Romenesko to launch own site, go part time at Poynter

[YankeeFan]

We'll always have Starbucksgossip.com:

In Jan. 2012, Romenesko will launch his own site -- JimRomenesko.com -- and become a part-time staffer for Poynter. He'll post casually to the media-news blog, the soon-to-be renamed "Romenesko+," and will continue tweeting from the @romenesko and @poynter Twitter accounts. Poynter's Julie Moos, Steve Myers and Jeff Sonderman will also contribute to the revamped Romenesko blog.

In an interview with The Huffington Post, the 57-year-old journalist said he's been thinking about doing something new for awhile and must have gotten the "12-year itch." (He left Milwaukee magazine after 12 years, too). "I went back and forth to renewing (my contract), not renewing," Romenesko said. "In the end, I decided I wanted to go back and do my own blog, the way I was before Poynter picked me up."

Romenesko's no stranger to launching new sites. In addition to media news, he launched and still runs Starbucks Gossip and Obscure Store, a quirky news site that was the original home of his media gossip. He plans on folding Obscure Store after Labor Day.

For his forthcoming site, Romenesko said he won't just be focused on media. Indeed, the tagline says it all: "A blog about media ... and other things I'm interested in."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/24/jim-romenesko-semi-retirement-from-poynter_n_935093.html