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MediaBistro.com (Free subscription) | 08/07/2008
An internal staff notice from WaPo's Len Downie and Phil Bennett , obtained by FishbowlDC: As part of our effort to build connections between the daily and feature sections and consolidate coverage, Frances Sellers , editor of the Health weekly, will be joining the National staff on Sept. 1. Frances will attend the daily National editors meetings and will work more closely with National's health...
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Raw Story (Free subscription) | 08/09/2008
... four US reporters without a grand jury.Mueller called Times' editor Bill Keller and Post chief Len Downie Friday, "expressing regret" that agents had not followed "proper procedures. The "lapse" occurred nearly four years ago and involved four staff members of the papers."The FBI discontinued use of the emergency letters after privacy advocates and internal watchdogs cited hundreds of cases...
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Media Blog (Free subscription) | 08/06/2008
... who had served in the role of assistant managing editor for years under outgoing executive editor Len Downie, said his salary has been reduced from $10,000 per year to $100 per month under a contract he signed in May."Bob Woodward is someone we want to have available to us," Publisher Katharine Weymouth told E&P.
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Recovering Journalist (Free subscription) | 07/14/2008
... Managing Editor Marcus Brauchli, who's now replacing retired Washington Post Executive Editor Len Downie; and the firing a few months ago of Los Angeles Times Editor Jim O'Shea–who followed various other editors and publishers out the door in L.A. over the past couple of years, with Times Publisher David Hiller is rumored to be gone any day now. Plus the firings, resignations and retirements...
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MediaBistro.com (Free subscription) | 07/09/2008
According to Ben Bradlee the reason that WaPo hired outsider Marcus Brauchli to replace departing executive editor Len Downie was that there was no "home-grown" person ready to do the job. Says Bradlee : "They didn't think they had a guy ready. If they got the right guy, that is good. It is as simple as that." Downie, however, says that it was merely a matter of Weymouth finding the...
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Daily Intelligencer - New York Magazine (Free subscription) | 07/08/2008
Um, adorable alert! Photo: Patrick McMullan As was widely rumored, former Wall Street Journal managing editor Marcus Brauchli was named executive editor of the Washington Post last night. He will succeed Len Downie, who held the post for seventeen years. From the Post : When the handoff occurs Sept. 8, Brauchli will become only the third person in the paper's top post since Ben Bradlee was...
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The Hollywood Liberal (Free subscription) | 07/08/2008
Very Interesting Marcus Brauchli, one of the more high-profile cases of Murdoch roadkill over at the Wall Street Journal will be replacing Len Downie as Executive Editor of the Washington Post….
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Blue Girl, Red State (Free subscription) | 07/08/2008
The unhinged and misinformed crowd at the Washington Post finally gets a new editor soon--hopefully one that actually understands the world. I've had enough of the Len Downie era. I've had more than my fair share of Fred Hiatt. And in checking their ridiculous "forums" section, I find this: Is Barack Obama already shooting himself in the foot as commander-in-chief?… That's how moderator William...
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MediaBistro.com (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008
Today, The Wall Street Journal finally gets around to discussing who will replace Len Downie at the Washington Post. Some highlights (the full article is not available free online): Whoever gets the job -- Marcus Brauchli , who recently stepped down as managing editor of The Wall Street Journal, is believed by people familiar with the search to be the leading candidate -- will be taking over...
