WaPo's Farhi Says Kurtz's Seat 'Still Warm'

While WaPo‘s newsroom is buzzing with talk of WaPo‘s pop culture writer Paul Farhi stepping in for Howard Kurtz, no agreement has been struck between WaPo management and Farhi.

FishbowlDC spoke with Farhi this afternoon, who said that the process of replacing Kurtz will likely take “weeks and weeks.” When pressed, Farhi said management speaking to him about such a role would not come as a surprise. “It would not be unheard of,” he said. “I have been covering the media for a long time.

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