Big names in US journalism launch Politico web site

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WASHINGTON (AFP) — Several big names in US journalism are part of a new Internet-focused news organization being launched that will focus exclusively on politics as the 2008 elections approach. The new venture formed by Allbritton Communications has a newspaper, The Politico, and a website, Politico.com, that have become the hot place to be for political reporters.

Well-known journalists from The Washington Post newspaper and Time magazine have joined the multiplatform news organization. John Harris, formerly the Post's political editor, will be the editor in chief at Politico, Jim VandeHei, who covered national politics at the paper, will be the executive editor and Mike Allen, White House correspondent for Time, will be the chief political correspondent. Also on board is...