At 3 p.m. on Oct. 12, three days before the launch this week of the Fox Business Network, Roger Ailes gave a rally-the-troops speech to FBN rank-and-file, according to a staffer present. The Fox News president warned that the upstart network would encounter a doubting mainstream press, just as Fox News had over a decade Read More
For about a year, starting around the fall of 2003, Josh was one of my roommates in a three-bedroom apartment in Williamsburg (which I’m sadly leaving very soon to move to Washington D.C.). I can’t remember exactly when, because Read More
But the anecdote, published today in his book Reality Show, is old news.
In Mr. Kurtz’s book, he writes that former CBS anchor threatened to release a document to Read More
On Oct. 9, Mr. Kurtz was on the phone with The Observer, speaking about Reality Show, his 464-page tome chronicling Read More
But soon, a less predictable adversary—and one that could prove a tougher challenge—will Read More
John Burns isn't the only one making a big move these days: several New York Times reporters will be shifting around the world in the coming months, according to two internal announcements. Deputy foreign editor Ethan Bronner will become Jerusalem bureau chief, and there are new assignments for several others, including Edward Wong, Steve Read More
When New York Times reporters John F. Burns and James Glanz met at the Four Seasons restaurant in Amman, Jordan, in August, they talked less about bureau protocols, and more about the human costs of war. The following day, Mr. Glanz would head into Baghdad to take the reins from Mr. Burns of a bureau Read More
It was a very civil discussion, titled "Building a Global Multi-Ethnic Community." But Mr. Read More
The Observer noted that the Murdoch-owned Post neglected to mention Mr. Varadarajan’s harsh criticism of the News Corp. chief while Mr. Varadarajan wrote for the editorial Read More
On September 17, the paper announced that it would launch Pursuits, a glossy magazine supplement covering the exploits of the superrich. Read More
The ad is being cut from a YouTube video into a 30-second spot featuring three leading progressive bloggers: Christina Siun Read More
With Time Inc. officially pulling the plug on Business 2.0 after the October issue, Erick Schonfeld, the magazine’s editor-at-large, had several options to consider. He could try another Time Inc. title, such as Fortune—they’ve been accepting Business 2.0 refugees. And, of course, says Mr. Schonfeld, there were meetings with the “usual suspects,” in the Read More
Blaise Zerega, Portfolio's managing editor will be taking over the job of deputy editor--a position left vacant since the high-profile firing of Jim Impoco last month. Also, New Yorker managing editor Jacob Lewis will be joining Portfolio to fill Mr. Zerega's role.
Below is the staff memo, obtained by The Observer.
From: Joanne Lipman
Date: Read More
Mr. Rosenthal, the New York Times editorial page editor, of course won’t have to deal with pitchfork-wielding bloggers, now that TimesSelect, the newspaper’s paid subscription service—complete with a op-ed columnist-shielding pay wall—has officially been killed off.
Nor will Mr. Read More
On the morning of Sept. 15, Senator Hillary Clinton’s campaign wanted to publicize an endorsement the senator had received from Gen. Wesley Clark. But instead of going first to the usual suspects—mainstream print, television and radio reporters covering the race—the senator’s team, aware of the general’s lofty reputation among liberal bloggers, tried another tack: It Read More
