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Ex-Yahoo Newsman Fired Over Romney Open Mic Comments Lands At Politico

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Friday October 12, 2012 @ 1:45pm PDTTags: David Chalian, Politico, Yahoo News

David Chalian has been named VP of video programming at Politico, the site reported today. Chalian was fired as Yahoo News Washington Bureau Chief during the Republican National Convention after he was caught on open mic over a break during an ABC News/Yahoo News webcast saying Mitt Romney and his wife Anne were “not concerned at all” about African Americans suffering because of Hurricane Isaac and were “happy to have a party with black people drowning”. He was referring to the fact that the convention was taking place as Isaac made landfall on the north Gulf coast. Politico Editor In Chief John Harris told Dylan Byers “David screwed up, admitted he screwed up and paid the price of losing his job for screwing up”. He added that Chalian has “made clear that remark did not reflect his personal views or professional standards”.

Related: Yahoo Fires Newsman For “Inappropriate” Romney Comment Caught On Open Mic

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Daniel Day-Lewis, George Clooney, Spielberg Among Hollywood Heavyweights For White House Correspondents’ Dinner

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Wednesday April 25, 2012 @ 2:54pm PDTTags: Barack Obama, Daniel Day-Lewis, Elizabeth Banks, George Clooney, Politico, Sofia Vergara, White House Correspondents' Dinner

Abraham Lincoln is coming to this weekend’s White House Correspondent’s dinner. Actually the Great Emancipator isn’t coming but Daniel Day-Lewis, who plays the 16th President in the upcoming Steven Spielberg Lincoln film, is. The often reclusive Oscar winner, … Read More »

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Hollywood Power Players On Guest List For White House Correspondents’ Dinner

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Wednesday April 25, 2012 @ 9:51am PDTTags: Barack Obama, Jimmy Kimmel, Lindsay Lohan, Politico, White House Correspondents' Dinner

Ari Emanuel and Charlize Theron will be among the Hollywood A-listers joining Barack Obama and the political elite at this year’s White House Correspondent’s dinner Saturday night. Politico announced today that the WME CEO and Oscar-winning actress are coming to the WHCA as their guests. Also invited are Desperate Housewives’ Eva Longoria, a longtime Obama supporter; Hollywood stylist and Bravo star Rachel Zoe; Apprentice judge Ivanka Trump; and MPAA chairman Chris Dodd. Former Michigan governor and Current TV host Jennifer Granholm and FCC chairman Julius Genachowski also are invited. Of course, they all might be overshadowed by Lindsay Lohan, who is expected to be a guest of Fox News’ Greta Van Susteran. Read More »

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Random House, Politico Form E-Book Publishing Ticket For 2012 Elections

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Monday June 27, 2011 @ 6:40am PDTTags: E-Books, Politico, Random House
Mike Fleming

(June 27, 2011)— The Random House Publishing Group, a division of Random House Inc., the largest English-language trade book publisher, announced today a new joint venture with POLITICO, the leading source for political news, to publish a series of four instant digital books on the 2012 Presidential Election. The books, which will be available exclusively in electronic form, to be published starting this fall, will give readers an unprecedented look behind the scenes of the election in real time, providing detail, color, in-depth analysis beyond the hourly headlines and commentary, and ultimately a look at the final results, and how and why it all happened.

The as-yet-untitled series will be reported and written by Mike Allen, POLITICO’s chief White House Correspondent and author of the renowned daily tip-sheet, Playbook, and Evan Thomas, award-winning writer and author. Each book will include exclusive reporting from the campaign trail and will chronicle the campaign as it unfolds.

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Reports: Newsweek Sale To Sidney Harman

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Monday August 2, 2010 @ 12:21pm PDTTags: Newsweek, Newsweek Finance, NY Times, Politico
Mike Fleming

The New York Times and Politico report that the Washington Post Co will sell Newsweek to Dr. Sidney Harman, a 91-year old stereo equipment  magnate, philanthropist, and husband of U.S. Rep Jane Harman (D-Calif.). The NYT reports that Harman began selling FM radios in the 1950s. Now, he’ll have to prove that a print newsweekly isn’t the equivalent of the phonograph. He’ll do it without longtime editor Jon Meacham, who’s going to leave. Harman is paying $1, and absorbing Newsweek‘s “considerable financial liabilities”. Newsweek, which has been redesigned as it switched from hard news to trends and analysis, lost nearly $30 million last year alone, Read More »

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