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Brauchli defends media’s pre-Wall Street crisis work

Posted October 1, 2008

A number of public policy and media experts told PRWeek that they expected more form the media, at least in terms of educating consumers, in the lead-up to the .

Former Wall Street Journal and new Washington Post editor Marcus Brauchli disagrees, according to . Note that Brauchli points out the work of newspapers, not broadcast programs, which were mostly blamed for both hyping financial issues and demanding the federal government immediately remedy them.

“There was a lot of coverage over many yeas about the underlying problems in the financial system and the economy,” he told E&P. “If you go back and look at the big American newspapers, you will see it, going back to 1996 when Alan Greenspan coined the phrase ‘irrational exuberance.’”

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Tags:Alan Greenspan, Editor & Publisher, Marcus Brauchli, Wall Street Journal

Brauchli addresses the Washington Post’s troops

Posted July 9, 2008

Soon-to-be-executive-editor Marcus Brauchli, pronunciation guide included, met with Washington Post staffers for the first time on July 8. He didn’t reveal sweeping restructuring plans for the Post and WashingtonPost.com newsrooms, which are expected eventually, and appeared a bit nervous, one staff member told Politico.com.

Managing editor Phil Bennett, passed over for the job, was in attendance, as was former executive editor Ben Bradlee, who Editor & Publisher that publisher Katharine Weymouth’s choice of an outsider signals that “they didn’t think they had a guy ready.”

Meanwhile, Rem Rieder, American Journalism Review editor and SVP and a former Post deputy metro editor, commented that the choice of Brauchli shows Weymouth is off to an impressive start.

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Reports: Brauchli likely to be named Washington Post executive editor

Posted July 2, 2008

Marcus Brauchli, former Wall Street Journal managing editor, is likely to be publisher Katharine Weymouth’s choice as the next executive editor of the Washington Post.

Brauchli would be a clean departure from the Post’s genealogy. Executive editor Len Downie was named executive editor in 1991, replacing legendary editor Ben Bradlee, who served in that capacity since 1968. Downie became managing editor in 1984.

FishbowlDC’s Patrick Gavin reports that Post sources tell him, “People are acting like [Brauchli’s hire is] a done deal,” and that “the Post will have more than one managing editor under Brauchli.”

Politico.com’s Michael Calderone reports that the announcement will likely take place July 7 or 8.

Portfolio’s Jeff Bercovici says he’s hearing that Brauchli’s lawyer met with News Corp. officials to ensure that the non-compete agreement built into his contract won’t be an issue if he relocates to Washington.

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Report: Post executive editor search down to Brauchli, Bennett

Posted June 25, 2008

Washington Post publisher Katharine Weymouth has narrowed the field of prospective executive editors down to two candidates: former Wall Street Journal managing editor Marcus Brauchli and Post managing editor Phil Bennett, according to Radar’s Charles Kaiser.

Newsweek editor Jon Meacham took himself out of consideration weeks ago, according to Kaiser, who adds that Post employees say New York Times managing editor Jonathan Landman is no longer being considered for the job.

Post executive editor Len Downie, in a long suspected move, told his staff this week that he plans to step down in September.

A Landman hire could have been a boon for upward-looking Web editors everywhere, according to MarketWatch media columnist Jon Friedman. Hiring Landman could put an editor with an intricate understanding of the Web into one of the top positions in journalism, while also striking a blow at the rival Times, Friedman says.

Meanwhile, The New York Observer’s Felix Gillette reports that network sources have told him that NBC News SVP Mark Whitaker is the leading contender to replace Tim Russert as Washington bureau chief. Whitaker joined NBC News last May after spending most of his career at Newsweek.

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Chicago Tribune publisher to resign

Posted June 13, 2008

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Report: Possible changes to WSJ’s page one staff

Posted June 12, 2008

The Wall Street Journal’s page one staff is the latest victim of News Corp.’s makeover of the financial newspaper of record, according to .

News Corp. will soon change page one editor Mike Williams’ title to “roving features editor,” and will promote Money and Investing editor Nick Deogun to deputy managing editor, a tipster tells the Web site.

Deputy managing editor for news Bill Grueskin left the Journal last week for Columbia University, less than a month after former publisher – and Times of London editor - Robert Thomson moved into the managing editor’s office.

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