MediaBistro.com (Free subscription) | 29/07/2008
For this week's Separated at Birth, we have another suggestion for soon-to-be Post editor Marcus Brauchli. Does Marcus look like... Oscar winner Roberto Benigni? New Career Opportunities Daily: The best jobs in media
The Media Mob (Free subscription) | 18/07/2008
Newly named Washington Post executive editor Marcus Brauchli's wife, Maggie Farley, the United Nations reporter for the L.A. Times, says she quit right before the paper announced layoffs in order to "save a body." And, not surprisingly, she doesn't care much for what's happening to the paper. She tells L.A. Observed's Kevin Roderick: "I resigned last week in the hopes that it would save...
MediaBistro.com (Free subscription) | 15/07/2008
The blog TellZell -- which is listing the unconfirmed names of LA Times staffers "leaving the Los Angeles Times. The list includes both people taking a buyout and people who are being fired" -- lists Washington Post Executive Editor Marcus Brauchli 's wife, LA Times U.N. reporter Maggie Farley , as among the departures. New Career Opportunities Daily: The best jobs in media
Advertising Age - MediaWorks (Free subscription) | 14/07/2008
Newspapers are gradually filling their teams with new faces just as eager to compete with each other as with the new media making all their lives hell.
MediaBistro.com (Free subscription) | 10/07/2008
For this week's Separated At Birth, we have a couple reader-submitted suggestions for soon-to-be Post Editor Marcus Brauchli . Does Marcus look like... Teller from "Penn and Teller"? Or does Marcus look like... Rocker Dave Matthews ? New Career Opportunities Daily: The best jobs in media
OTB News (Free subscription) | 10/07/2008
Washington Post Publisher Katharine Weymouth today formally introduced the newspaper’s new editor, Wall Street Journal veteran Marcus Brauchli. Even among fellow journalists there’s been some question about how to pronounce Brauchli’s surname—many seemed to think it was a homonym for a certain green vegetable. Not so! [more ...]
The Washington Business Journal (Free subscription) | 08/07/2008
The Washington Post has named Marcus Brauchli executive editor of the newspaper.
The Story (Free subscription) | 09/07/2008
The New York Times reports that Marcus W Brauchli, a former top editor of The Wall Street Journal, will become the executive editor of The Washington Post on September 8. It was somewhat surprising apparently. In a statement, Ms. Weymouth (the publisher) said that Mr. Brauchli’s experience at The Journal would “help us navigate the [...]
Digital Media Wire (Free subscription) | 08/07/2008
Washington - The Washington Post (NYSE: WPO) has named Marcus Brauchli, the former managing editor of The Wall Street Journal (NYSE: NWS) , as its new executive editor. read more
Daily Intelligencer - New York Magazine (Free subscription) | 08/07/2008
Um, adorable alert! Photo: Patrick McMullan As was widely rumored, former Wall Street Journal managing editor Marcus Brauchli was named executive editor of the Washington Post last night. He will succeed Len Downie, who held the post for seventeen years. From the Post : When the handoff occurs Sept. 8, Brauchli will become only the third person in the paper's top post since Ben...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 08/07/2008
NEW YORK -- Marcus Brauchli was named executive editor of The Washington Post on Monday, three months after resigning under pressure from the top newsroom job at The Wall Street Journal.
MediaBistro.com (Free subscription) | 09/07/2008
According to Ben Bradlee the reason that WaPo hired outsider Marcus Brauchli to replace departing executive editor Len Downie was that there was no "home-grown" person ready to do the job. Says Bradlee : "They didn't think they had a guy ready. If they got the right guy, that is good. It is as simple as that." Downie, however, says that it was merely a matter of Weymouth finding the...
Paidcontent (Free subscription) | 09/07/2008
To integrate on not to integrate, that will be the biggest question facing Marcus Brauchli when he arrives at The Washington Post ( NYSE: WPO ) as its new editor this September. His biggest challenge will be to bring its website (and WPNI) closer to the newspaper without damaging the creative independence of the digital side, something that WPNI employees have feared over the years as...
Slate Magazine (Free subscription) | 08/07/2008
Washington Post Publisher Katharine Weymouth today formally introduced the newspaper's new editor, Wall Street Journal veteran Marcus Brauchli. Even among fellow journalists there's been some question about how to pronounce Brauchli's surname—many seemed to think it was a homonym for a certain green vegetable. Not so! [ more ... ]
Grasping Reality with Both Hands (Free subscription) | 08/07/2008
Former *WSJ* executive Marcus Brauchli has agreed to take over the *Washington Post*: > The Post's New Executive Editor Once Headed Wall Street Journal: Brauchli's challenge is particularly acute because he has never lived in Washington, a city with a unique culture and customs, and he has not dealt with local news.... Brauchli said The Post must straddle its dual roles...
