Air America has folded — again, but, it seems, permanently. Two dominant reactions seem to have emerged: Disappointment that a liberal, progressive radio empire couldn’t make it, and an utter lack of surprise. The LAT’s James Rainey blamed Air America’s failure on “Bad radio. Boring radio. Preachy radio”; as the NYT’s Brian Stelter noted, Daily [...]

First she scooped up columnist Dan Froomkin, shortly after his controversial firing from the Washington Post. Now Arianna Huffington appears to be buying herself one step closer to DC legitimacy with WaPo evacuee, Jose Antonio Vargas.

Via Romenesko comes this little nugget regarding the the controversial firing of Washington Post columnist Dan Froomkin from an “Ask the Post” online chat with Washington Post editors Liz Spayd and Raju Narisetti. Short answer: It had nothing to do with his viewpoints.

Future former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin wrote an op-ed piece for the Washington Post yesterday, in which she roundly dismissed the idea of cap-and-trade. The piece is generating quite a lot of discussion – but agree with her or not, cop to her expertise or not, Palin’s interconnectedness with energy policy is indisputable, making her voice newsworthy.

At least when it comes to page views. The New York Times‘ Brian Stelter is reporting on the speculation that the Washington Post fired columnist Dan Froomkin because his column’s page views were low.

Page views have long been the metric of success at online institutions but thus far mainstream papers have been mostly able to avoid pandering to the click-through. No longer, it would seem.

Glenn Greenwald is reporting that HuffPo has hired recently fired Washington Post blogger Dan Froomkin. What’s equally interesting is that Froomkin said yes. Is HuffPo merely trying to establish further legitimacy in DC circles? Or take on Politico?