Ken Auletta interviewed the editors of the Conde Nast magazines Vogue, Vanity Fair and The New Yorker at a breakfast sponsored by the Newhouse School and The New Yorker. Here he is with Anna Wintour, Graydon Carter, and David Remnick
Read MoreTo probe the performance of the press in the presidential campaign, Ken Auletta interviewed two former presidential candidates, Bob Kerrey and Gary Hart, at a breakfast sponsored by the Newhouse School and The New Yorker.
Read MoreA 2008 New Yorker Festival panel with Ta-Nehisi Coates, Bill Keller, Peggy Noonan, Jack Shafer, and Ken Auletta.
Read MoreKen Auletta interviewed Eric Schmidt, the chairman and C.E.O. of Google, in San Francisco, at a breakfast sponsored by the Newhouse School and The New Yorker.
Read MoreKen interviewed Marissa Mayer, Director of Consumer Web Products for Google, and Nathan Myhrvold, Microsoft's former chief strategist. Topics discussed included Google, YouTube, and the future of copyright law, movie theatres, and newspapers.
Read MoreKen talked to NBA commissioner David Stern, Sports Illustrated managing editor Terry McDonnell, and ESPN president George Bodenheimer.
Read MoreKen interviewed Time Warner CEO Dick Parsons at a breakfast sponsored by the Newhouse School of Communications at Syracuse University and The New Yorker.
Read MoreKen interviewed a panel of bloggers at a breakfast sponsored by the Newhouse School and The New Yorker. Panelists included Jason Calacanis, co-founder of Weblogs, Inc.; Ana Marie Cox, editor of Wonkette.com; and Kenneth Lerer, co-founder of HuffingtonPost.com
Read More"Who Does a Journalist Work For?" On September 8, 2005, Ken delivered the annual Red Smith Journalism Lecture at Notre Dame University in South Bend, Indiana.
Read MoreThe writer-director David Chase, creator of HBO's The Sopranos, spoke to Ken at a breakfast sponsored by the Newhouse School of Communications at Syracuse University and The New Yorker.
Read MoreRoger Ailes, President and CEO of Fox News, spoke with New Yorker writer Ken Auletta at a breakfast hosted by the Newhouse School of Public Communications, in conjunction with The New Yorker. Here is that conversation.
Read MoreMedia writer Ken Auletta delivered the Naughton Lecture at Poynter’s 2004 Leadership Academy, saying that humility is essential to journalism, that truth is too often a casualty of competition, and that shame is an underutilized weapon.
Read MoreStewart, comedian and host of Comedy Central's The Daily Show spoke with New Yorker writer Ken Auletta about the upcoming elections, the state of television journalism, and America (The Book). The talk was hosted by the Newhouse School of Public Communications, in conjunction with The New Yorker.
Read MoreKen moderated a panel discussion with Tom Brokaw, Peter Jennings, and Dan Rather in the Celeste Bartos Forum of The New York Public Library. The conversation was part of the sixth annual New Yorker Festival.
Read MoreOn Tuesday, June 1, 2004, Mel Karmazin resigned as Viacom's President and Chief Operating Officer. On April 27, he spoke with Ken at a breakfast hosted by The Newhouse School of Public Communications, in conjunction with The New Yorker.
Read MoreFor the Los Angeles Times, Ken’s review of the books The Creation of the Media: Political Origins of American Communications, by Paul Starr, and All the News That's Fit to Sell: How the Market Transforms Information Into News by James T. Hamilton
Read MoreIn Depth, on CSPAN2, aired a three-hour interview with Ken, in which he talked about his life and his writings. He also responded to telephone calls, faxes and electronic mail from viewers. He is best known for his books and articles about journalism and the information age.
Read MoreKen Auletta has been called "America’s premier media critic." Since 1992 he’s written the "Annals of Communications" column for The New Yorker. His latest book, "Backstory" is a collection of his columns, in which Auletta examines the conflicting pull journalists and media owners face between providing a public service and corporate profits.
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