W. Post nixes plan to sell access to journalists and newsmakers
Details appear in the Post and the rival Washington Times.
As had been suspected, the business side of the paper apparently didn’t run the idea past the appropriate people on the news side.
Still, what do you think about this little tidbit from the Post—about Publisher Katharine Weymouth?
Weymouth knew of the plans to host small dinners at her home and to charge lobbying and trade organizations for participation. But, one of the executives said, she believed that there would be multiple sponsors, to minimize any appearance of charging for access, and that the newsroom would be in charge of the scope and content of any dinners in which Post reporters and editors participated.
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