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Jon Meacham

A Challenge to Magazine Publishers -- Especially Jon Meacham

Dr. Susan Corso | Posted 11.10.2009 | Green

Read More: Magazine, Al Gore, Magazine Publishers, Jon Meacham, Vanity Fair, Co2, Deforestation, Newsweek, Blow-in Inserts, Guideposts, Climate Change, Green News
Dr. Susan Corso

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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Obama Has Off-The-Record Lunch With Journalists At White House

Politico | Posted by Michael Calderone 03:13 PM | Posted 11.06.2009 | Media

Read More: Andy Rosenthal, Jon Meacham, Cynthia Tucker, David Gergen, Mara Liasson, Howard Fineman, David Brooks, Mike Allen, Obama Journalists, Josh Marshall, Obama Journalists Lunch, Chris Cillizza, Gail Collins, Media News

The attendees for Friday's lunch were as follows: CNN's David Gergen, Washington Post's Chris Cillizza, Newsweek's Jon Meacham and Howard Fineman, the...

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Jason Linkins

WaPo Allows Catholic League's Donohue To Pen Unhinged Rant

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 10.20.2009 | Media

Read More: Jon Meacham, Conservative Christians, Washington Post, Bill Donohue, Media Criticism, Media News

Bill Donohue is the president of the Catholic League, an organization that hysterically goes on the warpath against any alleged slight or insult or cr...

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When Will They Ever Learn?

Sen. Fritz Hollings | Posted 09.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Vat, Max Baucus, Jon Meacham, Medicare, Trade Deficit, Barack Obama, Trade War, Politics News
Sen. Fritz Hollings

In Afghanistan, we're trying to secure a country of 31 million with 64,500 troops -- and think that 20,000 more will do the job. When will we ever learn?

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Are You Perfect?

Dr. Susan Corso | Posted 11.09.2009 | Living

Read More: Human, Jon Meacham, Senator Edward Kennedy, Perfect, Enemy of the Good, Voltaire, Teddy Kennedy, Newsweek, Perfecting, Perfection, Living News
Dr. Susan Corso

I no longer expect myself to be perfect. Instead, I borrow the verb form of that word. I definitely expect myself to be perfecting at all times.

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Hate Speech

Jim Lichtman | Posted 09.18.2009 | Media

Read More: Jon Meacham, Intolerance, Responsibility, Rush Limbaugh, Rutgers Women’s Basketball, Free Speech, Hitler, Barack Obama, Health Care, Donny Deutsch, Ethics, Don Imus, Nazism, Hate Speech, Glenn Beck, Fox News Channel, Newsweek, Media News
Jim Lichtman

Apparently, executives at Fox do not know the difference between opinion and hate speech.

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Jon Meacham Calls For Release Of Jailed Newsweek Reporter In Iran

Washington Post | Jon Meacham | Posted 08.13.2009 | Media

Read More: Newsweek, Maziar Bahari Arrested, Jon Meacham, Iran Press Freedom, Maziar-Bahari, Media News

Maziar Bahari is a Newsweek reporter, a documentary filmmaker, a playwright, author, artist and, since June 21, a prisoner being held in Iran without ...

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Danny Shea

Jon Meacham: Newsweek Getting Smarter To Reflect Changing Times

HuffingtonPost.com | Danny Shea | Posted 06.18.2009 | Media

Read More: Newsweek, Jon Meacham, Newsweek Redesign, Magazines, Media News

It's not your father's Newsweek, but that's not what Jon Meacham wants it to be. The 76-year-old magazine is in the midst of a dramatic overhaul â€...

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Newsweek Hosting Q&A With Tim Geithner On Facebook At 1PM ET

Huffington Post | Susan Crile | Posted 06.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Jon Meacham Geithner, Newsweek, Jon Meacham, Timothy Geithner Treasury Secretary, Geithner Facebook, Timothy Geithner, Facebook, Politics News

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner will answer questions in a live interview on Facebook Monday afternoon. The Q & A is being hosted by Newsweek's Jo...

