberger wrote back. He mentioned his pride in the paper’s Read More
If I’m in a pugnacious mood, I write,” Martin Peretz said. “If I’m not, I don’t.”
Mr. Peretz, the editor in chief and part owner of The New Republic, was on the phone Aug. 8 from his home in Cambridge, Mass. He had turned off the television to take the call. Mr. Peretz Read More
I bashed The New Republic’s Martin Peretz for hinting ominously that Harvard Pres. Larry Summers’s departure would result in the loss of $100 million gifts to the school. Oops. Turns out he was right.
New York Times White House correspondent Elisabeth Bumiller is close to signing a deal with Random House to write a biography of Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. Ms. Bumiller plans to go on a yearlong book leave beginning in June. Reached by phone on Feb. 27, she confirmed her book plans but declined to discuss Read More
New Republic editor Peter Beinart is not going to be the next editor of The Atlantic, he told the Observer two weeks ago. But he may not be editor of The New Republic much longer, either. Persistent Beltway rumor has Beinart stepping down from his post, to be replaced by TNR senior editor Franklin Foer. Read More
Peter Beinart, a self-effacing, 28-year-old former intern at The New Republic , is set to become the sixth editor of the magazine in the last decade. He replaces the demoted Charles Lane, who replaced the fired Michael Kelly, who replaced Andrew Sullivan, who quit. Mr. Beinart will begin his new job just as the Presidential Read More
