Morning Reading List, 03.17.08 - Posted March 17, 2008
Happy St. Patrick's Day Washington. Sunday was Ellen McCarthy's birthday. Today is Tim Burger's and Mark Paustenbach's and Saturday was Jenny 8 Lee's. Quickly navigate Morning Reading List: REVOLVING DOOR | NEWSPAPERS | TV | ONLINE MEDIA | MAGAZINES | RADIO | BOOKS | JOBS Email is your favorite way to communicate. REVOLVING DOOR Karen Hosler... [FishBowlDC]

The Story With "The Story" - Posted February 21, 2008
(alternate headline: "Bill Keller's day is gonna suck") Yeah, so have you heard about this New York Times McCain story? Initial assessments and punditry do not support the New York Times' decision to run the piece. McCain says it's not true. Bob Bennett says the NYTimes has "lowered its standards" and calls the... [FishBowlDC]

Morning Reading List, 11.15.07 - Posted November 15, 2007
Good morning Washington. Most of you don't count religious services as a regular activity. An ABC release announces, "On Tuesday, November 20, ABC News' Charles Gibson will conduct an exclusive, wide-ranging interview with President George Bush and First Lady Laura Bush at Camp David, the private presidential retreat. The interview, just days... [FishBowlDC]

Morning Reading List, 11.13.07 - Posted November 13, 2007
Good morning Washington. You think The Washington Post's reaction to Tim Page was too harsh. "Mitt Romney Loses Coveted Endless Simmer Endorsement" Is that CBS's Matthew Felling hosting the Kojo Nnamdi Show today? Get ready for tomorrow's Meet the Press party...and Rush Limbaugh?!? New York Times presents, "Stray Questions for: P.J. O'Rourke" New York Post reports,... [FishBowlDC]

John Mayer Threatens To 'Teabag' Drunk, Underage Fans - Posted July 25, 2007
Over the weekend, 63 fans were arrested at a John Mayer concert in Hershey, Pennsylvania. Our resident pop crooner-cum-standup comedian was not pleased. Still, not sure this is what editor Richard Stengel had in mind when picked Mayer as one of this year's 100 most influential: If I happen to be walking... [FishBowlNY]

Morning Reading List, 07.18.07 - Posted July 18, 2007
Good morning Washington. Do tell! What are these mythical "other" beaches you are running off to? An ABC release announced, "For the twelfth consecutive week, ABC's 'World News with Charles Gibson' was the #1 evening newscast among Total Viewers, Households and Adults 25-54. Averaging 7.67 million Total Viewers and a 1.9/8 among Adults... [FishBowlDC]

Sunday Show Preview - Posted July 6, 2007
CBS' "Face the Nation": Senator Charles Schumer, D-New York, Judiciary Committee; Senator Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, Judiciary Committee; David Yepsen, The Des Moines Register; Vaughn Ververs, Senior Political Editor, CBSNews.com; Jeanne Cummings, Politico.com CNN's "Late Edition with Wolf Blitzer": Mowaffak al-Rubaie, Iraqi national security adviser; Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA), Senate Judiciary Committee; Sen.... [FishBowlDC]

Morning Reading List, 06.06.07 - Posted June 6, 2007
Good morning Washington. "Raise your hand" questions at presidential debates are officially useless. An ABC release announced, "For the sixth consecutive week, ABC's 'World News with Charles Gibson' was the #1 evening newscast among Total Viewers, Households and Adults 25-54. The last time that ABC won six straight weeks in these categories was... [FishBowlDC]

Rick Stengel's D.C. Time Fetish Continues - Posted June 5, 2007
Time magazine editor Richard Stengel loves Washington. How do we know this? Because he continues to poach editorial staffers from D.C. publications. The latest: Amy Sullivan, formerly an editor at Washington Monthly. ------ Forwarded Message From: Richard Stengel Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2007 08:58:52 -0400 To: ALL TIME EDIT Conversation: Staff Announcement Subject: Staff Announcement To: TIME EDIT... [FishBowlNY]

