Bill Keller

Menu Scandals: Steve Phillips And Bill Keller's Mention Of Apple Tablet - Posted October 26, 2009
Host Jason Boog of GalleyCat returned to the mediabistro.com Morning Media Menu today after a short absence, eager to talk about the day's biggest media headlines with AgencySpy's Matt Van Hoven. The biggest news of the day: ESPN's Steve Phillips' affair with a younger staff member and his firing over the weekend.... [FishBowlNY]

Kidnapped Journalist Rohde Answers Readers' Questions - Posted October 20, 2009
As a companion to his moving five-part series about his Taliban kidnapping, The New York Times reporter David Rohde is answering readers' questions on the paper's "At War" blog. Although we have found Rohde's first person account of his captivity fascinating and informative, readers have lashed out at him and the Times... [FishBowlNY]

News Notes: Print Edition - Posted October 19, 2009
• NYT plans to cut 100 newsroom jobs by the end of this year. No word yet on how that will affect the DC bureau. FishbowlNY has executive editor Bill Keller's internal memo, which says, "As before, if we do not reach 100 positions through buyouts, we will be forced to... [FishBowlDC]

News Notes: Print Edition - Posted October 19, 2009
• NYT plans to cut 100 newsroom jobs by the end of this year. No word yet on how that will affect the DC bureau. FishbowlNY has executive editor Bill Keller's internal memo, which says, "As before, if we do not reach 100 positions through buyouts, we will be forced to... [FishBowlDC]

Memo: Times To Layoff 100 Newsroom Staffers - Posted October 19, 2009
The announcement that The New York Times is planning to cut 100 newsroom jobs by the end of the year is big news for the media industry, but it couldn't have been a very easy story for Times reporter Richard Perez-Pena to write. Perez-Pena reports on the paper's Media Decoder blog that... [FishBowlNY]

Memo: Times To Layoff 100 Newsroom Staffers - Posted October 19, 2009
The announcement that The New York Times is planning to cut 100 newsroom jobs by the end of the year is big news for the media industry, but it couldn't have been a very easy story for Times reporter Richard Perez-Pena to write. Perez-Pena reports on the paper's Media Decoder blog that... [FishBowlNY]

Mrs. Butterworth|AOL's $4.2B Value|Andrew Ross Sorkin|Keller: Decision On Paid Content For NYT Will Come To "Gut Call" - Posted September 30, 2009
The Daily Show With Jon StewartMon - Thurs 11p / 10cMoment of Zen - Going Rougewww.thedailyshow.comDaily Show Full EpisodesPolitical HumorRon Paul Interview PRNewser: An interview with Mrs. Butterworth, whose been getting into the social media recently. All Things Digital: Time Warner's sale of AOL has been valued at $4.2 billion -- "marked down... [FishBowlNY]

Mrs. Butterworth|AOL's $4.2B Value|Andrew Ross Sorkin|Keller: Decision On Paid Content For NYT Will Come To "Gut Call" - Posted September 30, 2009
The Daily Show With Jon StewartMon - Thurs 11p / 10cMoment of Zen - Going Rougewww.thedailyshow.comDaily Show Full EpisodesPolitical HumorRon Paul Interview PRNewser: An interview with Mrs. Butterworth, whose been getting into the social media recently. All Things Digital: Time Warner's sale of AOL has been valued at $4.2 billion -- "marked down... [FishBowlNY]

Morning Reading List 09.30.09 - Posted September 30, 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. A White House reporter used the made-for-SNL-word "strategery" in a question posed to press secretary Robert Gibbs at yesterday's briefing. Funny man Gibbs, referring to... [FishBowlDC]

Allbritton and VandeHarris Make VF's "New Establishment 2009" List - Posted September 2, 2009
Politico's Robert Allbritton, John Harris, and Jim VandeHei join the ranks of Steve Jobs, Warren Buffett and Eric Schmidt (though we question his #5 ranking we suffered through Gmail glitches for hours yesterday) for the first time this year on Vanity Fair's annual top 100 Information Age powers list. By our count,... [FishBowlDC]

