TPM Trying New Tactic: Obvious Poaching

Publications get riled (to say the least) when editors around town swoop in and secretly recruit and steal their reporters and lower tier editors. We see it sharply between NJ and Politico. We see it amongst Capitol Hill publications. We saw it when TBD.com started and wiped up much of Washington City Paper’s staff.  Now TPM is attempting to poach, but Founder and Editor-in-Chief Josh Marshall is offering a twist: He’s being up front about it.