Woodward's paper scooped as rivals publish his scoop

Though Bob Woodward, "arguably the pre-eminent journalist of the last three decades", works for the Washington Post, other papers often get his scoops. It happened again with his latest book, State of Denial, which is setting the political agenda in the States. The New York Times and the New York Daily News both obtained copies before the Post. But the writer claims "the [Post's] experience of having lost the first crack at the work of its most renowned reporter... is probably more sweet than bitter" because "having Mr Woodward as a hood ornament on the enterprise, even one who husbands his most lustrous scoops for his books, has its compensations." (Via New York Times)