Despite Initial Denials, Wash Times Publisher Gets Canned (And Takes Shots On The Way Out)
By Justin Elliott - April 26, 2010, 8:45AM
After repeatedly denying a Politico report Friday that Washington Times publisher Jonathan Slevin's contract was not renewed after just six months, Times spokesman Don Meyer said Sunday that Slevin is... Read More »
Wash Times Denies Report That Publisher Is Leaving
By Justin Elliott - April 23, 2010, 12:11PM
A spokesman for the Washington Times today shot down a report in Politico that Times President Jonathan Slevin's contract has not been renewed. "I can confirm that it is not... Read More »
Wash Times: We Are Not Up For Sale
By Justin Elliott - March 30, 2010, 2:28PM
In response to a claim on the Drudge Report that the Washington Times is "up for sale," the company said in a statement that it is "not currently negotiating" a... Read More »
The End Of TheConservatives.Com: Wash Times Cancels Site
By Justin Elliott - December 31, 2009, 8:54AM
TheConservatives.com, the Washington Times Web project that was billed as an ambitious "multiplatform" venture to allow "the Joe the Plumbers of the world to speak up to major thinkers, like... Read More »
Top Editors Including Birnbaum Leaving Wash Times
By Justin Elliott - December 30, 2009, 3:21PM
Washington Times Managing Editor for Digital Jeffrey Birnbaum has resigned effective Friday, and several other top editors are being let go as the dismantling of the conservative newspaper continues, according... Read More »
Wash Times Cuts Sunday Paper, Will Publish Five Times Per Week
By Justin Elliott - December 21, 2009, 2:39PM
The Washington Times announced today that its last Sunday edition will be published Dec. 27, and the paper, which does not have a Saturday edition, will shift to a Monday-Friday... Read More »
Washington Times' Cruise For America! Sailed Last Month, With Little Times Presence
By Justin Elliott - December 9, 2009, 12:02PM
No it's not a Stephen Colbert gag. A Washington Times-sponsored cruise, no doubt modeled on the oft-profiled National Review trip, set sail last month just as the paper's leadership shakeup... Read More »
Draft Preliminary Injunction By Miniter Against Wash Times
December 8, 2009, 3:15PM
Below is the draft preliminary injunction submitted by Richard Miniter in his suit against the Washington Times:... Read More »
Ex-Editor Miniter Files Suit Against Wash Times, Rev. Moon, And Church
By Justin Elliott - December 8, 2009, 3:02PM
Former Washington Times opinion editor Richard Miniter has filed suit against the Times in U.S. district court in Washington, more than two weeks after first threatening to sue. The complaint... Read More »
Complaint Against Wash Times Filed By Richard Miniter
December 8, 2009, 2:47PM
Below is the complaint filed by Richard Miniter against the Washington Times, provided by Miniter's attorney, Larry Klayman:... Read More »
Publisher: Wash Times Will Continue To Focus On Overlooked Political News
By Justin Elliott - December 3, 2009, 9:07AM
We're learning more details about the Washington Times layoffs that will fundamentally change the mission and daily makeup of the conservative newspaper. The Washington Post has an interview with Publisher... Read More »
Washington Times Announces 'Significant Staff Reduction'
By Justin Elliott - December 2, 2009, 3:50PM
The beleaguered Washington Times announced "significant" reductions to its staff of 370 today. In response to "marketplace realities", "the company is aggressively working to achieve efficiencies of scale that must... Read More »
Washington Times Publisher Calls All-Staff Meeting
By Justin Elliott - December 2, 2009, 3:15PM
An all-staff meeting has been called at the Washington Times, to be held at 3:30 ET in the newspaper's ballroom today. This e-mail from the paper's vice president for human... Read More »
NYT: Fired Wash Times Execs Were Looking For New Sources Of Financing
By Justin Elliott - December 1, 2009, 5:38PM
The New York Times has an in-depth look today at the state of the Washington Times, and it introduces a new wrinkle in the narrative of how three top executives... Read More »
In CNN Appearance, Miniter Alleges Breach Of Contract By Wash Times
By Justin Elliott - November 30, 2009, 10:59AM
Former Washington Times opinion editor Richard Miniter took his dispute with the newspaper to CNN over the weekend, telling Howard Kurtz that he is owed money and that he'd like... Read More »
Source: Men Take Boxes From John Solomon's Old Office At Wash Times
By Justin Elliott - November 24, 2009, 11:19AM
