Type of site | Online political news daily |
|---|---|
| Owner | AOL News |
| Created by | Melinda Henneberger |
| URL | http://www.politicsdaily.com |
| Commercial | Yes |
| Registration | No |
| Launched | April 27, 2009 |
| Current status | Defunct |
Politics Daily was an Americanpolitical journalism web site launched byAOL News in April 2009.[1] It described itself as a "political news magazine for the general reader."[2]Melinda Henneberger, a formerNewsweek andNew York Times reporter,[1]wasEditor in Chief.[2]Carl M. Cannon was the Executive Editor and senior Washington correspondent.FormerBaltimore Sun reporter David Wood was chief military correspondent. Politics Daily columnist Jill Lawrence was a national political correspondent forUSA Today.Washington Post columnist Donna Britt andChicago Sun-Times reporterLynn Sweet wrote for the web site.[3]Bucking the general trend of layoffs in the media industry due to declining advertising revenue in thelate-2000s recession,Politics Daily had hired 22 professional writers and journalists by the end of April 2009,[4]with some reportedly earning salaries over US$100,000 annually.[1]
On March 10, 2011, Melinda Henneberger and other top Politics Daily staffers were among 200 editorial employees laid off at AOL.[5] It was later merged intoThe Huffington Post's Politics section.
The three-month-old venture has become a reemployment program for middle-aged journalists who lack the flash and dash of young bloggers -- and that is by design.
And, unlike some new media empires, MediaGlow isn't only hiring young writers willing to forgo health insurance and full-time pay. They're hiring people with experience. Check out the bios for all the 22 people MediaGlow hired for its new site Politics Daily.
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