Washington Post Hires Full-time Music Critic
By Susan Elliott
Amid the current trend to the contrary among newspapers, The Washington Post last week hired a permanent staff music critic to succeed Tim Page. Anne Midgette, who has been in the job on an interim basis since January, when Page took a leave of absence, has been hired officially as The Post's classical music critic.
"In light of all the lay-offs around the country, they're really bucking the trend in committing to serious arts journalism," said a delighted Midgette in a brief telephone conversation.
Read more about this at the Musical America website:
http://www.musicalamerica.com/news/newsstory.cfm?archived=0&storyid=18457
