Here’s a bit of a shocker.

This morning we learn that Linda Douglass, Atlantic Media‘s head of communications, is leaving at the end at the month. She will stay on board in an advisory role. “I will miss her very much,” said spokeswoman Natalie Raabe in an email. “But a terrific person will be taking her place: Emily Lenzner.”

Emily Lenzer had her own consulting firm, before that she was managing director at SKDKnickerbocker. And before that she handled publicity for ABC News.

Here in the Fishbowl, this is rough news. We’ve had spirited discussions with Douglass over the past three and a half years and despite the occasional friction that occurs between publicists and journalists (let’s put it this way: if you haven’t been on the receiving end of a stinging Douglass email you haven’t lived) we have enjoyed working with Douglass a great deal and admire her humor, smarts and toughness.

See the glowing and touching internal memo from Atlantic‘s President Justin Smith… Read more

Tim Mak, a reporter for Politico Pro Defense and coauthor of Politico’s Morning Defense blog, is leaving for a new job at the Washington Examiner.

Mak tells FishbowlDC he’ll cover breaking news in Congress and national security.

The news broke today when Byron Tau, Politico’s lobbying and influence reporter, sent an email inviting colleagues to a soirée in Mak’s honor, with a promise to “celebrate the man, the myth, the legend,” this Friday night.

Mak started at Politico on the breaking news desk. Congrats to Mak, and best of luck with the new job.

Defense One, a new site from Atlantic Media, announced that Politico’s Stephanie Gaskell will join the site as a senior reporter and associate editor.

“Stephanie is a true pro, well-known across the military beat for her no-nonsense style and fair voice,” Kevin Baron, Defense One’s executive editor, said in a news release. “Having covered New York City, two wars, and now Washington, D.C., from the Pentagon to Congress and industry, Stephanie was an obvious fit for Defense One, which will benefit tremendously from her respected track record of unabashed journalism and eye for the stories that matter to readers.”

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This just in from Talking Points Memo political reporter Benjy Sarlin…

“As of June 3, I am now reporting for MSNBC and Hardball, based out of NBC’s Washington bureau. My new work e-mail is [BLANK] and you can reach me at the office by phone at [BLANK]. Please update your records and apologies for the mass e-mail!”

Politico previously reported the memo on new MSNBC hires. And on Monday, the New York Observer reported additional hires, including reporters Irin Carmon, Timothy Noah and a new social media editor, Nisha Chittal. Carmon is from Salon, Noah hails from TNR and Chittal was at the Travel Channel.

Washington, D.C.-based writer for Newsweek/Daily Beast and blogger Megan McArdle is joining the ranks of Bloomberg View, where she will be a columnist covering the economy, business, politics and national affairs.

“Megan is an extraordinary writer and thinker,” said David Shipley, Executive Editor of Bloomberg View in a morning statement. “Few people have done a better job chronicling the economic, corporate and technological disruptions of the last decade. She’s going to make a lot of readers — those who have followed her for years and those who will discover her at Bloomberg — smarter and happier. We’re thrilled that she’s joining the team.”

McArdle has been covering economics and public policy since 2001, when she launched “Live From the WTC” from a construction trailer at the Ground Zero disaster recovery site. In 2003, she joined the staff of the Economist as Deputy Countries Editor for the website. She spent four years at the Economist in various positions, and launched its first blog, “Free Exchange.”

In her past…In 2007, she left the Economist for The Atlantic, where she spent five years writing about the intersection of economics, business, and Washington politics. During that time, she helped launch Atlantic.com’s business vertical. For three years, she was also the magazine’s business columnist.

She left the Atlantic in 2012 for Newsweek.

McArdle has a BA in English lit from the University of Pennsylvania, and an MBA from the University of Chicago. She lives in Northeast Washington with her husband, Reason‘s Peter Suderman, and a bullmastiff named Fitzgerald.

It’s a done deal.

Blake Hounshell, who resigned from FP last week, is going to work for Politico as his former boss’s deputy. That’s right, Susan Glasser was his boss at FP. She, too, recently resigned to go to work for Politico to head up an aggressive longform journalism operation.

HuffPost‘s Michael Calderone got his paws on the memo first from Editor-in-Chief John Harris. FishbowlDC first hinted at the news a few days ago. “He’s a wonderful editor, a nonstop ideas machine — and a round-the-clock tweeter: basically the perfect metabolism for POLITICO,” said Glasser in the memo.

Hounshell begins his new job Monday.

See the full memo.

The new Washington Examiner has hired away two reporters from The Washington Times. They are Susan Crabtree and Sean Lengell.

Crabtree said the decision was a difficult one. “The Examiner made me a good offer and I’m excited about the new team,” she told FishbowlDC. “But the decision was not any easy one. My friends and colleagues at the Washington Times were some of the best people I’ve worked with in 20 years in the business.”

Indeed, lots of changes at Foreign Policy Magazine as of late. Another one we just learned of is Managing Editor Blake Hounshell, who announced Friday that he was leaving. This comes on the heels of Susan Glasser‘s departure as Editor-in-Chief, as well as the losses of Josh Rogin to The Daily Beast and Kevin Baron to Atlantic‘s Defense One. Word on the street is Hounshell’s resignation involved Glasser’s leaving and subsequent move to Politico. We’re told it was his choice to leave.

As we announced earlier today, Foreign Policy held a meeting this morning to announce a bunch of new hires and promotions, including Wired‘s Noah Shachtman as Executive Editor of News.

Hounshell’s Twitter bio no longer includes any mention of Foreign Policy. “I decide to leave FP after six and a half wonderful years working with amazing colleagues and contributors,” he told FishbowlDC. “Very excited for my new projects. Stay tuned.”

How high brow can you sound?

The Atlantic has hired an “Entrepreneur in Residence.” What does that even mean? Who cares, really, but is that not the greatest job title you’ve ever heard? The lucky journalist behind the lofty new title that should give him bragging rights at any party is digital media innovator (also a pretty good title) Andrew Golis.

Here’s his job description: “Working closely with The Atlantic‘s Editorial and Digital Strategy and Operations teams, Golis will support the media brand’s expanding video and paid-content initiatives. He will also work with the teams to help identify and launch new ventures and products across The Atlantic’s platforms.”

We do hope all that means he’ll get to live at David Bradley‘s residence off Massachusetts Avenue (even just shacking up in his elaborate kitchen would be pretty posh), smoke expensive cigars, sip champagne in the afternoon and get the respect that such a spectacular title warrants.

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Seeing as Foreign Policy Magazine lost its Editor-in-Chief Susan Glasser last week to Politico, the higher ups have to be feeling pleased that they have major announcements to share in a staff meeting today at 10 a.m.

This morning members of FP‘s staff are learning that the publication has hired a new editorial leadership team. In the coming weeks, the site will also get a facelift in the form of a “major redesign.” At the top of the leadership pack is Noah Shachtman of Wired‘s Danger Room. He’ll be Executive Editor of News.

Whether this is hype or not, the news comes across as energetic and positive in a morning release. Schactman will join FP’s Peter Scoblic and Ben Pauker in “key roles as the organization builds on the momentum gained through record-breaking readership numbers, an exploding digital presence, and nationally-recognized, award-winning coverage on the world’s leading global issues.”

Scoblic will will be Executive Editor, Analysis and Commentary, and responsible for Foreign Policy magazine and ForeignPolicy.com’s roster of columnists and essayists. Pauker has been promoted from Senior Editor to Managing Editor for the website and magazine. He’ll oversee contributors, foreign dispatches, and newsletters.

See the quote from Editor-at-Large David Rothkopf and more hires…

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