Jon Meacham

Palin Writes Newsweek Piece After Blasting Magazine

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael Calderone | Posted 02.05.2012

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NEW YORK -- When Newsweek published Andrew Sullivan's cover story three weeks ago with the provocative headline "Why Are Obama's Critics So Dumb?," fo...

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Jon Meacham Becomes Time Contributing Editor

Adweek | November 11 2010 | Posted 11.15.2011

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In April, Adweek reported that ex-Newsweek editor Jon Meacham switched teams and wrote his first cover story for Time magazine. Now, Meacham and Time ...

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Time for a Good Book

Roger Fransecky | Posted 09.04.2011

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I confess to liking, collecting, sharing and savoring both mysteries and thrillers. My favorite sleuths are, like me, flawed and curious in an often dark, confusing and fallen world.

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MEACHAM SWITCHES SIDES: Writes Cover Story For Time

adweek.com | Posted 06.14.2011

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Newsweek's loss is Time's gain, again. Ex-Newsweek editor Jon Meacham wrote the cover story for Time's forthcoming issue, which hits newsstands this w...

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OUT: Meacham Leaving PBS Show

Posted 06.01.2011

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Jon Meacham is leaving his role as co-host of PBS news show "Need to Know." The former Newsweek editor and current Random House EVP had been co-hosti...

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New Gore Book Is Meacham's First Acquisition for Random House

nytimes.com | DAVE ITZKOFF | Posted 05.25.2011

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Now certainly feels like one of those moments when the world needs to be explained to us, and Random House believes it has found just the writer to do...

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Happy Presidents' Day: 7 Award-Winning Presidential Biographies (PHOTOS)

The Huffington Post | Zoe Triska | Posted 05.25.2011

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In honor of Presidents' Day, we compiled some of the most recent award-winning presidential biographies. Since most of you have the day off, it migh...

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Jon Meacham's PBS Show May Get Canceled

nytimes.com | ELIZABETH JENSEN | Posted 05.25.2011

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WATCH LIVE: Jon Meacham Interviews Ron Reagan

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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Ron Reagan will talk about his new book, "My Father At 100," with Jon Meacham, Pulitzer Prize-winning author and presidential historian, at a celebrat...

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Jon Meacham, Gun Owner, On Necessity Of Restoring Assault Weapons Ban

Jon Meacham | PBS | Posted 05.25.2011

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First, some personal history. I am a southerner who grew up with and around guns. I own some still. My father gave me a .22 rifle when I was 9 and a...

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Message to Republicans: We're Not Afraid

Edward Headington | Posted 05.25.2011

There seems to be an anthem for every political season. Reagan, much to the chagrin of Bruce Springsteen, had "Born in the USA" in '84. Clinton had ...

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Jon Meacham Joins Random House

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — Pulitzer Prize winning biographer and former Newsweek editor Jon Meacham will soon be working for the Random House Publishing Group. ...

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MSNBC Deploys Jon Meacham To Warble Theology At Quran-Burning Pastor, For Some Reason

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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It seems that while I was working on emptying all my chambers into cable news professionals for letting two-bit crank cult leader Terry Jones get so p...

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After Zakaria, What About Other ADL Humphrey Prize Recipients?

Steve Clemons | Posted 05.25.2011

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I don't necessarily believe in follow-the-leader, but knowing how other recipients feel about the ADL controversy and the Cordoba mosque could be instructive and important.

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Media LOSERS Of The Week (PHOTOS, POLL)

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 05.25.2011

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It may be a rough weekend for some members of the media who are coming off cringe-worthy weeks. Below, check out the first installment of Media Losers...

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Jon Meacham: Time For Newsweek To Embrace Internet, Consumers Must Pay For Quality (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 05.25.2011

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Newsweek editor Jon Meacham, who told the New York Observer that he himself might round up bidders now that the Washington Post is selling his magazin...

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Jon Meacham: I May Round Up Group To Buy Newsweek Myself

The New York Observer | John Koblin | Posted 05.25.2011

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Newsweek is up for sale, and Jon Meacham is going to explore the possibility of rounding up some bidders to buy the magazine himself. "I believe this...

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Bill Maher On BP Oil Spill: 'I Feel Oily ... I Feel Their Sh*t On Me' (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

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Friday marked Bill Maher's last show of the season, and while the BP oil spill has been a subject on "Real Time" from week to week, this time Maher de...

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Newsweek: Should Jon Meacham Get the Blame?

Michael Hastings | Posted 05.25.2011

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As I write this, we are 15 minutes away from seeing what bids have come in to buy Newsweek. So I did a bit of Googling to catch up on the press covera...

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Newsweek Blew It

Michael Sigman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Given the vast pension, health care and unfulfilled subscription liabilities Newsweek carries, it's likely the magazine is headed for extinction.

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What Newsweek Should Have Done

Michael Wolff | Posted 05.25.2011

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Here are just a few of the much more obvious ideas for how the Jon Meacham might have given Newsweek a fighting chance.

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Jon Meacham In Talks For PBS Show

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 05.25.2011

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Newsweek editor Jon Meacham is in advanced talks to host a weekly show on PBS, Elizabeth Jensen reports for the New York Times. Meacham and former NP...

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A Challenge to Magazine Publishers -- Especially Jon Meacham

Dr. Susan Corso | Posted 05.25.2011

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If all the print publications in the U.S. alone were to eliminate inserts, how much would that reduce carbon emissions? Think of the deforestation it could prevent.

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Newsweek Defends Provocative Palin Cover

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Responding to criticism from Sarah Palin that her depiction on the cover of Newsweek was "sexist and oh-so-expected," editor Jon Meacham insists that ...

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Jon Meacham's Cheney 2012 Proposal: Pretending To Care About 'Adjudicating' The Bush Years

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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While I was enjoying life outside the Beltway for Thanksgiving, the entire world was captivated by Tiger Woods, a pair of reality-show fameball wannabes and a Jon Meacham column touting Dick Cheney as the GOP nominee for 2012.

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