http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/17/pageoneplus/corrections.html?_r=1&scp=2&sq=brauchli&st=cse
POSTSCRIPT: October 17, 2009
An article on July 3 reported on aborted plans for the publisher of The Washington Post to hold corporate-sponsored dinner parties including Post journalists.
One issue in the controversy was that the dinners were being promoted as “off the record.” The article quoted The Post’s executive editor, Marcus W. Brauchli, as saying that the newsroom would “reserve the right to allow any ideas that emerge in an event to shape or inform our coverage.” By The Post’s definition of the term, that means the events would not be “off the record.”
On Sept. 12, an article in The Times reported that Charles Pelton, the marketing executive at the center of the plans, had resigned from The Post. That article, referring again to Mr. Brauchli’s comments at the time, reported that he said he had not understood that the dinners would be off the record.
However, in a subsequent letter to Mr. Pelton — which was sent to The Times by Mr. Pelton’s lawyer — Mr. Brauchli now says that he did indeed know that the dinners were being promoted as “off the record,” and that he and Mr. Pelton had discussed that issue.
http://www.tnr.com/blog/the-plank/post-the-behind-the-scenes-feud-between-the-washington-post-and-the-new-york-times-ov
Post Off: The Behind the Scenes Feud between the Washington Post and the New York Times Over Salon-Gate
http://www.politico.com/blogs/michaelcalderone/1009/Brauchli_letter_I_knew_salon_dinners_were_being_promoted_as_OTR.html
Brauchli letter: ‘I knew salon dinners were being promoted as OTR’