The Hotline
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The Hotline is a daily political briefing published by the Atlantic Media Company
from its headquarters at The Watergate complex in Washington, DC. It is edited by Reid Wilson with Josh Kraushaar. The Hotline was founded by Doug Bailey
and published independently until its acquisition in 1996 by National Journal Group.
The Hotlines primary audience includes Congressional staffers, political operatives and pundits. It intends to be a comprehensive, non-partisan
digest of that day's political events relating to upcoming statewide and national elections. Its primary publication, The Hotline, is published daily, condensing newspaper, magazine and Internet political coverage from the previous 24 hours. Its headlines are irreverent, relying on pun
s and inside jokes.
Related publications of The Hotline include House Race Hotline, published daily during election years, the influential breaking news blog Hotline On Call and, formerly, The Blogometer. The Hotline also produces a subscriber-only morning round-up of the previous evening's late-night
political jokes, "Play of the Day," and a video podcast/online television show, Hotline TV. Two of its most popular features are subscription-based morning and afternoon tip sheets Wake-Up Call and Last Call. In 2007 it debuted the Hotline Political Network, featuring political reporting from affiliated state-based blogs and news organizations.
Previous editors include NBC News
political director Chuck Todd
and Congressional Quarterly
columnist Craig Crawford
.
Atlantic Media Company
Atlantic Media Company is a print and online media company owned by David G. Bradley and based in the Watergate in Washington, D.C. The company publishes several prominent news magazines and services including The Atlantic and Government Executive and those belonging to its National Journal Group...
from its headquarters at The Watergate complex in Washington, DC. It is edited by Reid Wilson with Josh Kraushaar. The Hotline was founded by Doug Bailey
Doug Bailey
Doug Bailey is an American political consultant and founder of The Hotline, a bipartisan, daily, online briefing on American politics.From 1968 to 1987, Bailey was President of Bailey Deardourff and Associates, among the first national political consulting firms...
and published independently until its acquisition in 1996 by National Journal Group.
The Hotlines primary audience includes Congressional staffers, political operatives and pundits. It intends to be a comprehensive, non-partisan
Nonpartisan
In political science, nonpartisan denotes an election, event, organization or person in which there is no formally declared association with a political party affiliation....
digest of that day's political events relating to upcoming statewide and national elections. Its primary publication, The Hotline, is published daily, condensing newspaper, magazine and Internet political coverage from the previous 24 hours. Its headlines are irreverent, relying on pun
Pun
The pun, also called paronomasia, is a form of word play which suggests two or more meanings, by exploiting multiple meanings of words, or of similar-sounding words, for an intended humorous or rhetorical effect. These ambiguities can arise from the intentional use and abuse of homophonic,...
s and inside jokes.
Related publications of The Hotline include House Race Hotline, published daily during election years, the influential breaking news blog Hotline On Call and, formerly, The Blogometer. The Hotline also produces a subscriber-only morning round-up of the previous evening's late-night
Late night television
Late night television in the United States is the block of television programming airing after 11:00 pm and usually through 2:00 am. Traditionally, this type of programming airs after the late local news and is most notable for being the daypart used for a particular genre of programming that falls...
political jokes, "Play of the Day," and a video podcast/online television show, Hotline TV. Two of its most popular features are subscription-based morning and afternoon tip sheets Wake-Up Call and Last Call. In 2007 it debuted the Hotline Political Network, featuring political reporting from affiliated state-based blogs and news organizations.
Previous editors include NBC News
NBC News
NBC News is the news division of American television network NBC. It first started broadcasting in February 21, 1940. NBC Nightly News has aired from Studio 3B, located on floors 3 of the NBC Studios is the headquarters of the GE Building forms the centerpiece of 30th Rockefeller Center it is...
political director Chuck Todd
Chuck Todd
Charles David “Chuck” Todd is an American journalist, Chief White House Correspondent and political director for NBC News, and contributing editor to Meet the Press...
and Congressional Quarterly
Congressional Quarterly
Congressional Quarterly, Inc., or CQ, is a privately owned publishing company that produces a number of publications reporting primarily on the United States Congress...
columnist Craig Crawford
Craig Crawford
Craig Crawford is a writer and television political commentator based in Washington, D.C., a columnist for Congressional Quarterly, and the author of Listen Up Mr...
.
External links
- The Hotline (subscription only)
- Hotline TV on YouTubeYouTubeYouTube is a video-sharing website, created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005, on which users can upload, view and share videos....
- Hotline On Call
- The Blogometer
- Hotline Political Network