Dow Jones Digital Departure: WSJ.com Head to Atlantic Media for New Project

Kevin Delaney is headed out to start a secret new online thing for the D.C.-based media company. Shhh!
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You, Too, Can Edit the Atlantic. Now About That Paycheck…

Ever have the desire to edit a big Web site, for free? Clever Gabe Snyder figures there are a few of you out there: He’s asking readers of the Atlantic Wire, a buzzy offshoot of the print magazine’s main site, to play along with his staff as they chat about what the site ought to be covering, in real time. You’ll need a Disqus account to take part.

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Newsweek Hires Former Gawker Editor-in-Chief Snyder

Gabriel Snyder, the former editor-in-chief of Gawker, has been hired by Newsweek as executive editor of the magazine’s digital unit. Mr. Snyder is coming to Newsweek on the eve of the relaunch of Newsweek.com. In a memo to Newsweek’s staff, Newsweek editors Jon Meacham and Mark Miller credited Mr. Snyder for transforming Gawker from “what was a guilty pleasure for a Manhattan-centric audience to a source of real news and information, doubling Gawker’s audience.”

Twitter: Don’t Blame Google for Twitterhack (But Do Be Careful About Publishing Stolen Documents!)

Twitter has weighed in on the hacker who rooted through the company’s files and on the Web sites that published some of the stolen info. The short version: Don’t blame Google for our security problems; we need to use better passwords. But do be careful about publishing hacked data; we’re talking to our lawyers. “Bring it on,” says Gawker.