Washington Post

David Carr, Columbia University, and the Future of Journalism - Posted October 20, 2009
New York Times' David Carr, always ahead of the curve. Two days ago, a full 24-hours before the news of the 100 staffers being cut from the big gray lady even hit the stands, Carr was writing a treatise on how to save traditional newsroom. Of course, with the advance of... [FishBowlNY]

New York Magazine Figures Out Where News Comes From - Posted October 19, 2009
New York Magazine suffered a giant blow last week when it lost its owner Bruce Wasserstein. Still, the publication trucks on, just as fun and relevant as ever, and perhaps even more cleverly than ever with their recent dissection of how news is disseminated. The point of the article was to... [FishBowlNY]

New York Magazine Figures Out Where News Comes From - Posted October 19, 2009
New York Magazine suffered a giant blow last week when it lost its owner Bruce Wasserstein. Still, the publication trucks on, just as fun and relevant as ever, and perhaps even more cleverly than ever with their recent dissection of how news is disseminated. The point of the article was to... [FishBowlNY]

WaPo Baghdad Bureau Chief Heads To NYT - Posted September 22, 2009
Editor & Publisher reports today that The Washington Post's Baghdad bureau chief Anthony Shadid is leaving the paper to join The New York Times' Baghdad staff in January. Shadid, a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, told E&P that both he and his wife Nada Bakri, also a Post staffer based his Baghdad, will... [FishBowlNY]

WaPo Baghdad Bureau Chief Heads To NYT - Posted September 22, 2009
Editor & Publisher reports today that The Washington Post's Baghdad bureau chief Anthony Shadid is leaving the paper to join The New York Times' Baghdad staff in January. Shadid, a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, told E&P that both he and his wife Nada Bakri, also a Post staffer based his Baghdad, will... [FishBowlNY]

HuffPost Technology|CNBC Cancels Kneale|A Newspaper Bailout Bill?|Atlantic.com Blogger's Plea Could Save Magazine|Times Co. Corrects SEC Filing - Posted September 21, 2009
Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy WebNewser: The Huffington Post launched its new technology section today. It's being edited by former Washington Post national reporter Jose Antonio Vargas. TVNewser: CNBC canceled former Forbes managing editor Dennis Kneale's "CNBC Reports," but he'll still anchor the network's "Power Lunch." Toledo... [FishBowlNY]

HuffPo Launches Denver Local Site - Posted September 16, 2009
Yesterday, The Huffington Post launched its third locally focused site HuffPost Denver, just over a month after Howard Kurtz revealed that White House Senior Advisor David Axelrod's son Ethan Axelrod had snagged the role of the site's editor. Our sister blog WebNewser reports that HuffPost Denver will feature "Colorado-targeted news and a... [FishBowlNY]

SNL Character MacGruber Gets A Movie|31M Tune In To MJ Memorial|Froomkin Details HuffPo Job|WaPo Among Cyber Attack Targets|For Goodness Sake, Put On A Pair Of Pants On Friday - Posted July 8, 2009
AgencySpy: Following in the footsteps of the Coneheads, Mary Katherine Gallagher and Stuart Smalley, MacGruber (played by Will Forte) is set to become the latest "Saturday Night Live" sketch to make the jump to the big screen. Next up: Forte for governor. TVNewser: Michael Jackson's memorial yesterday drew 31 million U.S. viewers,... [FishBowlNY]

Before The Scandal, WaPo Publisher Weymouth Talked New Revenue Streams At Aspen Ideas Fest - Posted July 6, 2009
While we were immersed in the Personal Democracy Forum in New York last week, the Aspen Ideas Festival was underway out west. The conference, hosted by the Aspen Institute and The Atlantic was chock full of media movers and shakers discussing weighty topics (that we love) like the future of journalism.... [FishBowlNY]

Slate's Emily Bazelon Confronts Twitter Impersonator -- And Now They're Facebook Friends - Posted June 24, 2009
Emily Bazelon, Slate.com editor and founder of recently launched Double X, has an interesting way of dealing with people who impersonate you on Twitter: make them your Facebook friend. Bazelon tells the story of how she dealt with her Twitter alter ego -- discovered a few months ago by colleage and Twitter... [FishBowlNY]

