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Announcing the OpinionJournal Federation.
PRINCETON, N.J.--OpinionJournal.com, a free web site from The Wall Street Journal's Editorial Page, announces the launch of the OpinionJournal Federation of top political Web sites and blogs, which will offer daily content to its readers. OpinionJournal.com editors will select at least one article each week from a Federation member site for publication on OpinionJournal.com, which will also feature overviews and links to all Federation members.
Charter members of the OpinionJournal.com Federation include RealClearPolitics.com, the American Council on Science and Health, The American Spectator magazine, City Journal from the Manhattan Institute, the Claremont Institute, Commentary magazine, the Competitive Enterprise Institute, the Federalist Society, First Things magazine, the Heritage Foundation, Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball, The New Criterion magazine, the Pacific Research Institute, the Property and Environment Research Center, and the Reason Foundation.
Political blogs also will participate, including Dynamist.com, Eduwonk.com, Instapundit.com, Overlawyered.com and Volokh.com. All participating members will provide articles for publication on OpinionJournal.com.
"The OpinionJournal.com Federation will be the premiere gateway to political commentary on the Web," says Tony Lee, publisher, OpinonJournal.com. "This Federation will offer viewpoints and commentary that will enhance the observations of our editors and columnists."
An average of 1.2 million unique visitors read OpinionJournal.com every month, making it one of the largest opinion sites on the Web. Editor James Taranto and assistant editor Brendan Miniter post a selection of editorials and op-ed articles from The Wall Street Journal's editorial pages and a stable of exclusive columnists, including Peggy Noonan, John Fund and Pete du Pont. Since 2000, Mr. Taranto has written the popular daily column, "Best of the Web Today," which highlights stories and commentaries from a myriad of sources, including reader submissions, mainstream national and local news outlets, syndicated columnists, Web magazines and blogs.
In 2004, OpinionJournal.com created "Political Diary," a daily, subscription-based newsletter edited by Holman W. Jenkins Jr., which features news and analysis from Mr. Fund, Mr. Miniter and members of the Journal's editorial board.