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Newsweek Reinvents Itself For Changing Times

Newsweek | Posted 06.18.2009 | Media

Read More: Jon Meacham, Newsweek Redesign, Newsweek, Magazines, Media News

We think what we do is important, but in the end what matters more is whether you think so, and in so thinking, whether you find that our work repays ...

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Jon Meacham Following Pulitzer WIth Bush 41 Biography

New York Post | Posted 05.25.2009 | Media

Read More: Jon Meacham, Books, George H.W. Bush, Newsweek, Media News

PULITZER Prize-winning au thor Jon Meacham, whose day job is running Newsweek, has already picked his next project. He will write a biography of fo...

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Announcing the P.U.-litzer Prizes for 2008

Jeff Cohen | Posted 01.18.2009 | Media

Read More: Amy Chozick, Hardball, Jon Meacham, David Brooks, Obama Skinny, John F. Burns, Fox News, Chris Matthews, Pulitzer Prize, Media News
Jeff Cohen

Now in their seventeenth year, the P.U.-litzer Prizes recognize some of the nation's stinkiest media performances. And now, the P.U.-litzers Prizes for 2008.

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Save The Books! Famous People (and Others) Tell You What Books To Buy

Glynnis MacNicol | Posted 01.18.2009 | Media

Read More: Jon Meacham, Fred Armisen, Kevin Bleyer, Toby Barlow, Peggy Noonan, Books, Steve Ross, Gail Collins, Brian Williams, Dan Abrams, Sean Wilsey, Publishing, Ana Marie Cox, Lesley M. M. Blume, Rachel Sklar, Salman Rushdie, Liesl Schillinger, Raymond Roker, Jeffrey Toobin, Media News
Glynnis MacNicol

I reached out to a few well-known types (Fred Armisen, Brian Williams, Arianna, to name a few) who were generous enough to offer their holiday book recommendations. Let the recommending begin!

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Here Comes the Onslaught

David Sirota | Posted 11.19.2008 | Media

Read More: Barack Obama, Jon Meacham, Newsweek, Progressives, Media News
David Sirota

From a pure journalism perspective, it is stunning that the editor-in-chief of a supposed "news" magazine is writing cover pieces that read like cheap Republican Party direct mail, and ignore empirical data.

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Eye of the Barracuda: Newsweek Looks In, And Sees Mediocrity

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 11.06.2008 | Media

Read More: Jon Meacham, Palin Joe Sixpack, Newsweek Palin, Sarah Palin, Newsweek, John McCain, Media News

In his Newsweek cover story, Jon Meacham points out that the American storyline is about how anyone can be president, not how anyone ought to be, just because they decide they should.

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Jason Linkins

Annals Of Unnamed Sourcery

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.06.2008 | Media

Read More: Jon Meacham, Newsweek, Unnamed Sources, Confidential Sources, Media News, Palin Joe Sixpack, Anonymous Sources, Newsweek Palin, Sarah Palin, Media News

Late last month, Alex Balk of Radar found, in this Politico article, one of the most hilarious lines of attribution I'd ever read. In an article repl...

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Greg Osberg, Newsweek President And Publisher, To Leave The Magazine

Folio: | Dylan Stableford | Posted 07.24.2008 | Media

Read More: Jon Meacham, Newsweek, Greg Osberg, Media News

Greg Osberg, Newsweek's president and worldwide publisher, is leaving the Washington Post Company, FOLIO: has learned. Osberg told FOLIO: Tuesday tha...

