Katharine Weymouth
Katharine Weymouth
Katharine Bouchage Weymouthis the former publisher of The Washington Post and chief executive officer of Washington Post Media. She resigned effective Oct. 1, 2014, one year after Amazon.com's Jeff Bezos took over ownership of the newspaper company...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPublisher
CountryUnited States of America
My grandmother knew J.F.K. and L.B.J. That was her world. I enjoy meeting interesting people. But that's not my world.
morning
We're no longer a newspaper in the morning, we're a 24/7 newspaper organization.
editorial impose views
Moderate to conservative Democrat. But I'm not going to impose my views on the editorial page.
exist
It's not like I pretend the past doesn't exist or that I'm not proud to be a part of it.
assume came less people romantic truth
People assume that I came back to Washington because of the 'Post', but the truth is less romantic. I came back for a job.
certainly great hope love people
I certainly hope to be a great publisher, and if people want to love me, too, that's even better.
afraid ask business colleagues countless female raises stop women
Women are often meeker in meetings and afraid to ask for raises and promotions. I've told countless female colleagues to stop apologizing when they ask for more. It's not personal, it's business.
smart reading thinking
I think smart aggregation is a service to readers. And we do it, too ... . Whether it's a politics page and you want Dan Balz to tell you what is he reading, what does he think are the smartest articles today on the elections or the primaries. So, I think aggregation is great ... . So I'm all for aggregation. And the more eyeballs we can get to our content, the better. We do want readers to be educated and to understand the difference between, what is a source that you can trust as opposed to just rumors out there. And the difference between just repurposing content and not crediting it.
new-york growing-up kids
I think I felt like a regular kid. Growing up in New York, I never felt I was a big deal.
jobs people assuming
People assume that I came back to Washington because of the Post, but the truth is less romantic. I came back for a job.
democracy journalism feels
I dont personally feel that I have to save democracy and journalism.
jobs beloved feels
I dont feel like my job is to be beloved.
mother kids sunday
My mother doesn't cook; my grandmother didn't cook. Her kids were raised by servants. They would joke about Sunday night dinner. It was the only night she would cook, and apparently it was just horrendous, like scrambled eggs and Campbell's soup.
mom children kids
Hillary Clinton famously talked about how raising a child takes a village. Except our society isn't set up that way. We're organized in nuclear units, and a single mom can ask her friends only so many times for help picking up the kids.