On Nov. 6, I reported that the NY Times White House team would include reporters Jeff Zeleny, Peter Baker, Helene Cooper, and Sheryl Gay Stolberg. That was according to my sources since bureau chief Dean Baquet hadn’t made a …

Baquet names NYT’s White House team
November 21st, 2008 · No CommentsAP names regional editors
November 21st, 2008 · No CommentsThe Associated Press has set up a new regional editing operation and named two editors for top positions.
Larry Rosenthal, news editor for the AP in Philadelphia, has been promoted to the new position of East editor. David Meeks, former …
Salon cuts nine staffers
November 21st, 2008 · No CommentsSalon political writer Walter Shapiro, an e-mail published today in Playbook, wrote that the website “has suddenly slashed its small staff," including him. But Shapiro didn’t mention how many got the axe.
Editor-in-chief Joan Walsh, in an e-mail to Politico, …
Capus: MSNBC hosts aren’t ‘flag-wavers for Obama’
November 21st, 2008 · No CommentsThe Washington Post looks at the inevitable drop in cable viewership since Election Day.
After peaking with a weekly average of 3.5 million viewers during prime time during election week, Fox News lost more than a million viewers the next …
Dave and Katie make nice
November 21st, 2008 · No CommentsThe New York Post pointed out yesterday that David Letterman never brought up John McCain dissing him for Katie Couric, during the "CBS Evening News" anchor’s appearance on Wednesday’s show.
So last night, Letterman called up Couric to …
Black seeks pardon
November 21st, 2008 · No CommentsJailed press baron Conrad Black, currently serving a six-and-a-half year term from defrauding shareholders, is asking President Bush for a pardon, according The Times of London. Black’s media empire once included The Daily Telegraph, Chicago Sun-times, Jerusalem Post, and …
Who wants the fairness doctrine?
November 21st, 2008 · No CommentsConservative talk-show hosts warned listeners all year that an Obama presidency, coupled with a Democratic Congress, could lead to the reinstatement of the fairness doctrine, a now-defunct FCC policy that forced broadcasters to present a balance of political views. …
Remainders: Matthews’ moves
November 20th, 2008 · No CommentsMatthews was better behaved today on "Ellen."
Letterman never asked Couric about McCain snub.
AP’s cutting up to 10 percent of staff.
Third-party candidates were once again ignored in campaign coverage. …
Tribune chooses White House team
November 20th, 2008 · No CommentsLast week, I asked Cissy Baker—now bureau chief of the combined Tribune bureau in D.C.—about who’d cover the Obama White House. Baker said that specific beats wouldn’t be assigned until after “all the dust settles” from the shake-up …
LAT’s Obama boom: $686,000
November 20th, 2008 · No CommentsBesides the people scrambling for papers on Nov. 5, newspapers continue reaping the benefits of Obama’s win. The LA Times James Rainey finds out how much his paper’s made off Obama-related merchandise in the past couple weeks.
Ron Hasse, …



