That's the way it was Nov 19, 2009
Past recipients have included Tom Brokaw, Katharine Graham, and Ted Turner. (AP). (Boston Globe)
The "Flat Is the New Up" Gabfest Aug 8, 2009
Weymouth's grandmother, longtime Post publisher Katharine Graham, was a hostess who held many salons, but without the pay-for-play connotation. Some have suggested the paper's most notable might be getting caught playing the game in public. (Slate)
Media elite vs. blogger peasants Jul 10, 2009
com learn of this exclusive soiree than the newsroom erupted, editor Marcus Brauchli thundered that, "You cannot buy access to a Washington Post journalist." Publisher Weymouth, who inherited the job from her late grandmother Katharine Graham, blamed the whole thing on an overly enthusiastic marketing executive, doubtless a fellow of low and peasant birth. 2009 by Gene Lyons. (Salon)
Monetizing the Washington Dinner Party Jul 3, 2009
Katharine Graham hosted hundreds of such off-the-record affairs at her Georgetown residence during her years as Post publisher and company chairman. Washington's power elite depended on its salons to trade gossip and influence and send social signals. (Slate)
File: Gates, Buffett, Jobs best US CEOs; Citi's Pandit among 20 worst Jun 21, 2009
Other names include iron and steel baron Andrew Carnegie (9th), New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg (11th), Walt Disney (14th) and Washington Post's Katharine Graham (17th) and famous Oprah Winfrey Show's Oprah Winfrey at the 20th place. Donning the role of a commander ill-equipped to save the Titanic of banking world, Citigroup's India-born chief Vikram Pandit has found a place among the 20 worst ever CEOs in the American history, but the top honours has gone to bankrupt Lehman Brothers' Dick... (India Times, India)
Bush to write memoir about 'decisions' Mar 22, 2009
Like Clinton, he is a fan of "Personal History," the Pulitzer Prize-winning memoir by Washington Post publisher Katharine Graham. Presidential memoirs rarely have satisfied critics or the general public, with exceptions including Clinton's "My Life," a million seller despite mixed reviews, and Grant's memoirs, which didn't even cover his time in office. (Athens Banner-Herald)
Obama's Punishing Tax Plan Echoes Wright's Rants Mar 3, 2009
When printers at the Post insisted on setting type that would never be used and the pressmen set fire to a press and went on strike, I helped Katharine Graham and other nonunion employees bundle newspapers. Later, as a self-employed author, I experienced the exhilaration of deciding for myself what ideas to pursue in order to have the most impact and sell the most books. (Newsmax)
More on Moyers Feb 24, 2009
In 2007, Jack Shafer about Richard Nixon and J. Edgar Hoover bad-mouthing Katharine Graham. David Plotz Bill Moyers in 1998, writing that his "shows are more 700 Club than Crossfire.". (Slate)