Twitter Calls Out CNN, But Kurtz Misses The Boat - Posted June 15, 2009
Over the weekend, tempers flared over CNN's coverage -- or lack thereof -- of the Iranian election and subsequent protests. Frustrated viewers took to Twitter to voice their concern over CNN's oversight or lack of interest in the foreign controversy, creating the hashtag #cnnfail, which was a trending topic until yesterday.... [FishBowlNY]

WaPo Readies For Newsroom Integration|"Jon & Kate" Web Site's Traffic Soars|MB Bloggers Get Real|Tension's High At Boston Globe - Posted June 3, 2009
FishbowlDC: Washington Post editors warned staffers about an upcoming newsroom revamp. The best line from the memo? "In the meantime, you may want to start packing up or winnowing files so you're ready to go with a few weeks' notice." WebNewser: "Jon & Kate + 8" is a ratings hit and an... [FishBowlNY]

Menu: Did NYT Miss A Chance To Break The Watergate Story? - Posted May 26, 2009
Our new FishbowlNY editor Amanda Ernst joined the mediabistro.com Morning Media Menu podcast this morning. Did the New York Times have the Watergate scandal tip even earlier than Woodward and Bernstein put the pieces together for the Washington Post? So says a Times article. We'll discuss the implications, as well as a... [FishBowlNY]

WaPo Names Style Editors|"Today" Show Promotes Vlogger|Elle In "The City"|Paste Raises $166K|Charting The End Of Newspapers - Posted May 22, 2009
The Daily Show With Jon StewartM - Th 11p / 10cLarry Kingthedailyshow.comDaily Show Full EpisodesEconomic CrisisPolitical Humor FishbowlDC: The Washington Post named Lynn Medford and Ned Martel senior editors of the paper's Style section. WebNewser: Todayshow.com vlogger Sara Haines got a promotion to "Today" show correspondent. MemoPad: Elle magazine is finding its way to... [FishBowlNY]

Newsweek Editor Profiled In Advance Of Relaunch - Posted May 13, 2009
Next Monday, Newsweek will reveal a new, reformatted, slicker version of itself. If you want a little hint as to what the new Newsweek will be like, you can check out the New York Observer's profile of editor Jon Meacham. Profiler John Koblin gets a peek into the world of the... [FishBowlNY]

Newsweek Editor Profiled In Advance Of Relaunch - Posted May 13, 2009
Next Monday, Newsweek will reveal a new, reformatted, slicker version of itself. If you want a little hint as to what the new Newsweek will be like, you can check out the New York Observer's profile of editor Jon Meacham. Profiler John Koblin gets a peek into the world of the... [FishBowlNY]

U.S. Government Quitting Print Media - Posted April 23, 2009
In a cost saving measure, the Department of Homeland Security told its employees to give up subscriptions to papers such as The New York Times and the Washington Post, as well as magazines including Time. But don't worry, our government won't be wandering around blindly without its news. Why? As the AP... [FishBowlNY]

WaPo to Offer Another Round of Buyouts - Posted March 26, 2009
Even as word gets out that Washington Post Co. CEO Donald Graham got a sweet bonus last year despite the company's struggles (and 18 year freeze on his salary) Politico is reporting that more buyouts and possibly layoffs are on the way for the paper.The buyout offer -- dubbed the Voluntary... [FishBowlNY]

WaPo Forces ABC to 'Fix' Its Web Series Name - Posted March 22, 2009
ABC News' decision a few weeks back to name their new daily Web series 'The Fix' struck more than a few people as strange. Those of you who follow politics will already know that Chris Cillizza has been writing a well-read blog for the Washington Post titled 'The Fix' since... [FishBowlNY]

Forbes.com Ranks the Liberal Media Elite - Posted January 23, 2009
Forbes.com has compiled a list of the 25 Most Influential Liberals in US Media, which depending on who you are includes most of the East Coast, or begins and ends with Arianna Huffington (who ranks second). A number of people on the list are bloggers: Ezra Klein, Josh Marshall, and... [FishBowlNY]

