Slate Launching Business Site

It’s going to be funtime for freelancers. Slate is launching a business site. Deputy editor David Plotz told the Observer that while the project is still waiting for final approval from Post executives, it will most likely be released under the Slate brand with a logo at the top of a home page.

Expected launch date could be as early as next summer and it will “follow the same basic staffing model that has helped make Slate a success—using a few editors and assistants to run the operation, while relying for content mostly on freelancers.”

But who will be the editor in charge? Ex-Gawker and ex-DealBreaker Elizabeth Spiers turned them down… But she’s been asked to write for the site, as has Slate businesss columnist Daniel Gross.

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