Sam Sifton Picked To Fill Bruni's Restaurant Critic Post - Posted August 5, 2009
New York Times executive editor Bill Keller just announced the appointment of a new restaurant critic to take up the departed Frank Bruni's knife and fork. Come October, Culture Editor Sam Sifton will be taking over the post abandoned by Bruni in May. "In the weeks since the announcement that Frank Bruni... [FishBowlNY]

Sam Sifton Picked To Fill Bruni's Restaurant Critic Post - Posted August 5, 2009
New York Times executive editor Bill Keller just announced the appointment of a new restaurant critic to take up the departed Frank Bruni's knife and fork. Come October, Culture Editor Sam Sifton will be taking over the post abandoned by Bruni in May. "In the weeks since the announcement that Frank Bruni... [FishBowlNY]

Morning Reading List 07.10.09 - Posted July 10, 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. Happy Birthday to Shawna Thomas and to Garrett Graff, who celebrates tomorrow. Kudos also to Jill Jackson, Brian Haefeli and Mark Preston who also correctly... [FishBowlDC]

NYT Public Editor Tackles Decision To Keep Rohde Kidnapping Quiet - Posted July 6, 2009
Yesterday, New York Times public editor Clark Hoyt discussed Times reporter David Rohde's kidnapping and the lengths the paper's staff took to keep the story out of the media. Rohde has been mum about his ordeal, but Tahir Ludin, an Afghan journalist captured with Rohde and their driver, Asadullah Mangal, gave his... [FishBowlNY]

Rohde Kidnapping: Was The NYT Ready to Pay $5M Ransom? - Posted June 22, 2009
For seven months, NYT Executive Editor Bill Keller remained quiet about the Taliban kidnapping of reporter David Rohde in Pakistan. But it wasn't just the NYT -- at least 40 major news organizations helped maintain the silence, according to WaPo. Per the advice of government experts and experienced media... [FishBowlDC]

Menu: What We Learned Over The Last Six Months - Posted June 19, 2009
Today on the mediabistro.com Morning Media Menu we'll discuss Bill Keller's trip to Iran (and his reaction to those who have reacted with surprise) and Conan O'Brien on The Tonight Show — how are the ratings? As always on Friday, we'll have "What We Learned This Week" — only this time,... [TVNewser]

Sunday Show Preview - Posted June 19, 2009
NBC's Meet the Press: Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu, Fmr. Sen. Sam Nunn (D-GA) and Nuclear Threat Initiative Co-Chairman and CEO, Fmr. Sen. Fred Thompson (R-TN) and Fmr. Chair, State Dept.'s International Security Advisory Board, Fortune's Nina Easton and NBC's Chuck Todd CBS' Face the Nation: Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) ABC's This... [FishBowlDC]

A Very Special Menu: Good Bye Steve - Posted June 19, 2009
More sad news: today is host and TVNewser blogger Steve Krakauer's last mediabistro.com Morning Media Menu podcast. Mediabistro.com editorial director Rebecca Fox and AgencySpy editor Matt Van Hoven helped send off Steve with some discussion about The New York Times's Bill Keller reporting from the frontlines of Iran and a reliving... [FishBowlNY]

Morning Reading List 06.19.09 - Posted June 19, 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. Tonight's the Radio & TV Correspondents Association Dinner. Scroll down FBDC for all the dets. What we know and what we're reading this Friday morning... NEWSPAPERS... [FishBowlDC]

Weekly Standard Sold|Chris Matthews Helps Honor Dads|WaPo Dumps Froomkin|ABC's Sciutto Roped Into Iran Twitter Scam|NYT's Keller Still Talking About His Reporting In Iran - Posted June 18, 2009
The Daily Show With Jon StewartMon - Thurs 11p / 10cJason Jones: Behind the Veil - Minarets of Menacewww.thedailyshow.comDaily Show Full EpisodesPolitical HumorJason Jones in Iran FishbowlDC: News Corp. sold the Weekly Standard to Clarity Media Group, which also owns the Washington Examiner. TVNewser: Chris Matthews hosted the National Father's Day Committee's Father... [FishBowlNY]

