Re: What about ...
Subject: Re: What about ...
From: Barrett Brown <barriticus@gmail.com>
Date: 10/18/09, 17:13
To: Karen Lancaster <lancaster.karen@gmail.com>

Why do you think he turned it down? Be critical if you have to.

On Sun, Oct 18, 2009 at 5:11 PM, Karen Lancaster <lancaster.karen@gmail.com> wrote:
I don't think Hogan turned this one down just because it was too long -- I also don't think those are big enough names for VF.

On Sun, Oct 18, 2009 at 4:00 PM, Barrett Brown <barriticus@gmail.com> wrote:I

Well I did shorten it and send it to him, he just turned it down again, and then it went on to blow up at Huffington Post.


On Sun, Oct 18, 2009 at 4:59 PM, Karen Lancaster <lancaster.karen@gmail.com> wrote:
Yes, remember the last thing Hogan declined he had asked you first to shorten, make more web-readable and you just couldn't do it for some reason.


On Sun, Oct 18, 2009 at 3:57 PM, Barrett Brown <barriticus@gmail.com> wrote:
Do you think I just need to rewrite some of the wordier portions and shorten it as well?


On Sun, Oct 18, 2009 at 4:22 PM, Karen Lancaster <lancaster.karen@gmail.com> wrote:
For your LBJ book deal:
 
#2 guy at Texas Tribune
Managing Editor Ross Ramsey
rramsey@texastribune.org
 
If you don't hear from him, then Texas Monthly:
Eileen D. Smith, Website Editor
 
For your other stuff, did you pitch to those new names I sent you?
 

The DailyBeast

 

**New name:

Bryan Curtis

Bryan.curtis@thedailybeast.com

 

The Atlantic

 

**New name, online editor:

Jennie Rothenberg Gritz

jgritz@theatlantic.com

 

Harper’s

 

**New Name:

Jennifer Szalai

szalai@harpers.org

 

**New Name:

Bill Wasik

wasik@harpers.org