Veteran New York politics journalist Andrew Kirtzman, who is currently writing a book on the Bernard Madoff scandal, thinks that Caroline Kennedy's public roll-out has been a catastrophe, and that she and her handlers are blowing the behind-the-scenes lobbying effort for Hillary Clinton's Senate seat as well. (Some of her sit-down interviews came out better than others, but ...

The journalist Richard Behar and his literary agent, Richard Abate, moved fast when they heard about Bernie Madoff's arrest last week. Within a few days, a book proposal was ready, and Mr. Abate, last in the news for brokering a massive deal for Tina Fey, pulled the trigger as fast as he could. "With time running out, I decided ...

This morning, the New York Daily News reported that WCBS Channel 2 has laid off two senior correspondents-investigative reporter Scott Weinberger and Andrew Kirtzman, a former political reporter for New York 1--amid a broader round of cutbacks. "Weinberger and Kirtzman are the only familiar faces involved in the layoffs, although behind-the-scenes staffers and freelancers were also cut, sources told the ...