John Harris

Early Sunday Show Listings - Posted October 15, 2009
• NBC's "Meet the Press" with David Gregory has Valerie Jarrett and John Podesta. Maria Shriver will also make a special appearance to premiere "A Woman's Nation," a week of reporting on the state of women in American life. • CNN's "State of the Union" with John King has Rahm Emanuel... [FishBowlDC]

GQ's "50 Most": The Powerful Party - Posted October 14, 2009
They came, we saw, we tallied... Yesterday we filled you in on exactly who made GQ's "50 Most Powerful People in DC" (and who was snubbed). Then we asked some of our favorite nightlife and Washington social scene reporters who of the "Most Powerful" they thought would grace the mag's party last... [FishBowlDC]

GQ's "50 Most Powerful in DC" List: One Degree of Obama - Posted October 13, 2009
Photo from GQ.com. Forget Kevin Bacon. President Barack Obama and VP Joe Biden may be excluded from GQ's "50 Most Powerful in DC," but looks like most of the list's top half are one degree of separation from the West Wing. White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, Federal... [FishBowlDC]

GQ's "50 Most Powerful in DC" List: One Degree of Obama - Posted October 13, 2009
Photo from GQ.com. Forget Kevin Bacon. President Barack Obama and VP Joe Biden may be excluded from GQ's "50 Most Powerful in DC," but looks like most of the list's top half are one degree of separation from the West Wing. White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, Federal... [FishBowlDC]

VandeHarris Urge Politicos to Rock On - Posted October 6, 2009
Thought the FlipCam interviews would subside a little now that Click's a few weeks old? Well, think again. Politicos received this email from Jim VandeHei and John Harris this week, encouring them to "rock on." We had our best month of the year traffic-wise in September, with 9.7 million unique visitors and... [FishBowlDC]

Sunday Show Preview - Posted September 24, 2009
• NBC's Meet the Press: Former President Bill Clinton, NY Governor David Paterson (D), Sen. Jon Kyl (R-AZ) and Sen. Jim Webb (D-VA) • CBS' Face the Nation: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) • ABC's This Week: Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ)... [FishBowlDC]

Men Overboard: Nather Leaves CQ, Stein to Follow? - Posted September 18, 2009
David Nather is leaving CQ after almost a decade to co-write a book on health care reform with Tom Daschle. Nather's exit follows that of ace defense reporter Josh Rogin who took up at Foreign Policy last week, replacing Laura Rozen. Additionally, sources tell FishbowlDC that spy guy Jeff Stein has been... [FishBowlDC]

Fishbook's Final Category: "Cutest Couple" of 2009 - Posted September 2, 2009
Alright folks... the final category. Which couple is so cute that you can't stand it? Start voting on DC Media's "Cutest Couple" of 2009. *The photo collage is now complete. Take special note of Kilroy and Armstrong - our last picture to be added! FishbookDC's Cutest Couple of 2009. ... [FishBowlDC]

Fishbook's Final Category: "Cutest Couple" of 2009 - Posted September 2, 2009
Alright folks... the final category. Which couple is so cute that you can't stand it? Start voting on DC Media's "Cutest Couple" of 2009. *The photo collage is now complete. Take special note of Kilroy and Armstrong - our last picture to be added! FishbookDC's Cutest Couple of 2009. ... [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]

More: Politico Hires Foreign Policy Mag's Rozen - Posted August 24, 2009
We told you earlier today that Politico would be beefing up its foreign policy coverage with the hire of Laura Rozen, and shared with you a memo from Politico's Bill Nichols, John Harris and Jim VandeHei. Now, a note from Foreign Policy's Susan Glasser: Dear everyone - Just a quick follow-up to... [FishBowlDC]

Politico Expands Foreign Policy Coverage with Rozen Hire - Posted August 24, 2009
The Politico brass announced a new hire today- Laura Rozen, who was most recently with Foreign Policy magazine. In an internal email, managing editor Bill Nichols, John Harris and Jim VandeHei called "The Cable," Rozen's web column at Foreign Policy "a daily must-read for the Washington foreign policy community and beyond."... [FishBowlDC]

Is Politico the Pot to WaPo Kettle? - Posted July 15, 2009
In a post for Harper's Mag, Ken Silverstein takes a swing at Politico in response to the fire Mike Allen lit under WaPo for offering deep-pocketed lobbyists a chance to mingle with policy-makers and Post journos at a series of "salon" events. Silverstein calls out Politico hypocrisy; offering examples of Politico-lobbyist... [FishBowlDC]

