Telegraph needs Patience
20/03/06 09:49 Coffee machine moments
You might recall on the 8th of this month I wrote a
blog entry on the Sunday Telegraph having poached
Patience Wheatcroft from the Times to be its new
editor.
Well, she's not there yet. The Times is enforcing her notice period so she should be resting at home if she has any sense, psyching herself up for her new post. Or should she? The Guardian's Media Monkey column has picked up a rumour, denied by all, that she's actually going to be re-poached as editor of the Sunday Times, with ST editor John Witherow promoted upstairs.
Denials are flying around from everybody concerned. But If I were Patience Wheatcroft I think I'd be enjoying the idea that everyone found the suggestion so credible - and I might well be talking up my salary with either side.
Well, she's not there yet. The Times is enforcing her notice period so she should be resting at home if she has any sense, psyching herself up for her new post. Or should she? The Guardian's Media Monkey column has picked up a rumour, denied by all, that she's actually going to be re-poached as editor of the Sunday Times, with ST editor John Witherow promoted upstairs.
Denials are flying around from everybody concerned. But If I were Patience Wheatcroft I think I'd be enjoying the idea that everyone found the suggestion so credible - and I might well be talking up my salary with either side.
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