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Katharine Weymouth

DC's Hostesses With The Mostest And Their Most-Wanted Guests

WWD | Posted 11.24.2009 | Style

Read More: Katharine Weymouth, DC Hostess, Teresa Heinz, Capricia Marshall, Ali Wentworth, Debra Lee, Madeleine Albright, Style News

Ali Wentworth: The city's new social "It" girl, Wentworth, 44, learned a lot from her mother, Mabel "Muffie" Cabot, who served as Ronald Reagan's soci...

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The Joe Wilson Congressional Photo Shoot: Being Undermined by National News Again?

Judith Ellis | Posted 11.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Katharine Weymouth, Washington Post, President Obama, Health Care, Lobbyists, Joe Wilson, You Lie, Politics News
Judith Ellis

These are desperate times and lobbyists are employed to undermine health care with the help of The Washington Post.

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Charles Pelton Resigns: Washington Post Marketing Executive Resigns After 'Salons' Incident

Washington Post | Paul Farhi | Posted 11.11.2009 | Media

Read More: White House, Lobbyists, Lobbying, Katherine Weymouth, Politics, Wapo Salons, Charles Pelton, Obama, Stephen Hills, Washington Post Salons, Marketing Exec, Pelton Resigns, Journalism, Katharine Weymouth, Washington Post, Newspapers, Weymouth, Media News

The marketing executive at the center of a controversial series of Washington Post-sponsored dinner "salons" has resigned from the newspaper some 10 w...

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The NY Times Made Me Do It

Charles Warner | Posted 08.16.2009 | Media

Read More: NY Times, Merck, Stanford Law School, George Bush, The Washington Post, Katharine Weymouth, Grey Lady, Bloggers, Ad Age, Vioxx, Oxford University, New York Times, Blogging Heads, Judith Miller Iraq, Frank Rich, Judith Miller, David Carr, Harvard College, Media News
Charles Warner

The nation's journal of record; America's first draft of history; the Grey Lady, -- the New York Times -- got it wrong and that the crowd-sourced, open-source, oft-criticized Wikipedia got it right.

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Your Message Here: Salons, Sponsors, Pay-to-Play & Journalism

Rory O'Connor | Posted 08.14.2009 | Media

Read More: Politico, The Atlantic, Payperpost, Marcus Brauchli, Katharine Weymouth, Washington Post, The Newyorker, Andrew Alexander, Washington Post Salons, Media News
Rory O'Connor

When the Washington Post recently unveiled its plan to sell sponsorships of off-the-record "salons," the move was widely pilloried in the press and elsewhere.

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How Much More Pathetic Can the Washington Post Get? Sarah Palin

Art Brodsky | Posted 08.14.2009 | Media

Read More: Cap and Trade, Washington Post, Sarah Palin, Sarah Palin Washington Post, Katharine Weymouth, Dan Froomkin, Washington Post Salons, Media News
Art Brodsky

What possible justification on Earth is there for the Post to publish Sarah Palin on its op-ed page ? She has no authority to write an article like today's piece on cap-and-trade.

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Being Undermined by National News

Judith Ellis | Posted 08.11.2009 | Media

Read More: Congress, Politico, Lobbyists, New Media, Katharine Weymouth, Obama Administration, Washington Post, Democracy, Huffington Post, Media News
Judith Ellis

I will not subscribe to the Washington Post. But how can we come together as citizens of our great democracy and make them feel the impact of their action?

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Buying, Selling and Producing Mind Numbing News

Patricia DeGennaro | Posted 08.08.2009 | Media

Read More: US Foreign Plicy, Katharine Weymouth, Washington Post, Free Press, News, US Policy, Media News
Patricia DeGennaro

Neither September 11th or the worst economic downturn in history has managed to snap people out of their dreamlike delusions of why we should continue the quest to mediocrity.

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MBAs are "a Menace to Society": George Bush and Katherine Weymouth are MBAs

Charles Warner | Posted 08.08.2009 | Business

Read More: Harvard MBA, Katharine Weymouth, Washington Post, Harvard Business School, Business School, George W. Bush, Business News
Charles Warner

As an entitled daughter of a privileged, powerful family, Weymouth, like Bush, did not earn her job on merit, but got it because she is a member of the Luck Sperm Club.

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When Newspapers Peddle Influence

Thomas Frank | Posted 08.08.2009 | Media

Read More: Washington Post, Salon, Health Care, Scandal, Katharine Weymouth, Washington Post Salons, Media News
Thomas Frank

Even in Washington, it's unusual to see an actual price tag placed on a chance to "alter the debate," as the Post's flier tastefully put it. It was a moment of rare, piquant hypocrisy.

