Bill Hamilton

Morning Reading List 02.04.09 - Posted February 4, 2009
Good Morning FishbowlDC! Got a blind item, interesting link, funny note, comment, birthday, anniversary or anything of the sort for Morning Reading List? Drop us a line or let us know in the tips box below. We're dropping the "Muesli"... just join us after the jump!... [FishBowlDC]

Merida As AME/National - Posted December 15, 2008
FishbowlDC hears that Kevin Merida may soon be named the Washington Post's AME/National...replacing Rajiv Chandrasekaran. >UPDATE: Confirmed. Full memo from Phil Bennett and Marcus Brauchli after the jump...(and new roles are outlined for Bill Hamilton and Chandrasekaran) ... [FishBowlDC]

For WaPo Big Wigs, A Special Buffet - Posted November 6, 2008
So... Each election night at the Washington Post, a big buffet spread is provided to staffers, many of whom stay up late and work hard while the results roll in. It's not only a tradition, but a fairly democratic one at that: Staffers like the fact that everyone from Don Graham on... [FishBowlDC]

Thompson Returns To The Post - Posted February 12, 2008
Okay, so here's how it started: A tipster heard that the Washington Post's Susan Glasser, Bill Hamilton and one more big time Postie were spotted having coffee recently with NYTimes investigative reporter Marilyn Thompson. Speculation has it that Thompson was upset that the Times didn't run their story about the relationship between Sen.... [FishBowlDC]

TV Guide Network Underperforms, No One Surprised - Posted December 10, 2007
MediaPost's Wayne Friedman suggests the TV Guide Network needs a bigger picture. Macrovision is buying the Gemstar assets, including TV Guide magazine, website and the cable network. The TV channel underperforms: TV Guide Network is in some 81 million homes. But like some other networks of its type and size--Hallmark Channel,... [FishBowlLA]

More on the Post's Obama Story - Posted December 5, 2007
You can't help but read this Politico story -- "Wash. Post Obama story under fire" -- and think that former Posties Jim VandeHei and John Harris were tickled pink to run it. Discussing last week's controversial Obama article in the Post, Michael Calderone talks to the Post's Bill Hamilton, who gives a... [FishBowlDC]

Bill Hamilton: Staying - Posted August 8, 2007
Settle down, Posties: National politics editor Bill Hamilton isn't going anywhere. FishbowlDC has learned that Hamilton did recently consider working for the Philadelphia Inquirer, even going so far as to meet with Inky higher-ups, look at potential Philadelphia neighborhoods to live in, potential Philadelphia schools for the kids (Hamilton is married... [FishBowlDC]

The Post's National Desk - Posted June 25, 2007
A number of you have written in confused about how Rajiv Chandrasekaran's recent promotion affects the Washington Post's National Desk. To help you out, here's the pecking order, in order of rank: 1. Susan Glasser, AME/National 2. Bill Hamilton (National politics editor) and Rajiv Chandrasekaran (National Editor). Rajiv will oversee all other national... [FishBowlDC]

Howell Critiques Post's Edwards Story - Posted January 22, 2007
From her internal Omblog: THE EDWARDS STORY More than a dozen readers, both inside the newsroom and outside, were troubled by the John Edwards story on Page today. So was I. Most complainers thought that the story either wasn't worth a story or wasn't worth fronting or both. It was interesting enough... [FishBowlDC]