Fishbowl D.C. scooped even the Washington Post's own gossip columnists on word that Brad Pitt was reportedly visiting the paper's newsroom this afternoon. Says a Postie: "since word got out, female producers from network news shops are clamoring to stop by and just pay a "visit" to the newsroom to see friends they've never visited before in the newsroom."Patrick Gavin says Pitt was there consulting with Post editor R.B. Brenner in preparation for his upcoming... more ›

While the Post may have corned the market for mainstream media blogs, the Washington Times isn't far behind. Well, actually, they're really far behind. But that doesn't mean that they're not trying. more ›

It was just two weeks ago that City Paper Editor in Chief Erik Wemple announced he'd be moving on up in the world, heading up to New York to take the helm of the famed Village Voice. We guessed it wouldn't be long until he was back in D.C. -- and we were right. more ›

Are the stars aligning? We're slow to trust Tom Davis after he toyed with our heart last week, saying first that a vote for D.C. was a sure thing, then warning us that the road was still quite long and fraught with danger. One thing's for sure, however. Davis is doing his damnedest to build momentum (Tomentum?) for the bipartisan bill, and he's close to convincing us it's a real possibility. Yesterday, with District officials... more ›

Fishbowl D.C. draws our attention today to MediaWeek's annual look at the local media outlets, which came out on Monday. There are plenty of interesting notes in MediaWeek's coverage, but the one that caught our eye (because Fishbowl D.C. pointed it out to us) relates to the circulation of a local sushi mogul's pet paper. more ›