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Journalistic Values in the 21st Century

Sandy Maisel | Posted 08.07.2009 | Media

Read More: Dan Pearl, Kathatrine Graham, Robert Maynard, Lovejoy Award, Huffinton Post, Knight Foundation News Literacy, Katharine Weymouth, Washington Post, Obama, Tom Winship Mary McGrory, Don Boles, Colbycollege, Media News
Sandy Maisel

We all know, however, that journalism today is evolving radically. Most citizens, particularly young citizens, do not get their information from traditional newspapers.

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Katharine Weymouth Apologizes For Paid Salon Plan

AP | Posted 08.05.2009 | Media

Read More: Katharine Weymouth, Washington Post, Washington Post Apology, Katharine Weymouth Apology, Washington Post Salons, Media News

WASHINGTON — The Washington Post's publisher apologized to readers Sunday for a plan to charge business leaders and lobbyists for intimate dinne...

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WaPo's Publisher Sold Her Paper's Editorial Integrity

New York Times | David Carr | Posted 08.04.2009 | Media

Read More: Katharine Weymouth, Washington Post, Washington Post Editors, Washington Post Salons, Media News

Katharine Weymouth, the relatively new publisher of The Washington Post, is a lawyer who worked for the company for 12 years and was educated at the H...

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WATCH : The Washington Post All Access Fire Sale

Lee Stranahan | Posted 08.02.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Katharine Weymouth, Marcus Brauchli Comedy, Obama, Congress, Washington Post, Scandal, Comedy News
Lee Stranahan

Because a flier is not enough....

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Arianna Tells Katharine Weymouth, AllThingsD Conference: Journalism Must Be Strengthened, Not Just Saved

AllThingsD | Peter Kafka | Posted 06.28.2009 | Media

Read More: Katharine Weymouth, D7, D: All Things Digital, Arianna Huffington, Media News

Arianna: Good point! Wapo is doing great work, but what journalism has failed to do is to the right reporting in leadup to the war, and predicting eco...

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Washington Post Offering Buyouts Again, Layoffs Possible

AP | Posted 04.26.2009 | Media

Read More: Katharine Weymouth, Newspapers, Washington Post, Washington Post Layoffs, Washington Post Buyouts, Media News

WASHINGTON — The Washington Post announced it plans another round of buyouts in its newsroom and throughout the newspaper as it seeks to cut cos...

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DNC Diary: will.i.am Rocks the HuffPost Media Panel

Arianna Huffington | Posted 09.26.2008 | Media

Read More: Democratic Convention, Denver Convention, Steve Chen, Will.I.Am, Dnc, Chad Hurley, Democratic National Convention, Katharine Weymouth, Youtube, Slideshow, Media News
Arianna Huffington

Here's my collection of snapshots from convention week: Watch: Arianna Gives the LA Times a Tour of the HuffPost Oasis will.i.am Rocks the HuffPost Media Panel On National Security Night, Clinton Keeps His Gun Holstered and Biden Fires Away Rocking in the Great Outdoors, Unplugging and Recharging at the Oasis Watch: MobLogic Asks Arianna if America's Ready to Elect a Black President Michelle, Michelle, Michelle

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HuffPost's DNC Panel: Game Change -- How the New Media Are Impacting the '08 Race

Arianna Huffington | Posted 01.09.2009 | Media

Read More: Democratic Convention, Yes We Can, Charlie Rose, Saturday Night Live Political Satire, Rep. Rahm Emanuel, Barack Obama, John Edwards Nightline Confession, George Stephanopoulos, Mybo, Youtube, New Media, Katharine Weymouth, Will.I.Am, Macaca, Chad Hurley, Fred Armisen, HuffPost Inauguration Ball, Media News
Arianna Huffington

Tech advances -- and the new media they've made possible -- have had a game-changing effect on the political world. To explore this brave new world of broadband politics and political coverage, HuffPost is hosting a discussion during the Democratic National Convention.

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Katharine Weymouth: New Washington Post Publisher On Her Plans For The Paper, Getting Mugged At Gunpoint, And Why The Business Numbers "Suck"

Portfolio | Lloyd Grove | Posted 07.24.2008 | Media

Read More: Katharine Weymouth, Washington Post, Media News

Seven years after the death of legendary Washington Post publisher Katharine Graham, her 42-year-old granddaughter has taken over control of the paper...

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Washington Post Plans Glossy Magazine

AdAge | Nat Ives | Posted 07.01.2008 | Media

Read More: Washington Post Glossy, Katharine Weymouth, Washington Post, Washington Post Magazine, Fashion Washington, Washington Post Fashion Washington, Media News

Its recently introduced incentive program for subscribers, Post Points, has signed up more than 80 advertisers and 142,000 consumers. It also partnere...

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