NYT Newsstand Copies Already Sold Out? - Posted January 21, 2009
We're hearing that there is not a newsstand copy of New York Times to be found in NYC at the moment. Are people finding this to be true? Is it because people are snapping up multiple copies? UPDATE: Apparently the Times building itself, on 41st Street between 7th... [FishBowlNY]

Morning Media Menu: January 16 - Posted January 16, 2009
Today on Morning Media Menu — our audio podcast based around the mediabistro.com Morning Newsfeed and mediabistro.com blog network — we talk about yesterday's plane crash on the Hudson and the fact that everyone survived(!), Barack Obama's visit to the Washington Post newsroom and whether he has something against the Times,... [FishBowlNY]

Election '08: Even in Hindsight the Media Loved Obama More - Posted November 10, 2008
The Monday morning election quarterbacking continues. Perhaps you won't be surprised to hear that, according to those who write about such things, the media did not perform well. Over at the Washington Post the resident ombudsman Deborah Howell says that despite all its good coverage the paper came up... [FishBowlNY]

Obama Sells Out Dead Tree Editions of Local Newspapers - Posted November 5, 2008
We've noticed a number of people twittering and facebooking today that they couldn't find a copy of various papers this morning. Turns out they weren't imagining it! The Daily News sold out of even the extra printed copies of their regular morning edition and planned on printing and distributing... [FishBowlNY]

Page Six Magazine Hires Sara Cardace - Posted October 13, 2008
FBNY has confirmed that Sara Cardace will be joining Page Six Magazine as a senior staff writer, beginning October 23. Cardace is currently a contributing writer at New York Magazine, as well as the interviews editor at Vulture, nymag.com's arts and entertainment blog. She has been at New York for... [FishBowlNY]

Fox Calls CNN "Partisan" In New Ad - Posted August 25, 2008
Fox News is taking on CNN in another print ad today. Last night TVNewser told you about the ad taken out in the Chicago Tribune. Now HuffingtonPost has the story behind another ad which is running today in the The Washington Post, Multichannel News and The Wall Street Journal (probably got... [TVNewser]

WaPo Names Brauchli Top Editor - Posted July 7, 2008
Politico, FishbowlDC and Portfolio have been predicting it for a while (though maybe the Times doesn't read other blogs?), and now it's official: the Washington Post has named Marcus W. Brauchli as its new executive editor. Brauchli's appointment follows a period of some upheaval at WaPo that saw a large buyout at... [FishBowlNY]

WaPo Names Brauchli Top Editor - Posted July 7, 2008
Politico, FishbowlDC and Portfolio have been predicting it for a while (though maybe the Times doesn't read other blogs?), and now it's official: the Washington Post has named Marcus W. Brauchli as its new executive editor. Brauchli's appointment follows a period of some upheaval at WaPo that saw a large buyout at... [FishBowlNY]

LAT In 90 Seconds - Posted January 29, 2008
Did George Clooney Call The Cops on Brit? Probably not, but consider this HuffPo item when reading today's lede: "Police were called to Britney Spears' neighborhood after someone reported a swarm of paparazzi trespassing in the singer's gated community." LAT's New Favorite Pub: No. Not that kind of pub. The LAT has... [FishBowlLA]

Rising Star Finalists - Posted February 6, 2007
After the jump, you'll find the finalists for FishbowlDC's Rising Star competition. Congrats to everyone for being nominated and making it into the 2nd round in our first "Rising Star" competition. The winners will accompany mediabistro.com and FishbowlDC to the National Press Foundation Dinner, with a seat next to a high-profile... [FishBowlDC]

Robin Givhan: The FishbowlDC Interview - Posted January 9, 2007
Say hello to the Washington Post's fashion editor: What's your favorite item of clothing? At the moment, it's a Prada dress that I could happily wear every day and really should so that I can bring the cost-per-wearing ratio down to an acceptable level. Robin Givhan: The FishbowlDC Interview... [Newsfeed]