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NEWS ABOUT: Katharine Weymouth

Katharine Weymouth stories: 4 news summaries
GLOSSIES

 The Washington Post Is 
 Odds-On Fave to Survive 

Newspaper trimmed staff, and it's paid off: Wolff

Sep 4, 09 4:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Like America's other newspapers, the Washington Post is in pain, operating $86 million in the red after axing 400 reporters. “And yet,” Newser founder Michael Wolff writes in Vanity Fair, “if you had to look for a circumstance out of which a newspaper might have the... More »

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New York Times • Washington Post • business models • Michael Wolff • newspaper industry • Kaplan • Katharine Weymouth • Don Graham

(Newser) - As they wipe the egg off their face, Washington Post executives are probably wondering why they got slammed so badly for selling access to Washington bigwigs and Post reporters at "salons" at the publisher's home. At least two other news organizations—the Wall Street Journal and the... More »

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media • newspaper • Washington Post • Wall Street Journal • lobbyist • access • The Economist • Katharine Weymouth

 Post Cancels 
 Off-the-Record 
 'Salons' 

'Overzealous marketing execs' pushed fliers, paper says

Jul 2, 09 12:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - Washington Post publisher Katharine Weymouth today nixed the “salons” aimed to sell lobbyists access to off-the-record gatherings of administration officials, members of Congress, and Post journalists, the paper reports. “This should never have happened," said Weymouth. Fliers advertising the meetings "got out and weren't vetted. They... More »

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media • newspaper • Washington Post • marketing • lobbyist • newsrooms • Marcus Brauchli • access • Katharine Weymouth

 Post Sells Access to  
 Officials, Reporters 


For $25,000, lobbyists can meet with lawmakers, WaPo staff

Jul 2, 09 9:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - Lobbyists who pay $25,000 to $250,000 can attend off-the-record Washington Post gatherings with administration officials, members of Congress, and members of the paper's staff, Politico reports. The offer, described on a flier passed along by a lobbyist, “essentially turns a news organization into a facilitator for private... More »

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Congress • media • newspaper • Washington Post • journalism • reporter • Obama administration • Katharine Weymouth

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