Finke: Weinraub leaving NYT

Bernard Weinraub has told his editors and the L.A. bureau of the New York Times that he'll retire from the paper at the end of the year, Nikki Finke reports on the LA Weekly website. He began at the paper as a copy boy and worked in overseas bureaus and as the White House correspondent before moving to L.A. in 1991 to cover Hollywood. In recent years he's been criticized for being too close to the show business types he covers, in part because he is married to studio exec Amy Pascal (his beat changed after they married in 1997). But Times' editor Bill Keller told Finke: "Bernie is now enshrined in our short-term memories as the guy who pretty much invented serious newspaper coverage of Hollywood." Weinraub plans to keep writing but declined to give details.

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How old is Bernard Weinraub?

Posted by: Not Luke Ford at July 26, 2004 03:35 PM

Yeah.

Posted by: Luke Ford at July 26, 2004 03:58 PM

somewhere between 64 and 67

Posted by: notbernieweinraub at July 26, 2004 04:01 PM

I've heard rumors that Bernie is talking up a memoir he'd like to get set up as soon as he ankles.

I've also heard persistent rumors that he gives Amy script notes at her request.

Posted by: A Fly on the Wall at July 26, 2004 04:57 PM
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