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December 9, 2014 Washington area life

Greener pastures for Rashad Young, Alexandria’s $266.5K city manager: D.C., beware

Rashad Young, hired at $245K and now paid $266,508 a year, is leaving as Alexandria’s city manager to become city

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June 16, 2012 Politicians / The Solomon Scandals / Washington area life

On Sally Quinn, money, power, bipartisanship and my inner Veblen

Sally Quinn-bashers have once again been at work—ridiculing an essay headlined Sally Quinn announces the end of power in Washington.

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December 17, 2010 Media / Washington area life

Politics and Prose bookstore: A role model for the Washington Post, with potential Post-Kaplan synergies?

Something bizarre is happening at Politics and Prose, and perhaps a few other bookstores in the Washington area—and therein may

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October 24, 2010 Charles Smith / Media / Politicians / Sen. Ribicoff / Washington area life

Odd omission: Charles E. Smith family missing from Washingtonian list of movers and shakers

The Charles E. Smith family built the giant Crystal City complex near Ronald Reagan National Airport and donated hundreds of

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September 22, 2010 Media / Washington area life

The Web metrics jungle: TBD hyperlocal site beats WUSA and Washington Examiner in ONE local Web measurement derby

TBD.com’s hyperlocal site is drawing more local Web traffic than WUSA-TV and the Washington Examiner and may close in on

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September 4, 2010 Media / Washington area life

TBD hyperlocal site’s traffic pops up during hostage crisis at Discovery Channel’s headquarters

TBD’s new hyperlocal Web site for the D.C. area is no great shakes so far in the visitor count department,

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August 16, 2010 Media / Washington area life

TBD D.C.-area news site not a steady riser in early Alexa stats. But let’s wait for the full story

I’ve been rooting for TBD, the D.C.-area hyperlocal news site that some journalists regard as a savvy canary in the

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August 7, 2010 Media / Washington area life

TBD’s hyperlocal judo is smart and ethical: How should rivals at the Washington Post and elsewhere respond to all the linking ahead?

In judo, you can use a big guy’s weight against him, and the same applies in business, especially the news

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July 14, 2010 Media / Washington area life

How TBD Web news startup in the D.C. area will work with affiliate bloggers

How will TBD.com, the Web news startup in the D.C. area, work with the more than 90 independent bloggers in

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