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February 27, 2010 Media / The Solomon Scandals / Washington area life

The Washington Post, Sally Quinn and the Mink Stole Ladies: How much VIP-watching is too much?

How closely should the world follow VIP journalists and politicians and—for that matter—celebrities in general? “Newspapers spend too much time

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February 20, 2010 Media / The Solomon Scandals / Washington area life

Rexwood Garst and the darker side of ‘meritocracy’ in journalism, politics and other fields

In The Solomon Scandals, I have a little fun with a hyperspecialized Yalie named Rexwood Garst, a reporter at a

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January 24, 2010 Media / Washington area life

Truth or PR spin? W. Post’s Dana Milbank fires back at TNR’s ‘Apocalypse’ analysis of L Street

Firing back at the New Republic’s Gabriel Sherman, Dana Milbank at the Washington Post is spot on when he says

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January 20, 2010 Media / Washington area life

Three ways to save the Washington Post: A few ‘Post Apocalypse’ musings from Alexandria

My old friend used to handle some PR matters for a union in Northern Virginia, and people still pick his

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January 15, 2010 Media / The Solomon Scandals / Washington area life

Bible of newspaper biz reincarnated under new owner, Duncan McIntosh

Good news: Editor & Publisher, the bible of the newspaper business, is back from the dead and will be published

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January 10, 2010 Media / The Solomon Scandals / Washington area life

TheGeorgetownDish starts up: Hyperlocal newspaper war ahead? Or a friendly buyout?

A new online newspaper, the TheGeorgetown Dish, is starting up right in the neighborhood of Ben Bradlee, Sally Quinn and

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January 4, 2010 GSA / Sen. Ribicoff / Skyline Plaza / The Solomon Scandals / Washington area life

A tale of two obituaries—plus wisdom from J.Y. Smith, first official editor of the W. Post obit desk

You regulars already know my complaint. For whatever the reason, Washington philanthropist Robert H. Smith enjoyed a free ride from

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January 3, 2010 Building collapses / Charles Smith / Politicians / Sen. Ribicoff / Skyline Plaza / The Solomon Scandals / Washington area life

Robert H. Smith death editorial—and the need for the Washington Post to tell the whole story

Robert H. Smith, philanthropist and Crystal City developer, gets another paean today from the Washington Post—this time an editorial, which

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December 31, 2009 Charles Smith / The Solomon Scandals

Robert Smith’s death as the W. Post covered it: Nothing on Skyline or secret Ribicoff investment

How did the sprawling Crystal City complex, near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, get its name? In the 1960s, developer

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