Weekly Standard Sold|Chris Matthews Helps Honor Dads|WaPo Dumps Froomkin|ABC's Sciutto Roped Into Iran Twitter Scam|NYT's Keller Still Talking About His Reporting In Iran - Posted June 18, 2009
The Daily Show With Jon StewartMon - Thurs 11p / 10cJason Jones: Behind the Veil - Minarets of Menacewww.thedailyshow.comDaily Show Full EpisodesPolitical HumorJason Jones in Iran FishbowlDC: News Corp. sold the Weekly Standard to Clarity Media Group, which also owns the Washington Examiner. TVNewser: Chris Matthews hosted the National Father's Day Committee's Father... [FishBowlNY]

Jared Cohen: The Guy Who Kept Iranians Twittering|It's Twin Girls For Quintanilla|Keller Googles In Iran|Boston Globe Union Optimistic About Deal As Negotiations Continue|Newsweek Cuts An Issue - Posted June 17, 2009
The Colbert ReportMon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30cJared Cohenwww.colbertnation.comColbert Report Full EpisodesPolitical HumorStephen Colbert in Iraq Baynewser: A profile of U.S. State Department employee Jared Cohen, who called Twitter to ask them to postpone scheduled maintanence. TVNewser: CNBC's Carl Quintanilla and his wife Judy Chung, a former CNBC and MSNBC producer, welcomed twin... [FishBowlNY]

Jared Cohen: The Guy Who Kept Iranians Twittering|It's Twin Girls For Quintanilla|Keller Googles In Iran|Boston Globe Union Optimistic About Deal As Negotiations Continue|Newsweek Cuts An Issue - Posted June 17, 2009
The Colbert ReportMon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30cJared Cohenwww.colbertnation.comColbert Report Full EpisodesPolitical HumorStephen Colbert in Iraq Baynewser: A profile of U.S. State Department employee Jared Cohen, who called Twitter to ask them to postpone scheduled maintanence. TVNewser: CNBC's Carl Quintanilla and his wife Judy Chung, a former CNBC and MSNBC producer, welcomed twin... [FishBowlNY]

What's New York Times Executive Editor Bill Keller Up To In Iran? - Posted June 16, 2009
The developing story in Iran (and how the media has been covering it) has been a popular topic of conversation around here over the last few days. And one thing has not gone unnoticed: New York Times Executive Editor Bill Keller's presence on the front lines and the front page of... [FishBowlNY]

Today's Menu Is All About Iran - Posted June 16, 2009
Today on the mediabistro.com Morning Media Menu, TVNewser's Steve Krakauer and mediabistro.com editorial director Rebecca Fox talk about the many ways the Iran election has been covered by the media in recent days. The developing story in Iran has had some affect on various media outlets and Twitter, a valuable tool... [FishBowlNY]

Pulitzers Celebrate Journalism In An Uncertain World - Posted May 28, 2009
Today, we headed all the way uptown to Columbia University for the annual presentation of the Pulitzer Prizes. We spied some bigwigs of New York media, like Bill Keller celebrating The New York Times' five award haul ("I feel pretty damn good," he told FishbowlNY) and Newsweek editor Jon Meacham, a... [FishBowlNY]

Pulitzers Celebrate Journalism In An Uncertain World - Posted May 28, 2009
Today, we headed all the way uptown to Columbia University for the annual presentation of the Pulitzer Prizes. We spied some bigwigs of New York media, like Bill Keller celebrating The New York Times' five award haul ("I feel pretty damn good," he told FishbowlNY) and Newsweek editor Jon Meacham, a... [FishBowlNY]

Keller: Times Staffers Lax In Ethics Compliance - Posted May 21, 2009
Ever since New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman (left) publicly returned a $75,000 speakers' fee earlier this month, Los Angeles Times columnist James Rainey has been hounding the NYT about their ethics guidelines pertaining to speaking fees. In today's column, Rainey published a memo sent to NYT staffers by executive editor Bill... [FishBowlNY]

Keller: Times Staffers Lax In Ethics Compliance - Posted May 21, 2009
Ever since New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman (left) publicly returned a $75,000 speakers' fee earlier this month, Los Angeles Times columnist James Rainey has been hounding the NYT about their ethics guidelines pertaining to speaking fees. In today's column, Rainey published a memo sent to NYT staffers by executive editor Bill... [FishBowlNY]

MediaBistro Alums Publish Book|FNC Producer Starts A Fight|NY Times Reporter Recounts Personal Debt Crisis | Washington Gov. Talks About Saving Papers|Times Twitters - Posted May 15, 2009
GalleyCat: mediabistro.com alums have published a humorous design book. TVNewser: Fox News producer Chad Pergram had words with a photographer at a D.C. press briefing. New York Times Magazine: Times economics reporter Edmund L. Andrews writes about his own struggles with sub-prime mortgages and massive credit debt in this Sunday's magazine.... [FishBowlNY]

The Grey Lady Debates on How to Charge for Web Content - Posted May 15, 2009
From John Koblin at the New York Observer: By the end of June, The New York Times will come to a decision on how to charge for some of its content on the Web, The Observer has learned. Executive editor Bill Keller said at a meeting with staff on Wednesday that two proposals... [FishBowlLA]

Times' Frank Bruni Leaves The Restaurant Beat Behind - Posted May 14, 2009
Frank Bruni, the mysterious restaurant critic for The New York Times, is leaving his post after five years. In an internal memo sent out today, executive editor Bill Keller said Bruni will be abandoning the restaurant beat this summer to promote his book "Born Round: the Secret History of a Full-Time Eater,"... [FishBowlNY]

British Tabloid Is Too Hot For The iPhone - Posted May 6, 2009
Naked "Page 3 Girls" have helped Rupert Murdoch's British tabloid The Sun sell papers for 40 years now, but they're not helping the paper break into the mobile marketplace. The Sun was set to be included in Newspaper(s), an iPhone app that allows readers to browse the content of over 50... [FishBowlNY]

British Tabloid Is Too Hot For The iPhone - Posted May 6, 2009
Naked "Page 3 Girls" have helped Rupert Murdoch's British tabloid The Sun sell papers for 40 years now, but they're not helping the paper break into the mobile marketplace. The Sun was set to be included in Newspaper(s), an iPhone app that allows readers to browse the content of over 50... [FishBowlNY]

Darkness Falls Across the Land, NYT Officially Cuts City Section - Posted April 16, 2009
It's official. The NYO is reporting that NYT executive editor Bill Keller has sent a memo out to staff confirming the closure of the ever excellent City Section along with a host of other changes including the elimination of fashion spreads in the Sunday Magazine, to name a few.We will... [FishBowlNY]

Morning Media Menu With mediabistro.com - Posted April 3, 2009
Today on the Menu, while we were en route to Chicago in the extremely wee hours of the morning, Steve was joined by fellow mb'ers, Rebecca Fox and AgencySpy's Matt Van Hoven. Besides revealing What We Learned This Week (what I learned this week is that you cannot take yogurt through security... [FishBowlNY]

Noon Reading List 04.03.09 - Posted April 3, 2009
Good afternoon FishbowlDC! Sorry for the delay... Got a blind item, interesting link, funny note, comment, birthday, anniversary or anything of the sort for Morning Reading List? Drop us a line. Its day 74 covering the Obama administration and week nine for us. What we know and what we're reading this Friday... NEWSPAPERS |... [FishBowlDC]

NYT's Keller on CNN: "A Parody of a 'Daily Show' Parody" - Posted April 2, 2009
Politico's Tim Grieve reports on some comments New York Times executive editor Bill Keller made about modern day media, including CNN. Keller spoke at the opening of a new building for The Stanford Daily - an event said was a little like a "ribbon-cutting" for "a new Pontiac dealership." Keller said it's... [TVNewser]

NYT's Keller on CNN: "A Parody of a 'Daily Show' Parody" - Posted April 2, 2009
Politico's Tim Grieve reports on some comments New York Times executive editor Bill Keller made about modern day media, including CNN. Keller spoke at the opening of a new building for The Stanford Daily - an event said was a little like a "ribbon-cutting" for "a new Pontiac dealership." Keller said it's... [TVNewser]

Morning Reading List 04.02.09 - Posted April 2, 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. Its day 73 covering the Obama administration and week nine for us. What we know and what we're reading this Thursday morning... NEWSPAPERS | TV | NEWS... [FishBowlDC]

Bill Keller Responds to Vanity Fair's 'Bombast' - Posted April 1, 2009
Bill Keller is not such a fan of Mark Bowden's Vanity Fair write-around profile on Arthur Sulzberger Jr. His letter in full below (via Romenesko): To the Editor Vanity Fair If you strip away the bombast, the recycled anecdotes and the mistakes an elementary fact-checking should have caught ("1300 reporters" is off by... [FishBowlNY]

Bill Keller Responds to Vanity Fair's 'Bombast' - Posted April 1, 2009
Bill Keller is not such a fan of Mark Bowden's Vanity Fair write-around profile on Arthur Sulzberger Jr. His letter in full below (via Romenesko): To the Editor Vanity Fair If you strip away the bombast, the recycled anecdotes and the mistakes an elementary fact-checking should have caught ("1300 reporters" is off by... [FishBowlNY]

Even The New York Times is Doling Out Salary Cuts - Posted March 26, 2009
From The New York Observer: The New York Times Company chairman Arthur Sulzberger Jr and CEO Janet Robinson announced today that they are cutting the salaries of New York Times editors, as well as all employees on the corporate side by five percent through the end of December. Mr. Sulzberger, along with... [FishBowlLA]

Politico vs. NYTimes: John Harris and Bill Keller Duke it Out - Posted February 19, 2009
It all started with a Gabe Sherman piece in the New Republic this week about the spectacular rise of Politico at the time when print journalism was seeminly suffering everywhere else. It was there that NYTimes' Bill Keller had this to say, "If you hadn't reminded me, I couldn't have told... [FishBowlDC]

Politico vs. NYTimes: John Harris and Bill Keller Duke it Out - Posted February 19, 2009
It all started with a Gabe Sherman piece in the New Republic this week about the spectacular rise of Politico at the time when print journalism was seeminly suffering everywhere else. It was there that NYTimes' Bill Keller had this to say, "If you hadn't reminded me, I couldn't have told... [FishBowlDC]

Morning Reading List 02.19.09 - Posted February 19, 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. Its day 31 covering the Obama administration and week 3 for us. What we know and what... [FishBowlDC]

Politico's Fast Rise to D.C. Dominance Irks Some - Posted February 17, 2009
The ubiquitous Gabe Sherman has a nice, lengthy piece up over at TNR about the spectacular rise of Politico. A rise made all the more spectacular for having occurred during the same time frame that has seen the demise of print journalism everywhere."There's no question they had a singular impact.... [FishBowlNY]

Bill Keller Responds to Time's Cover Story: What About a Voluntary Pay Model? - Posted February 6, 2009
New York Times executive editor Bill Keller has been doing the "Talk to the Newsroom" feature all week and it's made for some interesting reading. The other day he said that a "lively, deadly serious discussion continues within The Times about ways to get consumers to pay for what we... [FishBowlNY]

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]

Morning Reading List 02.03.09 - Posted February 3, 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. ... [FishBowlDC]

Cathie Black to Stay On at Hearst - Posted January 12, 2009
No one is going anywhere! That at least appears to be today's media news theme regarding the industry's top dogs. We already told you that Bill Keller has denied rumors he is going anywhere and today the New York Post is reporting that Hearst president Cathie Black will also... [FishBowlNY]

Today's NYT News Round-Up - Posted January 12, 2009
Let's talk more about The New York Times, which lately seems to be filling in as some sort of representative for the state of journalism everywhere, both good and bad. First up rumors of Bill Keller's demise are apparently untrue. Gawker called Keller about the recent newsroom chatter that... [FishBowlNY]

The New York Times to do an Obama Book - Posted December 24, 2008
Per today's Publisher's Marketplace:OBAMA: The Historic Journey, a heavily-illustrated book covering Barack Obama's life, from his childhood through his inauguration as the 44th president of the United States, with a final chapter that includes the inaugural address and a 32-page photo essay by 12 New York Times staff photographers, with an... [FishBowlNY]

