Daily News political jock Ben Smith yesterday announced he was splitting Mort Zuckerman's camp to take a gig at The Politico, that new web-based journalism outfit Kit Seelye has been dying to tell you about. The site – launching Jan. 27 – made headlines when it snagged WaPo vets John Harris and Jim VandeHei. And we only started paying a modicum of attention when Slate's Jack Shafer started blasting Politico's parent, Allbritton Communications, for "reek[ing] of oversell."
For Ben, however, it seems like the right move: His blogging career for the News' The Daily Politics was showing just a touch more promise as, well, The Empire Zone. The only way to move up from blogging, after all, is jumping to Page Six, Vanity Fair, or … another outfit that thinks they totally get the web.
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Social networking site MySpace is to block users from uploading copyrighted music to its pages…
Social networking site MySpace is to block users from uploading copyrighted music to its pages…
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The first stage of a £150m investment in regional museums is praised for boosting visitor numbers…
The first stage of a £150m investment in regional museums is praised for boosting visitor numbers…
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Jonathan Ross is dubbed "risque" by Ofcom but not in breach of rules over an interview with David Cameron…
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The judge who put coded messages in his Da Vinci Code plagiarism trial ruling has written another…
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