By Sridhar Pappu 3/03/03 12:00am

Bad Day at Pink Rock: Si Tells GQ Editor It’s Time to Go

At the annual GQ Christmas party in December 2002, the magazine’s long-time editor in chief, Art Cooper, approached a veteran member of his staff and issued a sobering prediction.

“I’m 65 years old: I just want five more years,” the staffer recalled Mr. Cooper as saying. “Five fucking years. And they’re not going to give Read More

By Sridhar Pappu 11/19/01 12:00am

BLOOMBERG L.P. May Hire an Ombudsman for News Conflicts

On Tuesday, Nov. 6, when voters elected media honcho and

billionaire Michael Bloomberg as the city’s 108th Mayor, they spawned a

scenario destined for the tweedy enclaves of college ethics classes: How does

Bloomberg News cover a city whose policies and economy would now be overseen by

Mr. Bloomberg himself? How could its editors and Read More