Beltway Boys: VF On Politico - Posted July 1, 2009
Politico channels "Reservior Dogs," as pointed out by Patrick Gavin via Twitter. Photo from VF. Todd Purdum's Sarah Palin piece isn't the only Vanity Fair article getting some play this week. Michael Wolff profiles Politico's Beltway Boys- executive editor Jim VandeHei, editor in chief John Harris, publisher Robert Allbritton, and chief White... [FishBowlDC]

Beltway Boys: VF On Politico - Posted July 1, 2009
Politico channels "Reservior Dogs," as pointed out by Patrick Gavin via Twitter. Photo from VF. Todd Purdum's Sarah Palin piece isn't the only Vanity Fair article getting some play this week. Michael Wolff profiles Politico's Beltway Boys- executive editor Jim VandeHei, editor in chief John Harris, publisher Robert Allbritton, and chief White... [FishBowlDC]

Mike Allen's "Surprise" Birthday Party, Brought To You By Starbucks - Posted June 18, 2009
Most of DC wakes up to him, even more of DC wonders if and when he ever sleeps, Politico's Mike Allen never seems to stop. So last night, co-hosts John Harris and Ann O'Hanlon, Jim and Autumn VandeHei, Mike Feldman, Betsy Fischer, Hilary Rosen, Jonathan Karl, Greta Van Susteren and John Coale... [FishBowlDC]

Mike Allen's "Surprise" Birthday Party, Brought To You By Starbucks - Posted June 18, 2009
Most of DC wakes up to him, even more of DC wonders if and when he ever sleeps, Politico's Mike Allen never seems to stop. So last night, co-hosts John Harris and Ann O'Hanlon, Jim and Autumn VandeHei, Mike Feldman, Betsy Fischer, Hilary Rosen, Jonathan Karl, Greta Van Susteren and John Coale... [FishBowlDC]

Harris: Politico Profitable In Third Year, "Vast" Traffic For Online Videos - Posted June 15, 2009
The headline of BeetTV's interview with with Politico's John Harris was definitely that co-founder and editor believes the three-year-old project will become profitable this year. Andy Plesser: Well speaking about the business proposition, just tell us, you know, you are an advertiser, you're a free advertiser. How is that model... [FishBowlDC]

Weekend Show Preview: June 13-14, 2009 - Posted June 12, 2009
The Situation Room w/ Wolf Blitzer: Gov. Sarah Palin (R-AK) will discuss gas pipeline, Letterman feud, Obama and 2012. Dir. OMB Peter Orszag, Sen. Judd Gregg (R-NH) and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) to discuss healthcare, budget and economy and author of "Myths, Illusions and Peace," David Makovsky. NBC's Meet the... [FishBowlDC]

It's Official: WaPo's Hamilton to Politico - Posted June 8, 2009
Bill Hamilton, a 29-year WaPo veteran, has taken the paper's 2009 buyout and is heading to Politico. Jim VandeHei and John Harris announced the move in an email to staff this afternoon: We'll work out many of the details on arrival date and title later. Our conversations focused on the big picture: Would... [FishBowlDC]

It's Official: WaPo's Hamilton to Politico - Posted June 8, 2009
Bill Hamilton, a 29-year WaPo veteran, has taken the paper's 2009 buyout and is heading to Politico. Jim VandeHei and John Harris announced the move in an email to staff this afternoon: We'll work out many of the details on arrival date and title later. Our conversations focused on the big picture: Would... [FishBowlDC]

Former WaPo Dot Com Editor Now Consulting At Politico - Posted May 21, 2009
FBDC learned today former WashingtonPost.com editor Jim Brady will be doing some consulting work at Politico, for a month. In an email to staff, Jim VandeHei and John Harris (both former Posties) said, "We think that you will really enjoy him and that we'll all benefit from his vantage point." Wonder what... [FishBowlDC]

Former WaPo Dot Com Editor Now Consulting At Politico - Posted May 21, 2009
FBDC learned today former WashingtonPost.com editor Jim Brady will be doing some consulting work at Politico, for a month. In an email to staff, Jim VandeHei and John Harris (both former Posties) said, "We think that you will really enjoy him and that we'll all benefit from his vantage point." Wonder what... [FishBowlDC]

