US: Washington Post may launch separate political site
Posted by Alisa Zykova on July 2, 2008 at 8:33 AM
The Washington Post is exploring the possibility of creating a parallel, semi-autonomous political site that would feature politics articles and multimedia, the Washington City Paper (WCP) reported.
The Post is seeking to make an innovative site that is different from the current one, according to a memo from the Post's Bill Hamilton and Rajiv Chandrasekaran, WCP reported.
According to Hamilton and Chandrasekaran, the outline of the new site includes news and analysis, more photography, exclusive and higher-quality videos, focus on good political enterprise stories interactive features.
According to the WCP, the idea is similar to that proposed two years ago by the Post's former political writers John Harris and Jim VandeHei, who left to start the Politico.
When the Politico site was being launched, Albritton Communication purchased URLs related to the Politico, including Postpolics.com.
Months later, the Post Co. found that out and after claims of identity theft and some negotiation, it paid about $20,000 to secure the domain name.
Source: Washington City Paper
The Post is seeking to make an innovative site that is different from the current one, according to a memo from the Post's Bill Hamilton and Rajiv Chandrasekaran, WCP reported.
According to Hamilton and Chandrasekaran, the outline of the new site includes news and analysis, more photography, exclusive and higher-quality videos, focus on good political enterprise stories interactive features.
According to the WCP, the idea is similar to that proposed two years ago by the Post's former political writers John Harris and Jim VandeHei, who left to start the Politico.
When the Politico site was being launched, Albritton Communication purchased URLs related to the Politico, including Postpolics.com.
Months later, the Post Co. found that out and after claims of identity theft and some negotiation, it paid about $20,000 to secure the domain name.
Source: Washington City Paper
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