Amazon has a new head of corporate affairs. Politico is reporting that President Barack Obama’s former White House press secretary Jay Carney…
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Uber snags David Plouffe, D.C. heavyweight and former Obama campaign manager
David Plouffe, Obama's former campaign manager, will be joining Uber to run communications and policy. It's a big growing moment for the transportation company, as it looks to disrupt more markets and more industries.…
Read MoreApple prodded FTC to investigate Google over kids’ in-app purchases
Apple ratted out Google to the FTC over policies that let kids make app purchases without entering a password.…
Read MoreMarty Baron is partly right about the Washington Post and Ezra Klein — but mostly wrong
Washington Post editor-in-chief Marty Baron defended his decision not to finance Ezra Klein's vision for a news Wikipedia, saying it didn't make financial sense. He was probably right -- but the Post should have done it anyway…
Read MorePolitico to launch free, bimonthly print magazine in November
Politico is launching a free, bi-monthly print magazine, as well as a new "Politico Magazine" section of its website that will be updated daily. The editor, Susan Glasser, was formerly editor in chief at Foreign Policy.…
Read MoreFormer NYT and Reuters editor Jim Roberts talks about why he is joining Mashable
Jim Roberts, a former New York Times editor and Reuters executive, is joining Mashable as executive editor, and says he wants to expand the kinds of journalism the site does while taking advantage of its social-web skills…
Read MorePremium version of Capital New York may cost $1K/year, Politico’s VandeHei says
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-09-09/politico-founder-sees-1-000-a-year-fee-for-capital-n-y-.html A subscription to a premium version of Capital New York is likely to cost $99 a month or $1,000 a year,…
Read MorePolitico publisher acquires Capital New York; “new revenue streams” to come
Politico's publisher has acquired the news site Capital New York, which covers New York politics, media and culture. And it looks as if a subscription product is on the way.…
Read MorePolitico’s Jim VandeHei on why Bloomberg is a scary competitor and subscriptions will keep growing
In a Q&A, Politco's executive editor talks about how to stay relevant as your media company gets older, how to grow in a saturated Washington market, and why he barely watches TV.…
Read MorePolitico will test a metered paywall in 6 states and abroad, but DC gets a break
Politico announced Thursday that it will test a metered paywall this week in six states, as well as abroad. But readers in the Washington, D.C. area remain exempt because Politico gets so much advertising revenue from them.…
Read MorePolitico hits 1,000 Pro subscriptions and plans to launch a magazine
Politico announced subscriber numbers to its premium product, Politico Pro, on Tuesday: 1,000 organizations now pay for the subscription site, with about 7,000 employees a month reading it.…
Read MoreE-Singles: ‘Journalism’s Extraordinary Challenges In An Entirely New Place’
Byliner recently announced that it has sold 100,000 original e-singles, and other publishers are finding similar success with the format: Th……
Read MoreUpdated: Politico and Random House Launch Online Bookstore
This summer, Politico signed a deal with Random House to publish four instant e-books about the 2012 presidential campaign. Now Politico has……
Read MoreYouTube Politics: Useful Voter Resource Or Campaign Video Dumping Ground?
YouTube (NSDQ: GOOG) is launching a new politics site today that it hopes will offer a "holistic" view of the candidates on the campaign tri……
Read MorePolitics Publication National Journal Switches To Membership Model
National Journal, the politics and public policy publisher headquartered in Washington, D.C. and owned by the Atlantic Media Group, is looki……
Read MorePolitico Is The Latest Site To Enter Instant E-Books Market
Publishers have begun to experiment with instant e-books to capitalize on political news and other timely events. The Daily Beast teamed up……
Read MorePolitico Crushing It On Revs, Profits In Fiscal ’09; Changes Ownership Structure
The juggernaut called Politico keeps on rolling, nevermind the recession, thank you. And some changes in company structure may hint at what……
Read MorePolitico Owner Launching a Local DC Site; Jim Brady Running It
Politico's owner is not content with decimating Washington Post's franchise of politics coverage, but is now going after where it may hurt m……
Read MorePolitico’s Allbritton: ‘Wouldn’t Surprise Me If Profit This Year Counts In Millions’
Robert Allbritton doesn't deal in specifics but the investor behind Politico insists to Gabe Sherman in The New Republic that the print-onli……
Read MorePolitico Ad Network Gets A Boost From Reuters
Politico's fledgling newspaper-distribution program is getting a boost from Reuters, which will supplement the political news site's content……
Read MoreHuffPo and Politico Lead Political Sites Traffic; What About The Day After?
HuffingtonPost.com and Politico.com, two sites that didn't exist in the last presidential election, lead the list of most-trafficked sites i……
Read MorePolitico’s Post-Election Strategy: Staffing Up, More Print
Ever since its inception in early 2007, upstart political news organization The Politico knew the date November 5, 2008 would roll around. T……
Read MorePromising ‘Change’ For Newspapers’ Ad Revenue, Politico.com Launches Ad Network
Trying to ride the wave of feverish campaign news stories surrounding the major parties' presidential candidates, Politico.com has launched……
Read MoreIn Between The Conventions: Politico Positions Itself As ‘The ESPN Of Politics’ — Yes We Can?
It's a good time to be covering politics, given the interminable campaign season. In between the two big conventions, Forbes checks in on Po……
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