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NewspapersFriday Jul 03, 2009
More WaPo 'Salon' Follow-Up: Kurtz Analysis, Various Responses• Howard Kurtz's 'salon' analysis is on the cover of the WaPo Style section. • Charles Kaiser: The Washington Post: RIP • MediaMemo by Peter Kafka: Washington Post: Our Reporters Aren't For Sale (Yet) Thursday Jul 02, 2009
Weymouth Offers Explanation to WaPo StaffFirst on FishbowlDC: Internal memo from WaPo Publisher and CEO Katharine Weymouth below: From: Katharine Weymouth Sent: 07/02/2009 02:45 PM EDT Subject: Message from the Publisher WaPo 'Salon' Follow-Up: Weymouth Reacts, Ombudsman Weighs In, Gibbs Asked• WaPo publisher Katharine Weymouth responded to Politico's earlier 'salon' report in an interview with colleague Howard Kurtz. "Absolutely, I'm disappointed," she said. "This should never have happened. The fliers got out and weren't vetted. They didn't represent at all what we were attempting to do. We're not going to do any dinners that would impugn the integrity of the newsroom." Kurtz additionally heard from executive editor Marcus Brauchli. "It suggests that access to Washington Post journalists was available for purchase," Brauchli said. The proposal "promises we would suspend our usual skeptical questioning because it appears to offer, in exchange for sponsorships, the good name of The Washington Post." • WaPo ombudsman Andrew Alexander also weighed in, calling the paper's 'salon' plan a "public relations disaster." On Omblog, Alexander describes Politico's Mike Allen's reporting as accurate and he outlines the situation citing Brauchli and Charles Pelton, who he says "joined The Post recently to find ways to generate business through conferences and events." Alexander's blog post also includes feedback from angered and disppointed readers. • The topic was also brought up in White House press secretary Robert Gibbs' daily briefing. He was asked if anyone from the administration had been invited to attend the WaPo 'salon' and what the White House's official policy was on such events. Check out his response via Politico video below: Brauchli Declares WaPo "Newsroom Independence"In response to the day's hottest topic, Marcus Brauchli declared "newsroom independence" via an internal memo distributed only 30 minutes ago. We've got it. See below: From: Marcus Brauchli Sent: 07/02/2009 10:33 AM EDT To: NEWS Subject: Newsroom Independence WaPo Responds to Weymouth Salon DebacleThis morning, Politico's Mike Allen reported that a flier distributed by The Washington Post is offering lobbyists and association executives off-the-record access to the Obama administration, members of Congress, and the paper's own reporters and editors. The cost? A mere $25,000 - $250,000 will grant a few deep-pocketed sponsors an intimate dinner and discussion with key decision makers at the home of WaPo CEO and Publisher Katharine Weymouth. But wait, there's more... According to Politico, the flier says: "Bring your organization's CEO or executive director literally to the table. Interact with key Obama Administration and Congressional leaders." WaPo was quick to respond to FishbowlDC's request for comment about the flier and event: The flier circulated this morning came out of a business division for conferences and events, and the newsroom was unaware of such communication. It went out before it was properly vetted, and this draft does not represent what the company's vision for these dinners which are meant to be an independent, policy-oriented events for newsmakers. We'll keep you updated as the story progresses. Wednesday Jul 01, 2009
Ezra Klein Makes Debut As A WaPo FoodieWaPo launched "Gut Check" today, a new column by Ezra Klein, not in the A section, not on politics, but in the Food Section. According to the editor's note, it's a biweekly column of the "politics of food." We're intrigued, and hungry. Check out Klein's debut as a foodie here. Can This Geek Save WaPo? We Thought DC-ers Were Nerds...That's the question posed by Washingtonian mag this month, referring to WaPo's chief digital officer Vijay Ravindran. Funny, I thought we all agreed after the RTCA dinner that DC'ers were nerds... Harry Jaffe reports Don Graham and WaPo are putting some of their last best hopes on Ravindran, the paper's first "chief digital officer." Ravindran has been on the job four months, so it's too soon for a plan to save newspapering. But his installation in the Post Company's upper echelon is a sign of CEO Don Graham's willingness to experiment-and his desperation. Ravindran was the force behind WaPo's recent launch on Facebook and he'll contine to work with Washingtonpost.com's Goli Sheikholeslami and Roger Andelin and Newsweek.com's Geoff Reiss to expand WaPo's online presence. Read the rest of Jaffe's profile here. May Be a Really Long Weekend for More than 1,000 at Gannett
With profits down by 60% after Q1 of 2009 and more than 10,000 layoffs between 2007-2008, Gannett is expected to make cuts of more than 1,000 in the next few days. These layoffs are expected to be made across Gannett's family of small local dailies known as the Community Publishing division. Also rumored are company-wide pay cuts. See the WSJ for more. Thursday Jun 25, 2009
