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Update on WaPo buyout and its biz desk

Harry Jaffe, national editor of the Washingtonian, notes that some of the reporters and editors who took a David HilzenrathDavid Hilzenrathbuyout offer from the Washington Post have accepted jobs working at other media outlets.

Jaffe reported that political ace Charles Babcock will edit for Bloomberg News, while foreign correspondent Daniel Williams will write for Bloomberg.

In addition, Jaffe asked Post writers and editors to pick their favorite writers at the paper now that some of the older writers have gone. For the business desk, these bylines were named: Neil Irwin, Yuki Noguchi, Annys Shin, Carrie Johnson. David Hilzenrath was a boy wonder 20 years ago and still is.

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