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Erik Wemple was the longtime editor of the Washington City Paper, where he routinely ripped the Washington Post various new assholes, as is the job of any good alt-weekly editor. A little over a year ago, Wemple left the WCP to join TBD.com, the hot new startup that would revolutionize online local news in DC.
Washington City Paper editor Erik Wemple is getting out while the getting's good (well, at least good enough), leaving for a job with Allbritton's new DC local new site/ Politico cousin. Unsurprising, since he was recently live-blogging his own pay cut. We'll miss his headlines. [WCP]
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Late yesterday afternoon, it was announced that incoming Village Voice EIC Erik Wemple had changed his mind about the whole job thing, quitting before he had officially started. The official response was that he had encountered disagreements over newsroom management, and Village Voice Media executive editor Michael…
We'll let this speak for itself, as the sordid details are inevitably TK:
We understand Wemple's City Paper did that, too.
Now that you've had a night to relax, digest, and sleep on the fact that the Washington City Paper's Erik Wemple will be the new EIC of the Village Voice, it's time for the real issue: who the fuck is this guy? The Times reports that the 41-year-old Schenectady native is an "unorthodox" choice:
