Dean Baquet

A Look At The Future Of Investigative Reporting, Just In Time For IRE Conference - Posted June 10, 2009
TVNewser contributor Alissa Krinsky's timing sure is good. She has a piece up on the future of investigative journalism just in time for the Investigative Reporters and Editors conference this weekend, held this year in Baltimore. Krinsky also interviews Aram Roston, who was formerly with NBC based in DC and who now... [FishBowlDC]

Morning Reading List 02.24.09 - Posted February 24, 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 36 covering the Obama administration and week 4 for us. Happy Mardi Gras! What we... [FishBowlDC]

Iseman Drops $27M Lawsuit Against NYT - Posted February 19, 2009
Lobbyist Vicki Iseman has dropped her $27 million lawsuit against the NYTimes just weeks after it was filed. In a memo to staff, Washington bureau chief Dean Baquet says, "We paid no money. We did not apologize. We did not retract one word of the story, which was a compelling chapter... [FishBowlDC]

Iseman Drops $27M Lawsuit Against NYT - Posted February 19, 2009
Lobbyist Vicki Iseman has dropped her $27 million lawsuit against the NYTimes just weeks after it was filed. In a memo to staff, Washington bureau chief Dean Baquet says, "We paid no money. We did not apologize. We did not retract one word of the story, which was a compelling chapter... [FishBowlDC]

Iseman Drops Lawsuit Against NYT - Posted February 19, 2009
Finally! A piece of good news for the folks at The New York Times. Seems that lobbyist, and friend of John McCain, Vicki Iseman has dropped her defamation lawsuit against the Times (perhaps she took a look at the company's current stock prices and concluded it wasn't worth the... [FishBowlNY]

Iseman Drops Lawsuit Against NYT - Posted February 19, 2009
Finally! A piece of good news for the folks at The New York Times. Seems that lobbyist, and friend of John McCain, Vicki Iseman has dropped her defamation lawsuit against the Times (perhaps she took a look at the company's current stock prices and concluded it wasn't worth the... [FishBowlNY]

Robin Toner Remembered - Posted February 5, 2009
NY Times Washington Bureau Chief Dean Baquet paid tribute to Robin Toner at last night's dinner. From Mike Allen's Playbook: One thing about Robin: she was stubborn, and she knew when she was right and her editors were wrong, which was MOST of the time. There were many Friday nights, when she... [FishBowlDC]

Morning Reading List, 01.22.09 - Posted January 22, 2009
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]

Morning Reading List, 12.10.08 - Posted December 10, 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]

Morning Reading List, 09.22.08 - Posted September 22, 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]

Former LAT Editors Speak Out - Posted May 6, 2008
Los Angeles Magazine speaks to five former editors of the LAT about what the paper was like then - and where it's going today. The overall picture is as grim as you'd expect: The good old days are good and dead and the industry is headed to hell in a handbasket.... [FishBowlLA]

Editor Jim O'Shea Out at LA Times - Posted January 21, 2008
That nice Jim O'Shea is gone from the LA Times, after what seems like only a few months. Quiet guy, kept to himself. The paper said so: For the past few weeks, there has been a lot of internal Times gossip about O'Shea's seeming distance from the newsroom operation. Basically, some people... [FishBowlLA]

Another Award for Luke Hayman; Another Reason for You to Hate Him - Posted September 13, 2007
We have to tell you we're getting pretty sick of Luke Hayman's annoying ability to garner awards from all corners of the earth. Not to mention his dashing good looks. But in the spirit of supporting the design community, we feel compelled to pass along the next in his unbelievable string... [UnBeige]

How Did The Craig Story Go Unnoticed For Three Months? - Posted August 28, 2007
From E&P: Even Roll Call reporter John McArdle, who broke the story late Monday, admits he only received word of the arrest and subsequent guilty plea via a tip last week. "You would think in the 24-hour news cycle, something like this would slip through," said McArdle, a four-year veteran of the Capitol... [FishBowlDC]

Marilyn Thompson Leaves LA Times for NY Times - Posted August 20, 2007
Dean Baquet lures away Marilyn Thompson, the LA Times investigative reporter based in Washington, DC. She joined the paper a little over a year ago. Baquet adds: I'd like to say how terrific it is that The New York Times continues to build its staff at what is obviously a rugged time... [FishBowlLA]

Doug Frantz Leaves LA Times: "Done As Much As I Could Do" - Posted June 28, 2007
Doug Frantz says farewell to the LA Times. Franz, who took the managing editor job at the behest of his friend Dean Baquet, was supposed to fall on his sword after Baquet's ouster. John Montorio--also part of the Baquet boys--is still at the LAT--might he replace Frantz? Jim O'Shea's memo said: He has... [FishBowlLA]

Dean Baquet: 'Panic Had Set In' - Posted March 29, 2007
This morning at breakfast at the ultra-swank W Hotel in Midtown (blaring "salsatronica" at in the lobby at 8:00AM = unnecessary), Dean Baquet looked an awful lot like the next executive editor of the New York Times. As he sat alongside Gary Pruitt, president and CEO of the McClatchy Co. of... [FishBowlNY]

Did Dean Baquet Stifle the AT & T Whistleblower? - Posted March 7, 2007
Whistleblower Mark Klein told Nightline that former LAT editor Dean Baquet squashed his story about alleged government surveillance of domestic 'net traffic. LA Times reporter Joe Menn worked for months with Klein, who had collected 120 pages of technical documents from the San Francisco office of AT&T showing how... [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]

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]

Sundown on Sunset - Posted February 16, 2007
Ah, February. That time of year when we have to pull long-sleeve shirts over our tanktops before we go out at night. Global warming may be bad for the polar bear, but it's great for our tan. Let's take a look at what else has been hot during this sorry, sorry... [FishBowlLA]

Rudy's Rider Agreement | Fox's 'Deeply Pathetic Daily Show Ripoff' | Zucker Hires | Baquet Speaks | Economist Eulogizes Anna Nicole - Posted February 16, 2007
Jeff Zucker: Makes first exec moves as CEO at NBC. [NYT] Rudy Giuliani's: Rider agreement. [Smoking Gun] Fox's 1/2 Hour News Hour: "Deeply pathetic Daily Show ripoff." [Slate] Magazine Editors: Still sweet on "Money Honey." [NYP] 'Let Them Know You Care': A chat with newly-installed NYT DC chief Dean Baquet.... [FishBowlNY]

FBLA EXCLUSIVE: LAT Investigations Editor's Departure Bittersweet - Posted February 13, 2007
Vernon Loeb, LAT local investigations editor, is leaving to return to the Philadephia Inquirer as metro editor. Loeb tells FBLA: "It's hard leaving the LA Times, and hard leaving LA. I couldn't pass up an opportnity to go to Philadelphia, work with Bill Marimow and show that locally owned newspapers can not... [FishBowlLA]

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]

Dean Baquet Rejoins NY Times: DC Bureau Chief - Posted January 30, 2007
The New York Times announced today Dean Baquet has been named Washington bureau chief effective March 5. Baquet rejoins the newspaper after seven years at the Los Angeles Times, including the last two years as editor. Philip Taubman, who turns over the reins of the Washington bureau to Mr.... [FishBowlLA]

Dean Baquet Rejoins NY Times: DC Bureau Chief - Posted January 30, 2007
The New York Times announced today Dean Baquet has been named Washington bureau chief effective March 5. Baquet rejoins the newspaper after seven years at the Los Angeles Times, including the last two years as editor. Philip Taubman, who turns over the reins of the Washington bureau to Mr.... [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]