Jeff Jarvis Thinks 'Community Organizers' are the Future of Journalism - Posted November 26, 2008
The New York Observer is running a profile on "Blogger, professor, and media consultant" Jeff Jarvis (parts of which, having to do with Bill Keller, Jarvis apparently has some issues with). Here's some of his advice regarding how media people might approach and uncertain, quickly-changing future:We should embrace change...Instead, too... [FishBowlNY]

The Only Way for Journalists to Survive the Recession May be to Write About It - Posted October 29, 2008
Let's focus on the positive. We told you the other day that there would be no new layoffs at the NYT according to executive editor Bill Keller. Happy Days! Of course, Keller tells the NYO that this inevitably means they will have to be more "selective" in their... [FishBowlNY]

Morning Reading List, 10.29.08 - Posted October 29, 2008
Good morning Washington. 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've got your morning mix of media Muesli after the jump...... [FishBowlDC]

Bill Keller: No More Layoffs at the NYT - Posted October 28, 2008
Here's a little slice of sunshine in an otherwise gloomy day. At the annual New York Times State of the Newsroom meeting executive editor Bill Keller assured employees that there would be no further layoffs at the paper. "The answer is no...No, I do not see another round of... [FishBowlNY]

The NYT Magazine Makes and Remakes John McCain - Posted October 21, 2008
At the New Yorker Festival a few weeks back NYT executive editor Bill Keller said something to the effect of "My reaction to McCain camp accusations is to put the toughest piece on the front page the next day so they'll know we don't kowtow." Looks like this philosophy may... [FishBowlNY]

Election 2008: Shining a Light on the (Ir)relevance of Print? - Posted September 17, 2008
The fallout from this election season is being felt in many different corners of our lives: feminism, such as it is, is once again on the front-burner, SNL may actually be relevant again, and the merits of the caucus vs. primary, may no longer qualify as a bonus question on... [FishBowlNY]

Morning Reading List, 09.11.08 - Posted September 11, 2008
Good morning Washington. 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've got your morning mix of media Muesli after the jump...... [FishBowlDC]

Bill Keller Parties, er, Writes Like It's 1989 - Posted August 19, 2008
Truth be told we barely glanced at the Sunday Times this weekend mostly because we finally and totally got sucked into the Olympic Games. However, we did make note of this excellent Week in Review piece by Times head honcho Bill Keller.The Chinese have made their Olympics an... [FishBowlNY]

Bill Keller Parties, er, Writes Like It's 1989 - Posted August 19, 2008
Truth be told we barely glanced at the Sunday Times this weekend mostly because we finally and totally got sucked into the Olympic Games. However, we did make note of this excellent Week in Review piece by Times head honcho Bill Keller.The Chinese have made their Olympics an... [FishBowlNY]

Edwards Affair: Mainstream Media Post-Mortem - Posted August 10, 2008
As the John Edwards affair story continues to sink in, it's time for some mainstream media self-reflection. The New York Times' Richard Perez-Pena and Bill Carter look at why there was a, "reticence of the mainstream media," in covering the story. After noting MSNBC only touched on the story by way of a... [TVNewser]

NYT: Out of the Fishbowl, Into the Bullpen - Posted July 15, 2008
While here at FBNY we are all safely ensconced in our own little fishbowls, word has it that New York Times chief Bill Keller and managing editor Jill Abramson have given in to their egalitarian side and moved their offices into the newsroom "bull pen." Apparently, neither were comfortable with... [FishBowlNY]

Morning Reading List, 02.25.08 - Posted February 25, 2008
Good morning Washington. Quickly navigate Morning Reading List: REVOLVING DOOR | NEWSPAPERS | TV | ONLINE MEDIA | MAGAZINES | JOBS Most of you would prefer Barack Obama as an editor in the newsroom. Regarding the poll, a reader writes in, "i just voted for obama in your poll as the person i'd rather have... [FishBowlDC]

Morning Reading List, 02.11.08 - Posted February 11, 2008
Good morning Washington. Quickly navigate Morning Reading List: REVOLVING DOOR | NEWSPAPERS | TV | ONLINE MEDIA | MAGAZINES | JOBS You are not fans of Maureen Dowd's writing. REVOLVING DOOR Washington Post reports, "Discovery Communications has hired former AOL advertising executive Kathleen Kayse to run the Silver Spring cable giant's digital ad sales operation. Kayse... [FishBowlDC]

