Marcus W. Brauchli has officially been named executive editor of The Washington Post and will begin his responsibilities on September 8. Publisher Katharine Weymouth hopes that Brauchli’s experience as top editor of The Wall Street Journal will help The Post “navigate the new world of media.” NY Times (July 8, 2008)
Washington Post managing editor Phil Bennett and former Wall Street Journal managing editor Marcus Brauchli are the two leading candidates to take Leonard Downie’s place as executive editor of the Washington Post. Publisher Katharine Weymouth is expected to make a final decision in the very near future. Radar (June 24, 2008)
A report published yesterday afternoon on the WSJ website revealed that the special committee established to oversee the WSJ’s editorial integrity was upset by the handling of managing editor Marcus Brauchli’s departure. The committee felt that its members should have been notified earlier about the pressure Brauchli felt to resign. Committee members expressed the view [...]
Marcus Brauchli, managing editor of the Wall Street Journal, plans to leave after only 11 months on the job. His departure comes a mere 4 months after Murdoch’s take-over of the Journal. Some speculate that Brauchli tried to find a “middle path” between the paper’s old guard and Murdoch’s new vision, but had trouble doing so. [...]