The WaPo Search Begins, Or, Brian Stelter to Rule the World

Another day, another media match-making game. Now that Rupe has settled on who his new managing editor will be at the WSJ all eyes are turning to the Washington Post.

In the aftermath of last week’s WaPo buyout bonanza the NYTs is reporting that publisher Katharine Weymouth is on the hunt for a new executive editor to replace Len Downie. Who will it be? Jack Shafer has some ideas. Unlike the list the Times suggested, which included Jon Meacham, Marcus Brauchli, and David Remnick among others, Shafer thinks WaPo should put together a “less Post-centric list.”

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