Morning Reading List, 11.29.07 - Posted November 29, 2007
Good morning Washington. Fine, fine ... we're sucking it up and joining Facebook. Your folks are Democrats, well, mostly. NEWSPAPERS "Four years into the war, Iraq correspondents would give their reporting mixed, but generally positive reviews and think they have covered the U.S. military more effectively than they have covered the citizenry of Iraq,"... [FishBowlDC]

Morning Reading List, 10.24.07 - Posted October 24, 2007
Good morning Washington. You think global warming is no big deal. An ABC release announced, "For the twenty-fourth time in twenty-six weeks, 'World News with Charles Gibson' was the #1 evening newscast among Adults 25-54. The ABC broadcast averaged a 2.1/9 and 2.58 million among key demo viewers, outperforming NBC's 'Nightly News' by... [FishBowlDC]

Morning Reading List, 08.28.07 - Posted August 28, 2007
Good morning Washington. Overwhelmingly, you think Dana Perino will be the next White House press secretary. TVNewser reports, "Another Super Tuesday tomorrow on MSNBC. Chris Matthews continues in Iowa moderating the Livestrong Cancer Forum. Back east, Tim Russert, Natlie Morales, Tucker Carlson, Chris Jansing and others will hold down the anchor fort." The AP... [FishBowlDC]

Morning Reading List, 07.17.07 - Posted July 17, 2007
Good morning Washington. Most of you think LateNightShots.com is disgusting. Slate's Jack Shafer writes, "Homer Simpson Has What the Bancrofts Want -- Editorial independence." Bill Mitchell, the Editor of Poynter Online, is asking for your opinion on the website with a survey. "We want to know what's important to you and others in your... [FishBowlDC]

Times' 'Bogus Trend Story' - Posted June 19, 2007
Actually, online sales are doing just fine, thanks If you're the New York Times and you lead off your Sunday edition with a Page One piece entitled "Some Buyers Grow Web-Weary, and Online Sales Lose Steam," the assumption is that the article would be true. Except... it turns out that the Times... [FishBowlNY]

NYT Managing Editor Jill Abramson Hit By Truck - Posted May 9, 2007
Yesterday's memo from Times executive editor Bill Keller, via the Observer: Colleagues, Jill Abramson was involved in a traffic accident this morning, and is in the emergency ward at Bellevue Hospital. She is conscious (in fact, she managed to be both funny and stoic through her morphine haze, so the essential Jill seems... [FishBowlNY]

Morning Reading List, 05.09.07 - Posted May 9, 2007
Good morning Washington. An ABC release announced "World News with Charles Gibson" was "the #1 evening newscast among Total Viewers, Households and Adults 25-54 for the week of April 30." Averaging 8.10 million Total Viewers, "World News" won every night last week in both categories, outperforming NBC's "Nightly News" by 610,000... [FishBowlDC]

Times Names New Public Editor - Posted May 3, 2007
Memo [via the Observer] from executive editor Bill Keller: Colleagues: This month Barney Calame concludes his tour in what I have occasionally referred to as the most thankless job in journalism. We recruited Barney to be our Public Editor because of his unquestioned integrity and his lifelong commitment to the highest standards of... [FishBowlNY]

Taking Out The Trash, 03.13.07 - Posted March 13, 2007
Most of you are looking forward to the NCAA College Basketball Tournament. Woo-hoo! A tipster informs us that Bloomberg's Paul Basken is leaving for The Chronicle of Higher Education. A reader tells us, "People are ignoring the Len/Phil memo because editors are not policing it. Laws don't matter if they are not enforced." A... [FishBowlDC]

News War: The LA Times vs. Tribune and Readers Lose - Posted February 28, 2007
KCET broadcast Frontline's series News War last night, as counter programming for American Idol, never guessing that someone could actually want to watch both. This episode, What's Happening to the News, which examimes the struggles of the LA Times, will repeat this Friday and the website has the whole series.... [FishBowlLA]

