Frank Rich leaves NYT, joins New York magazine

[Newsjock]

http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2011/03/frank_rich_joins_new_york.html

Frank Rich is joining New York Magazine, beginning in June. Rich will be an essayist for the magazine, writing monthly on politics and culture, and will serve as an editor-at-large, editing a special monthly section anchored by his essay. He will also be a commentator on nymag.com, engaging in regular dialogues on the news of the week.

... Rich joins the magazine from the New York Times, where he has been an op-ed columnist since 1994. He was previously the paper’s chief drama critic, from 1980 to 1993. He has also been the front-page columnist for the Sunday “Arts & Leisure” section and senior writer for The New York Times Magazine. Rich will continue in his role as a creative consultant to HBO, where he is the executive producer of Veep, a pilot currently in production for a comedy series written and directed by Armando Iannucci and starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus.

[elfin]

1. Thereby reducing his impact exponentially

Wonder what the "real" story is.

Will be reduced to regional impact.

[tilsammans]

2. Wow, that's a hot one!

Indeed, I wonder about the real story behind the story.