Cases Of Swine Flu At WaPoThree cases of swine flu have been reported at WaPo's headquarters at 15th and L St. Those three employees were asked to stay home for a week and the rest of the office has been instructed to use hand sanitizers and follow various simple precautions. See WaPo's swine memo to staffers after the jump... Thursday Jun 18, 2009
Long Hours And Late Nights At CQ Get Kudos From EditorWho doesn't enjoy a little good news now and then... CQ editor Mike Riley has been working his team hard lately, but it certainly hasn't gone unnoticed. He took a moment today to thank his staff for their long hours, late nights and stakeouts. I want to applaud our efforts on the night before last and salute those who were involved. Yes, it is an uncertain and anxious time at CQ, but the fact that these folks were focused fully on doing their work well reinforces the immense value we bring to our readers every day. And for that I am immensely grateful, as are our subscribers. There's an excerpt; check out his full memo after the jump. PreviouslyDuh! du Jour: Larry Craig and Craig Thomas - Same Difference, Right? Weekly Standard Sold To Clarity Media Group, Examiner's Owner What's Up at WaPo.com: Border Blogging, Hall of Fame, Facebook Connect WaPo Ombudsman Addresses Concerns About The Paper's Quality Amidst Recent Changes Harris: Politico Profitable In Third Year, "Vast" Traffic For Online Videos TWT Running Special Series on the People Affected by GM Bond Scandal Quitcherbitchin: Newspaper Wages are Actually Climbing?! "Daily Show" Pays a Visit to NYTimes ZING! Cillizza & Milbank: Backhanded & Rebranded WaPo's Newsroom to Play Musical Chairs WaPo's Colbert King On C-SPAN's Q&A Milbank, Cillizza Take to the Stage for WaPo Political Theater Secret Meeting of Newspaper Execs at O'Hare Airport WaPo Style Section Editors Named Portfolio.com Resurrected by Biz Journals From the Office of Disciplinary Action at TWT High Tech-nicalities Behind TWT's Photo Goof USA Today Amps Up Mobile Presence w/ New App WaPo Weekend's Ellen McCarthy to Style Section Fact or Fiction: Roll Call Seeking "Softball" Reporter? Colbert Dings Byron York & Washington Examiner Separate But Equal: WaPo Bylines WaPo to Run Special Section: "Culture & Arts in the Recession" Roll Call Goes Glam for 21 Years of HOH Chron. of Higher Ed Hires New Publisher WaPo Journos Lunching With Ravindran USA Today Remains Top-Selling Paper Who's That On The Cover Of WaPo Weekend? NYT Foundation Suspends Grants & Gifts Program What Will Won't...The Denim Edition Got Questions for Kerry? USA Today Taking Requests Company-Wide Salary Cuts at WBJ Kerry to Hold Senate Hearings About Newspaper Industry WaPo Comic Judge Parker Resurrected Brauchli Announces Major WaPo Changes WaPo Seeks London Bureau Chief First Lady Pens Essay for USA Today Bonus Section WaPo's R.B. Brenner Goes Hollywood as Film Consultant The Washington Times' A-Section Debuts Citizen Journalism WSJ, USA Today Hit By New Marriott Newspaper Program HTTP 404 Jobs Not Found at Gannett Your Emails Are No Good Here: WaPo Network Down WT's Solomon on WaPo: Imitation is Flattery WaPo Writers Freezing Out Columnist George Will Gossip Girls: Liz Glover & Stephanie Green VandeHarris Punks Politico With 6am Filing Deadline Bunning To Retire? Byrd Back? No, Roll Call Just Has a April Fools' Sense of Humor WaPo's Ombudsman: "The Road Will Get Bumpy on Monday" NYT Announces Five Percent Salary Rollback and Lays Off 100 on Business Side WaPo Tries Offering Buy-Outs Again President Obama Op-Ed Runs in 31 Worldwide Papers Here Comes The... WaPo Style Section Lack of Diversity on WaPo Editorial Pages? WaPo: End of Arlington Office? No Revenue Relief at Gannett - More Furloughs on the Horizon Changes Galore in Wash Times' Newsroom USA Today to Close Hong Kong Bureau Keg Stands at Roll Call!!! HOH Turns 21 Great News for WaPo - Robin Givhan Back to Washington WaPo Help Wanted: Richmond Correspondent, Homeland Security Reporter New Wash Times Site Blurring "Bright Line?" WaPo Consolidation: Finance and Biz Wrapped into Section A Pres. Obama Sits Down With Regional Newspaper Reporters Davis Named WaPo's Deputy Political Editor Kevin Sullivan Named WaPo Foreign Editor Founder of Roll Call, Now Hall of Famer Help Wanted: WaPo's Community Journo Positions Allbritton Comm. (Politico Parent) on Default Risk List Death or Digital: Time Mag Says Ten Newspapers Must Choose WaPo Sports Web & Print: New Game Plan Brauchli Responds to Jaffe "No News" Claim Can Silicon Valley Save the Newspapers? NYT Gets Interview With President Obama Is There Any News on Today's WaPo Front Page? Wise Gets Face Time at Half Time With Pres. Obama WaPo Puts Health, Science and Environment Beats Under One Editor TX Newspaper Says Bush Hometown Sans Stimulus For Road Projects Corporate Salary Cuts at Creative Loafing Crain Comm. Pulls Plug on RCR Wireless Congressman Polis Says Bloggers Killed the Rocky Mountain News, and That It Isn't a Bad Thing WaPo Guild: A Reporter by Any Other Name... Washingtonian Takes On the "New Brain Trust" Trib Broadcasting DC Bureau Closing, Kerry Luft Named Bureau Chief for Print Downie: WaPo Series Aided Police In Levy Case Tony Murphy from WaPo Writers Group Joins Boycott of NY Post |
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