Sam Sifton
Revolving Door (3)
Sightings (7)
NYT Restaurant Critic Sam Sifton Needs A Better Disguise - Posted October 8, 2009
After serving as culture editor for The New York Times, new restaurant critic Sam Sifton may have to give up the convention of remaining anonymous to those in the back of the house. He's already been spotted by celebrity chef Daniel Boulud.
As Page Six reports today:
"Daniel Boulud was cooking at... [FishBowlNY]
As He Heads Out The Door, Bruni Gives Insider Tips - Posted August 26, 2009
As Frank Bruni prepares to hang up his napkin and turn over his New York Times restaurant critic mantle to Sam Sifton, he was left with just a few loose ends to tie up.
"I'm using my last column as The Times's restaurant critic to correct lapses, attend to unfinished business, rummage... [FishBowlNY]
The Things We (Almost) Missed This Week - Posted August 7, 2009
Before we head into the weekend, here's a look at some big media stories we (almost) missed this week. Better late than never, right?
Times Public Editor Takes On Stanley: New York Times public editor Clark Hoyt tried to explain how an "especially embarrassing" number of corrections appeared in Alessandra Stanley's appraisal... [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]
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]
Times Steals Our TVNewser - Posted June 12, 2007
Well, score one for the Gray Lady. Brian Stelter, our TVNewser blog wunderkind, is leaving the friendly confines of the mediabistro.com server farm for the New York Times.
Here's the Times memo:
Colleagues,
You read about him on the front page of The New York Times last November, in "The Kid With All the... [FishBowlNY]
Sia Michel To Rock Times - Posted March 20, 2007
Sia Michel, friend of 50 Cent and one-time Spin editor ousted during the magazine's sale last year, is joining the New York Times as pop music editor. The internal memo via Gawker:
Sia Michel Joins Culture
The departure of Tom Kuntz to the Week in Review created an opening in culture. I... [FishBowlNY]





