Howard Kurtz leaving Wash Post for the Daily Beast

[Dyno]

I guess it was announced yesterday. Here's his blog post on the news:

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/howard-kurtz/2010/10/a_personal_note.html?hpid=news-col-blog

I was always a fan of his until he shrugged off the Maureen Dowd's plagiarism.

 

[YankeeFan]

When I first heard the news, I just assumed he'd be writing a column similar to the one he currently writes for the Post.

But he's going to be their DC bureau chief. I'm not sure how he bureau chief for one entity & a media critic for another.

It was odd enough that he was a media critic for two major media entities, but I think we was good at avoiding the appearances of conflict.

I don't see how he can do that if he's now going to be overseeing coverage for one news organization.

And, if that's the case, I don't see how CNN can keep him in his current role.

 

[Louisiana Rain]

Ah, another tear-jerker of a goodbye column from a longtime newspaperman going to a Web outfit. Or is he jerking something else? Am I the only one getting sick of reading these columns about how their heart is breaking to leave the newspaper, how much they love newspapers and how much they value the work newspapers do? If this guy truly felt that way, he'd stay at the damn newspaper! Hell, he's been at the post for 29 years, so he's gotta be in his 50s at least, which means he's getting somewhat close to retirement, and I'd guess he made enough at the post that he could stay there a few more years and then retire comfortably.

That is, if he truly felt the way he and others claim they feel in their "goodbye to newspapers" columns before taking high-money jobs (or in most cases, higher-money jobs) with Web companies.

But hey, after a lifetime devoted to newspapers, we're supposed to believe he just yearns to contribute to the thing that has caused the death of newspapers.

 

[Michael_ Gee]

How many times have we blasted athletes for not saying "it's the money" when they changed teams for the money. It's the same thing here. Just admit you got a way better deal and move on.

 

[Crash]

Eh, Kurtz isn't worth reading anyway. Kind of hard to take a guy seriously when he's writing about politics and media and has potential conflicts in both.

 

[Bruce_Shoebottom]

Am I the only one getting sick of reading these columns about how their heart is breaking to leave the newspaper, how much they love newspapers and how much they value the work newspapers do?

The "I'm going down with the ship because I'm more hardcore in my newspaper dedication" types are far more annoying.

 

[Birdscribe]

Eh, Kurtz isn't worth reading anyway. Kind of hard to take a guy seriously when he's writing about politics and media and has potential conflicts in both.

Not to mention a bully and a douche.

Like MG said, spare me the garment rending. Tiresome and insulting at the same time.

 

[YankeeFan]

Eh, Kurtz isn't worth reading anyway. Kind of hard to take a guy seriously when he's writing about politics and media and has potential conflicts in both.

Not to mention a bully and a douche.

Like MG said, spare me the garment rending. Tiresome and insulting at the same time.

Maybe it's because he's the tallest midget, but I've always enjoyed Kurtz's reporting.

I will grant you that the sad goodbye's are tiresome.

 

[Louisiana Rain]

Am I the only one getting sick of reading these columns about how their heart is breaking to leave the newspaper, how much they love newspapers and how much they value the work newspapers do?

The "I'm going down with the ship because I'm more hardcore in my newspaper dedication" types are far more annoying.

Who said or wrote that?

 

[YankeeFan]

Sorry, but it's just stupid to compare his move to Dylan going electric at Newport:

If you were going to pick an epicenter for mainstream media, The Washington Post’s Howard Kurtz would not be a bad place to land. With his running scorecard on Beltway journalists, his interviews of other scorekeepers on his “Reliable Sources” show on CNN, and his ceaseless fascination with network news, Mr. Kurtz embodied the folkways of the traditional press.

Until last week, when he announced he was leaving his privileged perch to become the Washington bureau chief for The Daily Beast, a two-year-old toddler of the new digital press conceived by Tina Brown and owned by IAC, run by Barry Diller. Mr. Kurtz’s lane change evinced gasps reminiscent of when Dylan went electric at the Newport Folk Festival in 1965.


http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/11/business/media/11carr.html?src=tptw