Post, NYT Share Secrets Nightly
In a great scoop, we learn today from E&P’s Joe Strupp that the New York Times and Washington Post secretly exchange front pages each night–giving a potential heads up as to scoops, but also simplifying the task of randomly tracking each other’s paper down on a nightly basis.
“When the swap first began in the mid-’90s, each paper would fax copies of its Page One layout, Downie says, adding that he does not remember which paper proposed the idea first.
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