Romenesko

Slate
Jack Shafer digs up John Ellis' 1999 column about Lou Dobbs starting a website. "When Lou Dobbs, the consummate inside player, dispenses with the old model, the rules of the game really have changed," wrote Ellis. "The battle for talent is being won by the Web." Of course, Dobbs returned to CNN. Shafer wishes Jim VandeHei and John Harris success with their online venture, but "I hope they've absorbed the Dobbs lesson."