- James Ledbetter
James Ledbetter is an author and editor based in New York City. In 2008, he joined online magazine
Slate , where he will oversee an upcoming business news Web site called The Big Money [http://www.reuters.com/article/ousiv/idUSN1740579620080317?sp=true] . Prior to joining Slate, he was at CNNMoney.com, a financial news Web site.
His most recent book is "Dispatches for the New York Tribune: Selected Journalism of Karl Marx", published in the UK in 2007 by Penguin Classics [http://www.penguinclassics.co.uk/nf/Book/BookDisplay/0,,9780141441924,00.html] and scheduled for US publication in 2008. He is also the author of "Starving to Death on $200 Million: The Short, Absurd Life of The Industry Standard" and "Made Possible By...: The Death of Public Broadcasting in the United States".
In addition to Slate and CNNmoney.com, he also is a former senior editor ofTime Magazine ,The Industry Standard , and former staff writer forThe Village Voice . His writing also has appeared in several other US publications, includingThe New York Times ,The Washington Post ,The Nation , Mother Jones, Vibe,Newsday , andThe American Prospect .
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