The After-Parties: Vanity Fair & Bloomberg - Posted May 10, 2009
So just who made the cut at the highly exclusive Vanity Fair/Bloomberg after-party at the gorgeous residence of French Ambassador Pierre Vimont? It was impossible to get in if you weren't on the list- Gossip Girl's Chace Crawford got turned away at first, but we saw him inside shortly after. No pics... [FishBowlDC]

Who Knew They Were So Cool? - Posted April 1, 2009
Spotted by a FBDC tipster: ABC's George Stephanopoulos, Politico's Jim VandeHei, John Harris and Mike Allen, AP's Ron Fournier and The Atlantic's James Bennet having drinks at Blue Duck Tavern last night with... drumroll please... Bono. We thought this tip was an April Fool's joke too, but it checks out.... [FishBowlDC]

Who Knew They Were So Cool? - Posted April 1, 2009
Spotted by a FBDC tipster: ABC's George Stephanopoulos, Politico's Jim VandeHei, John Harris and Mike Allen, AP's Ron Fournier and The Atlantic's James Bennet having drinks at Blue Duck Tavern last night with... drumroll please... Bono. We thought this tip was an April Fool's joke too, but it checks out.... [FishBowlDC]

Morning Reading List 04.01.09 - Posted March 31, 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 72 covering the Obama administration and week nine for us. What we know and what we're reading this Wednesday morning... NEWSPAPERS | TV | MAGAZINES... [FishBowlDC]

Who Made Wash City Paper's 2009 "Best Of DC" List? - Posted March 30, 2009
What do Wonkette's Jim Newell, WaPo's Marc Fisher, Politico's John Harris, WAMU's Kojo Nnamdi and The Big Hunt all have in common? They all made the Washington City Paper's 2009 "Best of DC" List. Below are some highlights we thought you'd find interesting. The complete list can be found here. Best Local Blog/Blogger:... [FishBowlDC]

Who Made Wash City Paper's 2009 "Best Of DC" List? - Posted March 30, 2009
What do Wonkette's Jim Newell, WaPo's Marc Fisher, Politico's John Harris, WAMU's Kojo Nnamdi and The Big Hunt all have in common? They all made the Washington City Paper's 2009 "Best of DC" List. Below are some highlights we thought you'd find interesting. The complete list can be found here. Best Local Blog/Blogger:... [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]

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]

"The Audacity of David Plouffe," Starring Dana Milbank - Posted February 13, 2009
We told you yesterday about WaPo's Dana Milbank's shenanigans at the National Press Club after former Obama campaign manager David Plouffe unexpectedly declared his speech off-the-record. Milbank writes here, "It takes a certain amount of nerve to have an event at the National Press Club and then ban the press from... [FishBowlDC]

FishbowlLA Gets A Taste of DC - Posted November 24, 2008
Blog sister Tina Dupuy -- or, as John Harris called her, "the Patrick Gavin of LA" -- attended a Politico conference in California on Friday. Check out her coverage: "FBLA Accosts John F. Harris in Green Room" "Who Will Be the Next Tim Russert?" "Politico.com Should Be a Sunday Show"... [FishBowlDC]

Chuck Todd's Alarming Interview - Posted November 4, 2008
Chuck Todd interviewed Politico's Roger Simon and Time Magazine's Jay Carney during the NoonET hour of MSNBC this afternoon. But Simon had some added distraction on his end — a fire alarm going off for the duration of the interview. "Looks like John Harris wants to make sure we all know... [TVNewser]

Anderson Cooper, Lewis Black and More at Time Warner - Posted October 13, 2008
TVNewser will be attending, "Politics 2008 — The Media Conference for the Election of the President," co-hosted by Time Magazine and CNN at the Time Warner Center, today and tomorrow (FishbowlNY will be there as well). After the conference kicks off with a welcome from Time Warner CEO Jeffrey Bewkes, TVNewser will... [TVNewser]

Morning Reading List, 09.26.08 - Posted September 26, 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]

Where's Waldo? - Posted August 22, 2008
...off to Politicker, that's where. Politico associate publisher Waldo Tibbetts is leaving the Capitol Hill newspaper to become the executive vice president and associate publisher of the Politicker publications. The paper is conducting a national search for a general sales manager who will oversee its operation, including a new national brand... [FishBowlDC]

