Wednesday, October 06, 2010

Howard Kurtz leaves the Washington Post

I was shocked by this one. Howard Kurtz is not only leaving the Washington Post; he's leaving to take a similar job at the Daily Beast.

The media world is changing so rapidly it's almost impossible to keep up. Look at the mass exodus of talent from Newsweek in the past six months, and where they've ended up. These writers all seem to think that old media is either no longer the king, or soon won't be. I suppose that's understandable when you're leaving an essentially bankrupt magazine.

But when writers for the Washington Post and the New York Times also abandon ship, that gets my attention. Does it get the attention of those venerable institutions?