Media Consolidation

[nbcrusader]

Not what you think....

Swapping Scoops

NEW YORK When The New York Times on July 16 broke the story of a 2003 State Department memo that had become a key element in the Valerie Plame leak investigation, the paper scored a major exclusive. But when The Washington Post hit newsstands that very same Saturday, it had its own version of the same story. It even credited the Times for the same-day scoop.

Welcome to life under the Washington Post-New York Times swap. As part of a secret arrangement formed more than 10 years ago, the Post and Times send each other copies of their next day's front pages every night. The formal sharing began as a courtesy between Post Executive Editor Leonard Downie Jr. and former Times Executive Editor Joseph Lelyveld in the early 1990s and has continued ever since.

Consistency in message?

 

[U2Bama]

Not what you think....

Post Executive Editor Leonard Downie Jr.



Consistency in message?

Or more important: does everyone with the last name Downie/Downey have the "Jr." suffix? Robert, Morton, and now Leonard. Are any of them NASCAR drivers?

~U2Alabama