On Monday, MSNBC kicked off The New York Times Special Primary Edition, a new irregularly recurring daytime political show hosted by John Harwood in which Times scribes chew over news from the campaign trail.

So how did the show's premier do?

Not great!

According to Nielsen data, "The New York Times Special Primary Edition," finished fourth among cable news networks in the 2 P.M. time slot.  read more »

The Wall Street Journal has made another move to beef up its Washington bureau. Gorkana, excerpted by Fishbowl DC, reports:

Joe White, Detroit Bureau Chief at The Wall Street Journal, will be joining the Washington Bureau as a Senior Editor, overseeing a team of reporters covering energy, the environment, transportation and certain other areas of regulation. He joins Jonathan Kaufman who has also recently been made Senior Editor at the bureau.

Other recent recruits to The Journal's Washington coverage include new bureau chief John Bussey, as well as editor Gary Putka. However, last week the paper lost star political writer John Harwod to The Times.  read more »

John Harwood, the veteran Washington correspondent for The Wall Street Journal and CNBC, has joined The New York Times in a part time role, the paper announced this afternoon. Mr. Harwood "will contribute political stories and analysis to various sections of the newspaper and NYTimes.com," according to a Times press release.

As The Observer has reported, Times editors had hoped that Rupert Murdoch's takeover of The Journal would prompt Journal reporters to flee to the Grey Lady. So far, that hasn't happened. Could Mr. Harwood start a trend?