Howie Kurtz Didn't Stay At A Holiday Inn Express Last Night - Posted March 30, 2008
A notably testy Howie Kurtz pressed Politico's John Harris, Washington Post's Anne Kornblut and National Journal's Linda Douglass on today's "Reliable Sources": Kurtz to Harris: "Why would journalists, who love predicting how these things are going to turn out, perpetuate a fantasy? ... "But John Harris, if the race is such make-believe, which... [FishBowlDC]

Sunday Show Preview - Posted March 29, 2008
Meet the Press: CIA director Michael Hayden and a roundtable with New York Times' David Brooks and New Republic's Peter Beinart. Face the Nation: New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, Philadelphia Mayor Mike Nutter, Democratic strategist Joe Trippi and Slate's John Dickerson. This Week: Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell, and Sens. John Kerry and Joe... [FishBowlDC]

Hillary Slams MSNBC...Praises Fox?!? - Posted February 11, 2008
The Hillary campaign recently took MSNBC reporter David Shuster (and MSNBC generally) to task for asking a guest on February 7th's "Tucker" program, "[D]oesn't it seem like Chelsea's sort of being pimped out in some weird sort of way?" MSNBC has suspended Shuster for his remarks. Tonight, the Politico's John Harris asked... [FishBowlDC]

Morning Reading List, 12.06.07 - Posted December 6, 2007
Good morning Washington. On this day in 1877, the Washington Post rolled out its first paper (via MicCheck). And it's the birthday of The Hill's Hugo Gurdon. But first, our occasional "Sentence Only The Style Section Could Write": "How come snow never is what it is? It's always something else: magic, hassle,... [FishBowlDC]

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]

Kunitz Leaves The Politico - Posted September 7, 2007
In an email sent to Politico employees from John Harris and Jim VandeHei, obtained by FishbowlDC, they annoucned that Associate Publisher and Managing Editor of Politico.com Dan Kunitz is leaving the paper. They praised Dan's "indispensable--indeed, in our book, downright heroic--efforts in the early days around our launch" and his "great... [FishBowlDC]

Politico On C-SPAN - Posted July 30, 2007
If you're watching C-SPAN, you're watching "Washington Journal" filming from the Politico newsroom. Expect your Politico employees to be a bit groggy today: We hear that Editor in Chief John Harris encouraged all employees to arrive a bit early so that the newsroom would look busy when C-SPAN started filming...... [FishBowlDC]

Inquiring Minds Want To Know... - Posted May 7, 2007
We've had a few people ask us "what was up" with the Politico's John Harris and his long walks across the stage during Thursday's MSNBC debate. We can't quite dig up the video, but Harris would walk across the stage in order to get closer to a candidate he planned on... [FishBowlDC]

Greenwald v. Harris - Posted April 2, 2007
Check out the interesting discussion between Salon's Glenn Greenwald and Politico's John Harris here.... [FishBowlDC]

To Do Tonight - Posted March 7, 2007
Do you like Jim Vandehei and John Harris but think that they're just too old? (despite the rad sports coat Vandehei sported on Hardball yesterday...we want one...) Was this party not right for you? Or this one? Do you think that it's the young Politico staffers that really got it going on? If so,... [FishBowlDC]

Taking Out The Trash, 03.06.07 - Posted March 6, 2007
Working in jammies is oh so very appealing. "More reporters embrace an advocacy role" An NBC release announced that Alexandra Wallace has been named executive producer of "NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams," making Wallace the first woman to lead a weeknight network evening newscast in a decade. She will continue to serve... [FishBowlDC]

Your Neighbor Next Door: John Harris - Posted March 5, 2007
The Alexandria Times takes a look at their local boy, John Harris (of the Politico). ... [FishBowlDC]

Kurtz On Grim - Posted February 12, 2007
Howie Kurtz also writes up last week's story re: Ryan Grim and the Politico's disclosure. Says Tom Riley, from the White House drug policy office: "The idea of someone who had been an activist on this now being a staff writer purporting to write about it objectively . . . is ludicrous,"... [FishBowlDC]

Separated At Birth: Tony Kornheiser - Posted December 28, 2006
Washington Post's Tony Kornheiser is this week's Separated at Birth. According to MyHeritage.com's nifty face recognition database: Kornheiser... ...looks like Patrick Stewart? Neil Armstrong? David Soul? Cary Grant? And, John Denver? Did you miss our earlier Separateds? Or just want to see them again? Check out John Harris, Len Downie, David Corn, Bob Woodward, Jeff Zeleny, John McCaslin, John... [FishBowlDC]