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tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com - 7/6/2009
Not Just WaPo: Atlantic's Corporate-Sponsored "Salons" Tout "Private Conversations" With Top Journos, Lawmakers
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Last week, Politico reported that the Washington Post had planned to put on an exclusive off-the-record "salon" at the home of its publisher, where corporate lobbyists would pay as much as $250,000 to gain access to Post reporters and editors, as well as Obama administration officials and ...
huffingtonpost.com - 7/14/2009
Art Brodsky: How Much More Pathetic Can the Washington Post Get? Sarah Palin
— huffingtonpost.com — Just when you think a Washington institution has hit rock bottom, the bottom drops out. No, we're... not talking about the woeful Washington Nationals. I wish we were. No, this is about the Washington Post , and it's this morning's sad tale. Sarah ... (more) Art Brodsky: How Much More Pathetic Can the Washington ...

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talkingpointsmemo.com - 7/2/2009
Don't Look Good
— talkingpointsmemo.com — We're just digging into this story the Politico broke this morning about the Post offering lobbyists access... for cash payments. But I'd say the Post has a real problem on its hands. Here's the lede ... For $25,000 to $250,000, The Washington ... (more) Don't Look Good

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article.nationalreview.com - 7/8/2009
Goldberg: Posts Salon Mess Brazen, Not Shocking
— article.nationalreview.com — What the Post proposed is hardly radical. Lots of major publications and by lots, I mean pretty... much all of them offer an array of meet-and-greet opportunities. (more) Goldberg: Posts Salon Mess Brazen, Not Shocking

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Monday's Mini-Report
Political Animal — ... . (And in related news, the problem within the industry may extend beyond the Post .) * House Minority Leader John Boehner (R) told Fox News yesterday that stimulus package hasn't produced any contracts in his home state of Ohio. As is too often the case, Boehner has ...

Remainders: MoDo 101
Michael Calderone's Blog — Maureen Dowd and Plagiarism View more documents from Dan Kennedy.     TPM: Atlantic holds corporate-sponsored "salons." (Related: other outlets) Weymouth discussed new revenue streams last week in Aspen. Dan Kennedy teaching "Is MoDo a plagiarist?" presentation. (Flashback: NYT defends) Schieffer takes in Russian student. Macy's cuts newspaper ads in half; down to $600 million. Globe bids due ...

The DC $alon Circuit
Talking Points Memo — ... to our report on the corporate-sponsored, off-the-record salons his company has been hosting for years -- but which had escaped scrutiny until the Washington Post got busted for preparing to launch a very similar series of events: ...

Pay for Play
Open Left - Front Page — ... for the group's endorsement in a bitter legislative dispute, then flipped and sided with UPS after FedEx refused to pay. For the $2 million plus, ACU offered a range of services that included: "Producing op-eds and articles written by ACU's Chairman David Keene and/or other members of the ACU's board of directors. (Note that Mr. Keene writes a weekly column that appears in The Hill.)" This follows the story the other day about the Washington Post and then reports of other media outlets selling "access" to lobbyists. I have followed this stuff for some ...

Pay for Play
Seeing the Forest — ... in return for the group’s endorsement in a bitter legislative dispute, then flipped and sided with UPS after FedEx refused to pay. For the $2 million plus, ACU offered a range of services that included: “Producing op-eds and articles written by ACU’s Chairman David Keene and/or other members of the ACU’s board of directors. (Note that Mr. Keene writes a weekly column that appears in The Hill.)” This follows the story the other day about the Washington Post and then reports of other media outlets selling “access” to lobbyists. I have followed this stuff for some time, and I ...

Dave Johnson: Pay for Play
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... group's endorsement in a bitter legislative dispute, then flipped and sided with UPS after FedEx refused to pay. For the $2 million plus, ACU offered a range of services that included: "Producing op-eds and articles written by ACU's Chairman David Keene and/or other members of the ACU's board of directors. (Note that Mr. Keene writes a weekly column that appears in The Hill.)" This follows the story the other day about the Washington Post and then reports of other media outlets selling "access" to lobbyists. I have followed this stuff for some ...

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online.wsj.com 7/8/2009 — Some time last week the Washington Post issued a flier advertising a "salon" on the health-care issue. Over dinner at the home of the paper's publisher, Katharine Weymouth, participants were promised "a collegial evening, with Obama administration ...
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tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com 7/7/2009 — Atlantic Media publisher David Bradley is defending the corporate-sponsored, off-the-record "salon" dinners that his company has been organizing since 2003, in response to TPMmuckraker's report yesterday on the dinners. In a 1500-word "letter" ...
Obama Gets New Two-Way Teleprompter
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