Jon Friedman 'Ashamed' He Went To Time 100 Dinner - Posted May 14, 2007
Friedman has no chance of making the Time 100 list next year Marketwatch's Jon Friedman says he's ashamed he went to Time 100 gala event last week. Why? Well, we're not entirely sure. Was it because he enjoyed "a very nice white wine at the cocktail hour" and "devoured a generous portion... [FishBowlNY]

Ellies 2007: Handicapping The Races - Posted May 1, 2007
New York's Adam Moss [left] and the New Yorker's David Remnick [right] flank Rolling Stone's Jann Wenner at the 2006 National Magazine Awards Counting down the hours to tonight's National Magazine Awards in New York (FishbowlNY will be there, liveblogging). It's about time to reveal our bracket-busting picks for the 2007 Ellies... [FishBowlNY]

Mark Halperin Joins Time - Posted April 30, 2007
From the release: Mark Halperin joins TIME as an editor-at-large and senior political analyst effective May 3, it was announced today by Richard Stengel, Managing Editor, TIME. One of the most widely respected political reporters in the country, Halperin will contribute regularly to TIME magazine and have a daily presence on TIME.com.... [FishBowlDC]

Video: Charlie Rose Turns Into Time Redesign Infomercial - Posted March 19, 2007
Questions posed by Charlie Rose to managing editor Richard Stengel: "What's new about the cover?" "What's this page?" "The well is about the cover stories, correct?" EARLIER: Time's Redesign Features Teary Reagan... [FishBowlNY]

FBNY @ SXSW: 'I Was There Through The Dotcom Holocaust' - Posted March 15, 2007
FishbowlNY is filing this week from South By Southwest, the annual interactive, film and music media festival melt in Austin, Texas. Good roundup of quotes from the interactive portion of South By Southwest (including a colorful one from the mouth of mediabistro.com founder and CEO Laurel Touby) courtesy of Smithmag.net: "Always be barking."... [FishBowlNY]

Time's Redesign Features Teary Reagan - Posted March 15, 2007
Left, Time's cover, November 17, 1980; right, Time's redesign, which will be unveiled tomorrow Tomorrow, Time is unveiling its possibly Economist-inspired redesign with a cover story — "How The Right Went Wrong" — about the state of the GOP featuring a tear-shedding Ronald Reagan on its cover. This is the 58th time... [FishBowlNY]

Killing Time In New York - Posted March 5, 2007
If you're into this sort of thing, some fascinating meta-media notes on Joe Hagan's piece on Time magazine in this week's New York mag: Editor Richard Stengel tells Hagan he wants Time to be a bit more like the Economist. Time Inc. editor-in-chief John Huey does not: "Well, that's not the... [FishBowlNY]

Killing Time - Posted March 2, 2007
In next week's New York magazine, pg. 46: The Time of Their Lives (p. 46) by Joe Hagan John Huey and Richard Stengel, besieged by economic forces pulling one of journalism's most storied institutions toward obsolescence, are blowing up Time magazine in an all-out effort to save its life. Hagan, you'll recall, was called... [FishBowlNY]

The Best Magazine Redesign Joke That Nobody Got - Posted January 10, 2007
Maybe that skinny WSJ set off a trend? It seems everyone wants to get the real story about their redesigns off their chests recently. The New York Observer chats with Richard Stengel, managing editor of Time, about its impending transformation headed by Luke Hayman (although there's no mention of Paula Scher's... [UnBeige]

NYT in 90 Seconds - Posted January 8, 2007
One look at the changes over at Time names the weekly's ever-slimming look, its new Friday street date and pending employee cuts (is that all?) as the major changes Richard Stengel has initiated in his half-year post at the mag. Patience in its reader base will be key in upcoming... [FishBowlNY]

Job Cut Rumors Overshadow Time's Friday Move - Posted January 5, 2007
It's a historic day for Time, for sure, but it's also a nerve-wracking one for staffers who read this morning's New York Post. Time managing editor Richard Stengel: The issue you are holding in your hands — or perhaps you're reading this online — is the first issue of Time with our new... [FishBowlNY]