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Washington's New Brat Masters Media

Washington's New Brat Masters Media

One winter evening, Brian Beutler, 28, a reporter for the online publication Talking Points Memo, sat with his friend and roommate Dave Weigel, 29, a political reporter for Slate and a contributor to MSNBC, at a coffee shop on U Street. Recovering from a cold as snow fell outside, Mr. Beutler spoke about his younger — well, relatively younger — days in the city.

‘So Jayson Blair Could Live, The Journalist Had to Die’

‘So Jayson Blair Could Live, The Journalist Had to Die’

“That was my favorite,” Jayson Blair said. It was the morning of Monday, May 19, and the disgraced former New York Times reporter was curled in a butterfly chair in his sparsely furnished Brooklyn apartment. He was eating a bagel and talking about one of his many fabricated stories—his March 27 account, datelined Palestine, W.Va., of Pvt. Jessica Lynch’s family’s reaction to their daughter’s liberation in Iraq.
 

Game Changer

Game Changer

Hal McCoy expected to cover the Cincinnati Reds for the Dayton Daily News until he was called off to the Big Press Box in the Sky. But a lousy economy and a flagging newspaper industry benched him before his final inning. What can you say about a highly esteemed, exceptionally insightful, legally blind sportswriter? They don’t make ’em like that any more.

 

What Amy Would Do?

What Amy Would Do?

Should you tell your spouse about that fleeting infidelity fifteen years ago? Throw a baby shower for your pregnant-out-of-wedlock daughter? Amy Dickinson, the author of the syndicated advice column "Ask Amy," is the Chicago Tribune's successor to the great Ann Landers. And she can help—as our correspondent discovered 

 

Captain Disney?

Captain Disney?

There’s little that can rattle those of us who’ve extended our childhood into our adult lives through reading comics. We’ve seen the death and resurrection of Superman and Green Lantern and soon Captain America and Batman. A mysterious group known as “The Illuminati,” led by Iron Man, Dr. Strange and Mr. Fantastic, jettisoned the Hulk into outer space

As the $139 million Spider-Man debuts in movie theaters, Joe Quesada, the trash-talking editor in chief of Marvel Comics, spins

As the $139 million Spider-Man debuts in movie theaters, Joe Quesada, the trash-talking editor in chief of Marvel Comics, spins

After we’re through,” Joe Quesada said, “you’re going to be Spider- sick ! We’re going to have people puking Spider-Man. ”
 

GQ, Esquire Spar, But Zinczenko Says He’s a Rock Star

GQ, Esquire Spar, But Zinczenko Says He’s a Rock Star

“Magazine editors are the new rock stars,” said David Zinczenko, the dreamy, hazel-eyed editor in chief of Men’s Health as he sat in a taxicab early on the morning of Wednesday, Aug. 27. “It’s about time people start recognizing us as the smart, funny guys that we are. And we smell better, too.”