Word: murdochized
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...Post, by contrast, there were no defections, and many, feeling the paper has nowhere to go but up, welcomed Murdoch's fresh energy and above all his capital. So far, Murdoch has been doing a lot of the editing, but this week he will shift much of it to his new editor, Edwin (Ted) Bolwell, 44, a native Australian who first broke into journalism on the Melbourne Herald under Rupert's father, Sir Keith Murdoch...
Bolwell, now a TIME senior editor and formerly an editor with the New York Times and managing editor of the Toronto Star, says he and Murdoch both want "to turn the Post into a dynamic paper and get the town buzzing, to liven up the New York scene." Bolwell plans to emphasize hard news and breaking stories, to cover the arts, business and sports more fully, and aim the Post at "the entire middle class." Despite Murdoch's reputation for turning some of his papers into scandal sheets, Bolwell insists there is no such plan for the Post. Says...
First Union. The climate at the Village Voice last week appeared somewhere between troubled New York and the optimistic Post. Despite his announcement that all of Felker's managing editors would be left in control of their periodicals, Murdoch tried to hire a new editor to oversee Voice Managing Editor Marianne Partridge. His choice: Michael Kramer, a New York alumnus and editor and publisher of the journalism review More. Partridge vehemently resisted, and so did the staff, and Kramer backed off. For the future, the highly individualistic staffers took a more concrete step: 120 out of 150 joined...
...characterized his staffs mood as "stunned equanimity." The staff of New West, New York's younger twin, had struck briefly the previous week in support of the New Yorkers, but they have decided to stay-in part because they want their magazine to survive and in part because Murdoch's presence is much less immediate. "It's expected that Murdoch will be something of an absentee landlord," says one writer...
...main loser in the Murdoch drama, Editor Felker spent last week exploring possible new journalistic ventures and several offers of large-scale financial backing. He also declined what he called a "very alluring" job offer. In addition to $1.5 million for his shares in the New York Magazine Co. and a continuation of his old annual salary of $120,000 for three years, Felker won the right to start a new magazine, and he has already taken office space in the slightly rundown town house where New York began its independent existence nearly a decade ago. As a keepsake...