Media Decoder: PBS Show’s Future in Doubt
The producers acknowledge that "Need to Know" remains a work in progress, and PBS says it has not decided whether to renew it.
Howard Fineman Is Leaving Newsweek For HuffPo
Howard Fineman is the latest big name to depart Newsweek since the Washington Post Company sold it and editor Jon Meacham departed. Brian Stelter at the NYT broke the news this afternoon.
Report: Jon Meacham Leaving Newsweek After Sale To Harman
Earlier today, word broke that Sidney Harman is buying Newsweek from the Washington Post Company. Now, several outlets -- including Politico's Mike Allen and the New York Post's Keith J. Kelly -- are reporting that the magazine's editor, Jon Meacham, will be leaving after the sale, presumably freeing up the most influential...
PBS Defends ‘Palinese’ Segment Mocking Sarah Palin
Who’d have guessed. Apparently some PBS watchers are also Sarah Palin supporters. Or at least Sarah Palin sympathizers. Comedian Andy Borowitz, in his short, funny segment that appears at the end of Jon Meacham’s ‘Need to Know’ PBS news show, this week made fun of Sarah Palin. Specifically he mocked her...
“Crude, Crass And Sexist” Tom Shales Comment Draws Justified Criticism
The new PBS show hosted by Newsweek Editor Jon Meacham and NPR's Allison Stewart, Need To Know, debuted last week, and even PBS' ombudsman had to admit the reviews were mixed. But no one was as vicious in their critique as Tom Shales of the Washington Post.Stewart responded today - calling one comment "crude,...
Jon Meacham Is Going To Save Newsweek (After He Finishes Taping His New PBS Show)
It's fair to say that Jon Meacham currently has a LOT on his plate. As you probably have already heard, Newsweek (the magazine that he oversees) was effectively put on the block by its parent, the Washington Post Company last week. Today he published a letter for from the editor outlining the urgent...
Jon Meacham on the Daily Show: “I’ll Be Over In The Morning With The Prospectus”
Newsweek editor Jon Meacham was on the Daily Show last night - his first big TV interview about the fate of his magazine, put on the block by parent Washington Post company yesterday morning. By the time Meacham's TDS interview aired, the Observer had already reported that he was looking into rounding up investors...
Five Things The WSJ Can Do To Make Its ‘Local’ War With The NYT Matter
A little over a week ago Rupert Murdoch's Wall St. Journal launched its new local New York City section to great fanfare. It's since been one hell of a week for local news, and if there was ever a time for the Journal to shine and impress the past five days were a better opportunity...
O Nerdprom! My Nerdprom! Highlights From WHCD 2010
WHCD weekend may be over, but the photo evidence lingers on - and man, do we have photo evidence. Take a tour with Mediaite through the pre-parties, post-parties hobnobbing, handshaking and jockeying on Washington's biggest night. Warning: Some of the photos are of Scott Brown. Your heart may palpitate.
