The New York Observer » John Koblin http://www.observer.com Just another WordPress site Tue, 14 Feb 2012 21:00:26 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A Print Dream Dies During those dark days for media in 2008 and 2009, when the freelance well all but dried up, a little savior sprung out of Abu Dhabi.

In 2008, a weekly section dedicated to reportage and art and book reviews began as an insert called The Review in an English-language newspaper, The National. Though you might Read More

]]> http://www.observer.com/2010/media/print-dream-dies Hugo Lindgren Named New York Times Magazine Editor In a stunning move, The New York Times is expected to announce that Hugo Lindgren will be the next editor of The New York Times Magazine, according to three people familiar with the deal (UPDATE: It's now official. The announcement is at the bottom of this post).

Mr. Lindgren spent the last seven months as the executive editor at Read More

]]> http://www.observer.com/2010/media/hugo-lindgren-expected-be-named-new-york-times-magazine-editor It’s Autumn. Do You Know Where Your Magazine Editors Are? Over the summer, two weeklies announced job searches for two editors. It's autumn now, and The New York Times Magazine and Newsweek are still on the hunt. So where do things stand with the two biggest media stories of the moment?

When Bill Keller announced that Gerry Marzorati's time as editor of The Times Magazine was Read More

]]> http://www.observer.com/2010/media/its-autumn-do-you-know-where-your-magazine-editors-are Game Time: Match the Mogul with His Net Worth! Forbes came out with its rich people in America list, so let's play a little game among the media set. Here are 5 media moguls, and here are 4 figures that represent their net worth. See how many you get right!

1. Rupert Murdoch

2. Ted Turner

3. Si Newhouse

4. Charles Dolan

5. Barry Diller

A. $1.9 Billion

B. $6.2 Billion

C. Read More

]]> http://www.observer.com/2010/media/game-time-match-mogul-his-net-worth Jill Abramson Returning to Role of Managing Editor Ahead of Schedule Back in May, Times executive editor Bill Keller announced that managing editor Jill Abramson would be taking a detour from her managing editing duties to immerse herself with life on the web. The detour was scheduled for six months while Washington bureau chief Dean Baquet, business editor Larry Ingrassia and foreign editor Susan Chira Read More

]]> http://www.observer.com/2010/media/jill-abramson-returning-role-managing-editor-ahead-schedule Sam Dolnick, a Member of the Sulzberger Clan, Gets Times’ Local Immigration Beat A.G. Sulzberger is starting up his new beat in Kansas City, but he's not the only Sulzberger-Ochs family member getting new work at the Times newsroom.

Sam Dolnick, a grandnephew to former Times publisher Arthur Ochs "Punch" Sulzberger, is going to join the metro desk's immigration beat. He'll work with reporter Kirk Semple who joined the beat two years ago.

Mr. Read More

]]> http://www.observer.com/2010/media/sam-dolnick-member-sulzberger-clan-gets-times-local-immigration-beat Picture Time! The Front-Page Dummy for the Journal‘s New Saturday Edition The Associated Press spoke to Robert Thomson about the Journal's new weekend edition that debuts this weekend.

The Journal's spokeswoman Ashley Huston helpfully sent us an image of the front-page dummy. Unlike The Times' Sunday edition, the banner will look distinct from the paper's Monday-through Friday editions. It's called WSJ. And look at those skyboxes! One Read More

]]> http://www.observer.com/2010/media/picture-times-front-page-dummy-journals-new-saturday-edition More Conde Editor Changes: Barbara Fairchild Out at Bon Appetit Barbara Fairchild is leaving Bon Appetit after 32 years at the magazine, Conde Nast announced this afternoon. She will remain editor-in-chief until a successor is named.

Last year, after Conde Nast made the surprising decision of closing Gourmet and retaining Bon Ap, Ms. Fairchild was hailed as sort of a forgotten hero at Conde Nast. Apparently, her position as the Read More

]]> http://www.observer.com/2010/media/more-conde-editor-changes-barbara-fairchild-out-bon-appetit The Times and WSJ Battle Over Publicity Staff The next battleground for The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal's little newspaper war is apparently the papers' communications departments. Bob Christie, the PR man for The Times who left the Journal

Earlier: Times socres a PR Win in WSJ Battle

]]> http://www.observer.com/2010/media/times-and-wsj-battle-over-publicity-staff What I Learned at the 2010 U.S. Open After 15 days in Queens, I learned quite a lot at this year's U.S. Open!

For the third straight year, let's start with the weather.

The rain did it again. It messed everyting up and made us crazy. It drove me to live-blogging the weather for five hours, it canceled play and pushed our final to Read More

]]> http://www.observer.com/2010/daily-transom/what-i-learned-2010-us-open Rafa Wins New York After two long weeks of hype, it is over: Rafael Nadal has won the U.S. Open. In his ninth career Grand Slam victory, and his first victory here in New York, Rafa defeated Novak Djokovic 6-4, 5-7, 6-4, 6-2 in a match that started at 4:21, and ended just after 10 p.m. There was Read More

]]> http://www.observer.com/2010/daily-transom/rafa-wins-new-york CBS Abandons U.S. Open Final Mid-Match The men's final is currently in a rain delay here in Queens with the rain expected to conclude sometime in the next 30 minutes.

But in a stunning move, CBS has decided to abandon its coverage of the Men's Final in order to maintain its primetime lineup, and the rest of the match will air on Read More

]]> http://www.observer.com/2010/media/cbs-abandons-us-open-final-mid-match Djokovic the Gunslinger It's pretty impossible to downplay the significance of Novak's extra day of rest. This is someone who gets tired! This is likely someone who made it this far because he benefited from a light workload and cool temperatures in rounds two through five. And while he roved the hallways of Arthur Ashe stadium yesterday, Read More

]]> http://www.observer.com/2010/daily-transom/djokovic-gunslinger Two Hours Two hours until the men's final, and it's a ghost town out there right now. Mostly everything is closed. The wine bar in the South Plaza is closed. The mojito stand is closed. Much of the food court is closed. Fans are being let in just as I post this, but there appear only to Read More

]]> http://www.observer.com/2010/two-hours How Much Do We Blame CBS for this Men’s Monday Final? After about a 24-hour wait, we will finally get to see a men's tennis match today!

But will anyone else?

The men's final will broadcast at 4 p.m. this afternoon on CBS. Unless this match goes four or five long and tough sets, there's a good chance you won't catch any of it. Tonight is also the Read More

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