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Obama, God And Governance

Mayhill Fowler | Posted 07.16.2008 | Home

Read More: Jon Meacham, Sojourner Obama, Alyssa Martin Obama, Alyssa Martin, Josh DuBois, Obama Christians, Andrew Sullivan Faith Obama, Obama Faith Based Initiative, African Methodist Episcopal Church, Obama Jon Meacham, Obamamoral Values, Obama Evangelicals, Obama, Obama Zanesville, Obama Colorado Springs, Barack Obama, Soledad O’Brien Obama, Obama Religion, Obama Faith, Sojourners Presidential Forum, Josh DuBois Obama, Jim Wallis, Senator Obama, Soledad O’Brien, Obama Values, Andrew Sullivan Obama, Soledad O’Brien Sojourner Obama, African Methodist Episcopal Church Obama, Jim Wallis Obama, Home News
Mayhill Fowler

Through his unabashed Christian faith, Obama is redefining the American Dream. His vision is one of individual freedom but tempered by obligation. Obama is pious and he is going to put us on a national diet.

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Russert Watch: 5-25-08: In Which Tim's Round Table Considers Gender and Race

Todd Gitlin | Posted 06.06.2008 | Media

Read More: Media Coverage of 2008 Election, Jon Meacham, Media News, Breaking Media News, Tim Russert, Barack Obama, Russert Watch, Tim Russert vs. Hillary Clinton, Hillary Clinton RFK, Media News
Todd Gitlin

The significant question Russert raised for his amiable bull session this week was: "What role did race, gender, and religion play in this campaign?"

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Newsweek Editor Jon Meacham's Wife May Have Killed Dark Obama Race Cover In Favor Of A Sunnier One: Report

Gawker | Ryan Tate | Posted 06.06.2008 | Media

Read More: Jon Meacham Wife, Jon Meacham, Keith Meacham, Newsweek Obama Cover, Newsweek, Media News

In this week's cover story about Barack Obama, Newsweek distills the conventional political wisdom into a bitter tonic of condescending campaign advic...

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Karl Rove's Newsweek Contract Details Confirmed

Huffington Post/New York Observer | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

Read More: Jon Meacham, Karl Rove Newsweek, Karl Rove, Rove Newsweek Contract, Karl Rove Newsweek Contract, Rove Contract, Karl Rove Contract, Rove Newsweek, Rove, Observer, Media News

Karl Rove will be a member of the Newsweek family through 2009, the New York Observer's John Koblin has confirmed. Rove joined the Newsweek staff in ...

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Newsweek Editor Smacks Down Pesky Economist-Reading Columbia Grad Student

New York Observer | John Koblin | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

Read More: Jon Meacham, Jon Meacham the Economist, Newsweek, Media News

After about an hour, there seemed to be no more questions for him, so Newsweek editor Jon Meacham turned to his audience--about 100 graduate students ...

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Jon Meacham's Battle For The The Daily Show! Media Is "Conflict- Driven"; Jon Stewart Violently Contests Homer Reference

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

Read More: Jon Meacham, Daily Show, Jon Stewart, Newsweek, Media News

Meacham told Stewart that he thought the media's election coverage was "Not ideologically driven, but conflict-driven" and then explained that Time and Newsweek covers did better when they were framed in terms of conflict.

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Happy Thanksgiving! ETP's Favorite Media Mavens Give Thanks On This Holiday

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

Read More: Tracy Quan, Howard Kurtz, Jon Meacham, Charlie Rose, Thanksgiving, Lloyd Grove, Dr. Rock, Aaron Brown, Jeff Toobin, John Roberts, Tucker Carlson, Brian Williams, Joel Stein, Giving Thanks, Joe Scarborough, Bob Woodruff, Jon Friedman, David Folkenflik, Arianna Huffington, Mika Brzezinski, Lee Woodruff, Media Mavens, Media News

Tucker Carlson: "Two words: Ron Paul. It'd be a boring year otherwise." Jeffrey Toobin: "I always give thanks for Judith Regan." Aaron Brown: "Not once last year did I have to say Paris Hilton or Anna Nicole Smith."

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I See Your Markos Moulitsas, And I Raise You a...KARL ROVE?

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

Read More: Jon Meacham, Karl Rove, Newsweek, Markos Moulitsas, Fair and Balanced, Daily Kos, Media News

Sometimes, news releases really don't need any comment: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, November 15, 2007 KARL ROVE TO BECOME NEWSWEEK CONTRIBUTOR ...

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