The Huffington Post has made a practice of poaching writers from The Washington Post.
Now, Team Arianna is adding insult to that injury: in September, the all-digital Post surpassed the paper Post in unique users.
The Kicker — October 16, 2009 08:55 AM
HuffPo Beats WaPo
By Megan Garber
Subscribe to the Columbia Journalism Review at our special Web rates.
—advertisement—
Desks
The Audit Business
- The private-equity problem with Romney and GS Technologies Loading up a company with debt to ensure Bain’s own profits
- Sorkin’s Glass-Steagall straw man Of course its repeal contributed, directly and indirectly, to the financial crisis
The Observatory Science
- Evolved for exhibitionism? Wired column makes weak claims about human behavior, psychology
- Reparative journalism Reporter sinks a controversial paper on “ex-gay” therapy
Campaign Desk Politics & Policy
- When a ‘birther’ story comes knocking After congressman’s comments, a Denver TV station doesn’t let go
- Herald’s Caputo dives deep on diverging polls Do other news organizations undermine their credibility when they don’t do the same?
Behind the News The Media
Blog
The Kicker last updated: Fri 11:09 AM
- David Simon, creator of The Wire and Treme, on the Times-Picayune cuts
- The Times-Picayune cuts staff and print runs
- Broadcasters sue to keep political ad buy data offline
- The Pulitzer Prize luncheon, storified
- A game of telephone fools the Times
The Future of Media
News Startups Guide last updated: Wed 2:13 PM
- Missouri Scout Subscription-based niche political news from a stockbroker turned political junkie
- Eye on Annapolis Unadorned, up-to-the-minute news for Maryland’s capital city
Dan Froomkin was let go by WaPo before being picked up by Huffington Post. Similarly, Thomas Edsall left WaPo before beginning to work at Huffington as well. "Poached" communicates appropriation or theft, which was clearly not the case in these two instances.
#1 Posted by jim brown, CJR on Fri 16 Oct 2009 at 01:41 PM