Kinsley Update

James Joyner | Monday, May 3, 2004

Newsweek has a lengthy chat with Michael Kinsley about his impending takeover of the LA Times editorial page. A couple of interesting exchanges:

Slate has been more successful than most online journalistic ventures. Would you attribute that as much to Microsoft’s deep pockets as to the site’s content?
Certainly Microsoft has been great. They never interfered and have paid the bills. My mental comparison is always with Salon and if we had pissed away money the way they did, Microsoft would have shut us down.

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You’ve written a lot on stem cell research—even put aside a book on the topic to take this job. How much of that has to do with having been diagnosed with Parkinson’s?
Oh, 100 percent. I supposed I’d be mildly interested anyway because it’s a very interesting political story. But the reason I wanted to write the book and the reason I’m engaged in the subject is purely selfish.

About the Author: James Joyner is the publisher of Outside the Beltway and the managing editor of the Atlantic Council. He's a former Army officer, Desert Storm vet, and college professor with a PhD in political science from The University of Alabama. He lives just outside the Beltway in Alexandria, Virginia.

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