Over the weekend, Washington Times employees wondered what was going on when a group of men began hauling boxes out of the large executive office that was used by former... Read More »
Affidavit From Ex-Editor Miniter Details Inner Workings Of Wash Times
By Justin Elliott - November 23, 2009, 1:44PM
A wide-ranging affidavit by Washington Times editorial page editor Richard Miniter in the lawsuit he is filing against the Times provides a detailed picture of the inner workings of the... Read More »
Shock: WorldNetDaily Flubs Wash Times Story
By Justin Elliott - November 21, 2009, 8:58AM
A breathless WorldNetDaily report that the Washington Times would lay off "much of its editorial and production staff" Friday -- which was picked up by a D.C. Fox affiliate --... Read More »
Miniter v. Wash Times, Round 2: Federal Lawsuit Coming
By Justin Elliott - November 19, 2009, 5:43PM
Washington Times editorial page editor Richard Miniter, who Tuesday filed a discrimination complaint against the newspaper, will take another step tomorrow by suing the Times in federal district court in... Read More »
Wash Times Publisher Memo: More Changes Coming
By Justin Elliott - November 18, 2009, 6:34PM
A memo from new Washington Times Publisher Jonathan Slevin, obtained by TPM and set to run in the paper tomorrow, says "limited resources and fiscal constraints" will likely prompt more... Read More »
More Details On Top Wash Times Editor's Discrimination Complaints
By Justin Elliott - November 18, 2009, 9:29AM
Washington Times Editorial Page Editor Richard Miniter met with an official of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission for nearly three hours yesterday to file the complaint alleging age, disability, and... Read More »
Wash Times Editor: I Was Forced To Attend A Moon Church Mass Wedding
By Justin Elliott - November 17, 2009, 1:04PM
Washington Times editorial page editor Richard Miniter is filing a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission against the paper today, alleging discrimination based on age, disability, and religion --... Read More »
Internal Moon Church Memo: Fired Wash Times Publisher Was Escorted Out By Security, Cell Phone Seized
By Justin Elliott - November 14, 2009, 9:41PM
When Washington Times Publisher Thomas McDevitt was fired last Sunday, his successor Jonathan Slevin and two security guards escorted him from the Times headquarters to his car and confiscated his... Read More »
Rev. Moon's Daughter Sermonized About Feud Between Brothers On Day Of Wash Times Shakeup
By Justin Elliott - November 13, 2009, 7:13PM
On the same day the Washington Times announced the firings of three top executives -- all Unification Church members -- the daughter of Rev. Sun Myung Moon delivered an allegorical... Read More »
Week-Long Storm At Wash Times Leaves Unanswered Questions In Its Wake
By Justin Elliott - November 13, 2009, 5:37PM
A week that began with the ousting of three executives at the Washington Times and ended with the announcement that top editor John Solomon had resigned leaves three questions whose... Read More »
Washington Times Suspends 401(K) Payments
By Rachel Slajda - November 13, 2009, 2:50PM
The Washington Times has suspended matching contributions to its employees' 401(k) accounts. In a memo sent to employees and obtained by TPM, vice president for human resources Sonya Jenkins announced... Read More »
Lanny Davis Resigns Wash Times Column After Solomon Exits
By Justin Elliott - November 12, 2009, 10:38PM
Attorney and Democratic commentator Lanny Davis told Washington Times editors in an e-mail this evening that he would not be continuing his weekly "Purple Nation" opinion column, a decision prompted... Read More »
Mysterious 'Important Decisions' Cited In Rev. Moon Sermon Weeks Before Wash Times Shakeup
By Justin Elliott - November 12, 2009, 6:42PM
Less than two months before the firings of three Washington Times executives and the departure of its top editor, a sermon by Unification Church leader Rev. Sun Myung Moon referred... Read More »
Wash Times Announces Resignation Of Executive Editor John Solomon
By Ben Frumin - November 12, 2009, 5:45PM
It's official: The Washington Times has announced the resignation of Executive Editor John Solomon -- effective six days ago. Here's the one-line statement that Don Meyer, a spokesman for the... Read More »
Newsroom Source: Wash Times Didn't Pay Bill For Bloomberg Terminal
By Ben Frumin - November 12, 2009, 2:58PM
Another d'oh to add to the pile at the Washington Times: A newsroom source tells TPM that the Bloomberg terminal screen in the newsroom says something along the lines of... Read More »
