Posted on 03/25/2003 7:33:36 AM PST by TaRaRaBoomDeAyGoreLostToday!
Capitol Hill Blue, the oldest daily news site on the Internet, has been sold to a group of working Washington journalists.
Doug Thompson Media, owner and operator of the web site since its debut on the Web on October 1, 1994, announced today that it has agreed to sell the site to Capitol Hill Journalism Partnership.
"Capitol Hill Blue is a pioneer in web-based journalism," said partnership spokesman William J. Lowrey. "We intend to honor that tradition and improve upon it."
The partnership is composed of working, Washington-based journalists who work for print, broadcast and web-based media outlets.
"We intend to use Blue as a test bed for new techniques and concepts for web journalism," Lowrey said.
Capitol Hill Blue first appeared on the web on October 1, 1994, as a one-page weekly newsletter published by veteran journalist Doug Thompson. He expanded publication to daily on January 1, 1995, and the site gained fame during the Whitewater and Monica Lewinsky scandals of the Clinton administration.
Thompson left the publication earlier this month to pursue new opportunities.
Terms of the sale were not disclosed. The new owners will take control of the web site on April 1, 2003.
© Copyright 2003 Capitol Hill Blue
Thanks, Fred. I had the same thought at the same time, as you can see :-).
Well, after seeing the chain of CHB to truthout.org to Japan Today to every liberal paper in Europe, I suppose that we've all figured out what the "new techniques" to be tested and tried out are...
Wilkinson...the guy who believed the fellow spinning all his tales of derring-do?
Shermy rule - any one, especially in a bar, who brags they were in "Navy Seals" "Rangers" etc. - wasn't.
Thomson won't be telling it like it is until his biography includes the term "draft dodger".
Doug does seem to have an affinity for the sodomy lobby and their causes.
An why is a newbie like you bumping this old thread?
I'm talking about Doug's affinity for the causes embraced by the sodomy lobby--the homosexual groups. And I'm a newbie only in the sense that each new assignment brings a new moniker.
IOW, you're a retread with some kind of personal axe to grind against Doug.
As for being a "retread", when I get a new .mil email address I get a new screen name. If that confers the "retread" title on me than so be it.
You're certainly entitled to that opinion...
It's just that it's rather odd that you'd take the time to delve into the FR archives to express it on an older thread. Most forum participants are more interested in more recent articles and current events.
As for being a "retread", when I get a new .mil email address I get a new screen name.
You can Edit your account when you get a new email address.
That way, you can retain your previous screen name, posting history and credibility.
It will also help distinguish you from those retreads who were forced to get a new email address and screen name because they were banned.
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