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Robert Wright: Journalist, non-Tweeter (via Bloggingheads.tv)

Robert Wright Joins TheAtlantic.Com As Senior Editor, Needs More Twitter Friends

New York Times bestselling author and Pulitzer prize nominee Robert Wright is The Atlantic‘s latest digital hire. No, not The Atlantic Wire, just TheAtlantic.com. Mr. Wright has been penning for The Atlantic for 20 years, but has limited his editorial duties to The New Republic, The Sciences, and Wilson Quarterly.

According to the press release sent today, Mr. Wright’s new position at The Atlantic “will cover issues related to politics, foreign policy, science, religion, and philosophy, among other subjects. He will also supplement his writing with video conversations, a format he popularized on Bloggingheads.tv.”

So why doesn’t anyone want to be his Twitter buddy? Read More

Bloggingheads Relaunches

Bloggingheads.tv has relaunched with a new design. The site, which was born two years ago out of the desire by the author Robert Wright and the journalist Mickey Kaus to pontificate on Web TV, has steadily expanded ever since, and is now featured regularly on NYTimes.com. The new site features Flash video, an embeddable video Read More