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| Tina Brown |
Tina Brown, the mercurial editor whose career has latterly
received more attention than the publications for which she was responsible,
has announced her departure from the Daily Beast, her experiment in digital
journalism noted for its particular success in burning through the cash of its
billionaire backer.
According to The Guardian, Brown is never one to undersell
herself. She reserved the most
prominent slot on the front page of the Beast's website on Wednesday afternoon
to declare that "the irrepressible editor", as the headline-writer
called her, was leaving to set up a company dedicated to "theatrical
journalism".
Many of the chapters in Brown's storied career begin with a
blaze but end in bitterness, dispute or ignominy, and The Guardian notes the
glowing report did not say was that her personal experiment in digital
journalism, supported by copious amounts of the media mogul Barry Diller's
cash, was at an inglorious end.
Exciting news...sad 2 leave Beast but change is good. As Ben Bradlee likes to say "nose down, ass up, push forward!" http://t.co/BEaWTMmyWj
— Tina Brown (@TheTinaBeast) September 11, 2013
The Beast was launched as a groundbreaking digital
publication in 2008, but after a disastrous merger with Newsweek, and the
publications' equally traumatic divorce, Diller appears to have decided he had
signed enough of Brown's checks.
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