Chatter of a 'British Invasion' has once more left our media scene bracing itself for impact. But it's not happening at the record shop this time around – instead, it's in the newsroom.
Not since John, Paul, George and Ringo came to our shores has there been so much chatter about a British invasion. The media, like Paul Revere, love to warn that the British are coming, secure in the knowledge that our defiant colonies are here to stay. But they’re not loving this latest wave quite so much, since our struggling industry – and in many cases our jobs – are at stake.
No one’s dumping bags of tea in the harbor just yet, but they are polluting the journalistic waters with complaints about the new bosses – those cheeky Brits, they bloody well don’t get how we do things here. The counter-view, as the British media executive who now runs the Washington Post told his agitated staff: 'People aren’t reading your stuff!' On one level, it’s all pretty simple. This executive, Will the Post’s CEO, has made a hash of things at his new company.
After the election, the Washington Post’s new editor will be, yes, another Brit. Robert Winnett, who is now deputy editor of the Telegraph Media Group, and ran London’s right-leaning Telegraph, will take the reins. He, of course, has worked with Lewis before. The New York Times offers theories on 'the enduring appeal of British editors to American proprietors.' There’s the erudite accent. The tradition of scrappy journalism . They tend to be paid less than their cousins in the States.
Emma Tucker, who once ran London’s Sunday Times, became editor of the Wall Street Journal last year. This was after former BBC chairman Mark Thompson, who ran the New York Times Co. for several years, became chairman of CNN, where staffers are still waiting to see his grand plan. National Review, based on nearly a dozen interviews, says Tucker has decimated the Washington bureau without recognizing the impact on the election or on the paper’s signature business coverage. The new D.C.
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