Bill Keller Hasn't The Time For Your Loquacious Prose
The Politicker got its ink-stained hands on a hot memo from Times maharaja Bill Keller, announcing a brave new effort to keep the Gray Lady's tits from sagging:
New York Times executive editor Bill Keller announced that any story over 1,800 words must be approved by one of a trio of high-ranking editors before it's allowed into the paper.
Mr. Keller described the move in an internal memo as part of a campaign against endemic "bloat" or "flab"—stories that "sometimes feel slack or padded." Though he conceded in the note that budget concerns played some role, he wrote that "this is not primarily about saving space."
Ironically, it took Mr. Keller 1,100 words to to make this point.
