National Journal to suspend…

David Bradley,  chairman of Atlantic Media,  has told staff that the weekly magazine would move “the whole of its journalism to the higher-velocity work of our daily publications,  National Journal Daily and Hotline,  and to our hour-by-hour coverage on NationalJournal.com.”

I find it unusual that he  blamed himself  for NJ’s failure,  since most CEO’s avoid responsibility for failure,  but I agree that today’s high-paced news cycle greatly diminishes the value of a weekly publication.

Compensation compared…

National Journal has prepared  an excellent graphic  comparing the compensation of  558 chief executives of trade associations,  labor unions,  interest groups,  think tanks,  and other nonprofits with a significant presence in Washington.   This will help you understand why it is so hard for common sense to prevail there.