Confirmed: Mike Allen Leaves The Post

Buried today by other news, the Washington Post’s Mike Allen has accepted an offer to jump to Time Magazine. Joining no longer-quite-so-embattled Matt Cooper at the White House, Allen takes the job filled by John Dickerson‘s move to Slate earlier this spring.

After days of speculation, Allen traveled to New York Saturday to meet with Time executives, accepted the offer, and then returned to D.C. Allen will start sometime later month, we hear.

“I’m thrilled about the chance to try something new, but sad to leave my family at the Post.

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