News War: The LA Times vs. Tribune and Readers Lose - Posted February 28, 2007
KCET broadcast Frontline's series News War last night, as counter programming for American Idol, never guessing that someone could actually want to watch both. This episode, What's Happening to the News, which examimes the struggles of the LA Times, will repeat this Friday and the website has the whole series.... [FishBowlLA]

Taking Out The Trash, 02.22.07 - Posted February 22, 2007
This is a close one. Dunkin' Donuts and Starbucks are in a tight race. Starbucks has the lead so far. An NBC release announced that "NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams" "was back on top as the most-watched network evening newscast during the week of February 12-16, 2007, attracting 10.168 million total viewers,"... [FishBowlDC]

More Keller Separated - Posted February 15, 2007
And yet another installment on the gift that keeps on giving. A reader writes in saying that Bill Keller... ...looks like, Bob McDonnell (Photo Credit) Another reader thinks he looks like Mike McCurry (Photo Credit) And, another thinks he looks like James Morrison (Photo Credit)... [FishBowlDC]

Monday Morning Meta Media Mashup - Posted February 5, 2007
A weekly meta-roundup of our favorite (mostly) New York media pundits, what they're saying, why they're saying it, and an all-important grade, subjective and arbitrary — just like their columns! "Can we take much more good news?" | Peter Johnson, USA Today Peter Johnson, USA Today's classically-named media columnist, takes aim at... [FishBowlNY]

Keller Gets His Man: Fired LAT Editor Dean Baquet Joins NYT as D.C. Bureau Chief - Posted January 30, 2007
New York Times executive editor Bill Keller had been after him for months. Now he's got him: Dean Baquet, the editor of the Los Angeles Times who was fired in November for refusing to cut jobs from his newsroom, is returning to the New York Times as chief of its Washington bureau... [FishBowlNY]

New York Transplant Returning Home? - Posted January 29, 2007
LA Observed quotes Romensko today with an item about former LAT Editor Dean Baquet's speculated return to the NYT. Bill Keller just says, "Stay tuned. I didn't want him to go in the first place." Of course, all this is being reported on blogs, of which Keller says: "I've dialed back on my... [FishBowlLA]

'Baquet' The New York Times? - Posted January 17, 2007
Hideous pun, we know. But today, E&P reignites previous murmurings that NYT executive editor Bill Keller is wooing ousted LAT editor Dean Baquet -- formerly national editor of The New York Times -- back to the Gray Lady. While Keller denied offering Baquet a position back when the LAT carried the story... [FishBowlNY]

Times Issues Jared Paul Stern Correction; Jared Paul Stern Issues Memo To Times - Posted January 5, 2007
From today's Times "Corrections": An article on Sunday about some of the more captivating events in the New York region in 2006 referred incorrectly to a federal investigation of Jared Paul Stern, a former contributor to the Page Six section of The New York Post whom Ronald W. Burkle, the supermarket magnate,... [FishBowlNY]

Disney Silences Blogger--Another Fair Use Case - Posted January 5, 2007
Mickey might wear white gloves, but the Mouse has long arms and grip of steel. Humor-challenged Disney has shut down an internet critic's website, Spocko's Brain. On the site, the blogger/ critic posted audio files of on-air comments made by right-wing talk show hosts at Bay Area ABC radio affiliate KSFO.... [FishBowlLA]

Disney Silences Blogger--Another Fair Use Case - Posted January 5, 2007
Mickey might wear white gloves, but the Mouse has long arms and grip of steel. Humor-challenged Disney has shut down an internet critic's website, Spocko's Brain. On the site, the blogger/ critic posted audio files of on-air comments made by right-wing talk show hosts at Bay Area ABC radio affiliate KSFO.... [FishBowlLA]

Will The Times Cut Its Ombudsman Loose? - Posted January 3, 2007
Interesting development regarding our favorite Barney since the Stone Age, via the New York Observer: The two-year term of the current public editor, Byron (Barney) Calame [left], will conclude in May. There may, or may not, be another. "Over the next couple of months, as Barney's term enters the home stretch, I'll... [FishBowlNY]