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By Steve Kornacki 4/07/09 12:50am

Who Keeps Inviting the Bush-bots?

By John Koblin 4/02/09 9:28pm

The Eliot Spitzer Resurrection Rolls On! Next Stop: The Today Show

We promised you we’d report back to you in short order, and now we will: The Eliot Spitzer resurrection project of 2009 continues, and his next stop will be NBC’s Today Show.

Mr. Spitzer will be sitting down with Matt Lauer on Monday, April 6. Presumably, he’ll be talking about the financial crisis, as Read More

By Leon Neyfakh 1/28/09 6:13pm

Washington Post Kills ‘Book World’ Section

Jane Ciabattari broke the news on the National Book Critics Circle book blog (and The New York Times followed shortly thereafter): As of February 15th, The Washington Post‘s ‘Book World‘ will cease to be a standalone section, and all Sunday book content will be spread around into other parts of the paper. Read More

By Leon Neyfakh 1/26/09 7:48pm

Was NBCC Trying to Send a Message to Washington Post Higher-Ups By Honoring ‘Book World’ Critic Ron Charles?

The National Book Critics Circle awarded this weekend the Nona Balakian Citation for Excellence in Reviewing to Ron Charles, a senior editor at The Washington Post’s imperiled book review section Book World. The honor was presented Saturday, just over a week after it was reported that higher-ups at The Washington Post Read More

By Felix Gillette 1/19/09 2:11pm

Multiple Newspapers To Syndicate Washington Post’s Live Video Coverage of the Inauguration

On Tuesday, Jan. 20, the Web site of The Washington Post will produce live video coverage of Barack Obama’s Presidential Inauguration, anchored by Post reporters, Chris Cillizza, David Maraniss, and Dana Priest.

The Post‘s coverage began as an experiment back in February of 2008 on Super Tuesday and has steadily gained momentum during Read More

By Jason Horowitz 1/15/09 8:00pm

Pool Report: %^&@#)(& Washington Post

A few weeks ago, I wrote about some of the finest and strangest iterations of that esoteric form of journalism known as the "protective pool report."

These are the dispatches from reporters covering Barack Obama’s every move. They tell other reporters the clothes he wears, the food he eats, the basketball he plays and Read More

By John Koblin 12/10/08 5:48pm

Katharine Weymouth Says The Washington Post Needs ‘Fundamental Change’

The Washington Post’s publisher Katharine Weymouth sent out an email to her staff this morning declaring that the business model for the paper would have to undergo a "fundamental change."

First, they’re going hyper-local! Washingtonpost.com is going to be recast itself as a local news and information site for people who live in or Read More

By John Koblin 11/28/08 6:18pm

Denby, Scott Agree: Subway Pick-Up Scene in Milk is Hot; James Franco is Angelic

Critics are falling all over themselves to laud Gus Van Sant’s Milk. Some seem to love one scene in particular:

A.O. Scott, The New York Times:

One of the first scenes in ‘Milk’ is of a pick-up in a New York subway station. It’s 1970, and an insurance executive in a suit Read More

By Matt Haber 11/25/08 3:55pm

Report: Newseum Cuts Staff

Journalism really is in the dumps. The Washington Post‘s Jacqueline Trescott is reporting that Washington DC’s Newseum is letting go 10% of its staff. (This comes via Jim Romenesko.)

Writes Ms. Trescott:

Museum administrators offered voluntary buyouts and 19 people accepted. In addition, two officers retired—including Jack Hurley, the senior vice president of Read More

By Matt Haber 11/24/08 4:08pm

Bloggers, Press Secretary to Media Cycle: Slow Down

This Sunday, The New York Times‘ Sharon Otterman introduced readers to slow-blogging, an approach to Web writing "inspired by the slow food movement, which says that fast food is destroying local traditions and healthy eating habits… slow bloggers believe that news-driven blogs like TechCrunch and Gawker are the equivalent of fast food restaurants — Read More

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Who Keeps Inviting the Bush-bots?

The Eliot Spitzer Resurrection Rolls On! Next Stop: The Today Show

Washington Post Kills ‘Book World’ Section

Was NBCC Trying to Send a Message to Washington Post Higher-Ups By Honoring ‘Book World’ Critic Ron Charles?

Multiple Newspapers To Syndicate Washington Post’s Live Video Coverage of the Inauguration

Pool Report: %^&@#)(& Washington Post

Katharine Weymouth Says The Washington Post Needs ‘Fundamental Change’

Denby, Scott Agree: Subway Pick-Up Scene in Milk is Hot; James Franco is Angelic

Report: Newseum Cuts Staff

Bloggers, Press Secretary to Media Cycle: Slow Down

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