Taibbi Returns To Rolling Stone Days After Leaving eBay Founder's Startup

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Taibbi Returns To Rolling Stone Days After Leaving eBay Founder's Startup

ByTom Kludt
PublishedOctober 31, 2014, 2:32 PM EDT


The rapidly unfolding saga of Matt Taibbi continued on Friday, with the fiery journalist turning up at his old employer after leaving his most recent one.

A spokeswoman for Wenner Media, the publisher of Rolling Stone, told The Guardian that Taibbi will have a "big piece" in the forthcoming issue of the magazine where he worked for more than 15 years.

Taibbi left Rolling Stone for First Look Media earlier this year to spearhead a digital magazine, which was going to be called Racket. But he didn't last long at the startup.

Pierre Omidyar, the billionaire eBay founder who launched First Look, announced late Tuesday that Taibbi was leaving the company a mere seven months after joining.

Omidyar's announcement came only hours after New York Magazine's Andrew Rice first reported that Taibbi had taken a leave of absence from First Look "after disagreements with higher-ups." In a riveting article published Thursday on First Look's only established magazine, The Intercept, Taibbi's former colleagues detailed some of the problems that led to his exit.

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[leftynyc]

1. That's great

I was hoping he would. He never should have left.

[Blue_Tires]

3. money talks...

[Blue_Tires]

2. Looks like this has been in the works for longer than just a day...

We'll see if the other rats at FLM start to jump ship while trying to save face...

[Vinca]

4. I'm going to renew my RS subscription!

[Wellstone ruled]

5. Great move Matt.

Did not think he would stay. Taibbi is not going to be told how or what he is going to write. We need more of his type that isn't afraid to let it hang out there.

[Maedhros]

6. Good to see Taibbi back on the job. [n/t]

[democrank]

7. Good news

[Tarheel_Dem]

8. Seems to be a pattern over at Pierre's "Billionaires-R-Us". Remember Marcy Wheeler?

http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/media/2014/05/8545518/marcy-wheeler-leaves-intercept