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Friday, December 14, 2007

Philly mag editor staying put, not running for Congress or anywhere else
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Philadelphia magazine editor Larry Platt announced to staff today that he will not run next year as a Democrat for the 6th Congressional District seat held by Republican Jim Gerlach.

“After being a prospective candidate for two days at the Pennsylvania Society last weekend,” Platt tells the Daily Examiner, “I was so sick of my own voice, so tired of hearing me talk about me, that I realized this life change wasn’t for me. “When you’re a journalist, I realized, you’re interested in hearing and conveying other peoples’ stories. When you’re obsessed with your own story, you create your own little echo chamber inside your head. It’s not fun," he told the Daily Examiner, a Philly mag blog.

Platt, who several years back briefly considered running for Curt Weldon's 7th District seat, which was won by Joe Sestak, told us in October that he was asked by U.S. Rep. and Democratic City Chairman Bob Brady to "think about doing that thing you talked about two years ago. PoliticsPA broke the story of Platt's renewed interest in a congressional seat in October.

Some journalists and political observers felt that Platt should have resigned when he said he was considering the run. Platt told us he would have resigned the moment he declared candidacy.

He did not immediately return an e-mail today asking whether he'd assure readers in an editor's letter that the integrity of the magazine's political coverage should not be compromised.

Posted by Dan Gross @ 2:27 PM  Permalink | 4 comments
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 2:35 PM, 12/14/2007
    Instead he will continue to publish issue after issue of advertisements that line the magazines pockets. Philadelphia Magazine is such a joke.
    — M
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 3:08 PM, 12/14/2007
    It is NOT the magazine it used to be, not even close! Shoddy writing, pathetic coverage of food (even more amateurish writing lately than the rest of the mag; it's missing the seasoned voic that Maria Gallagher gave them!), even poorer investigative reporting than was just average before. What a shame the Lipsons have given up on the mag....
    — MK
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 9:17 AM, 12/15/2007
    the magazine makes money, not many do these days. THAT is the bottom-line in the business. THAT is what all magazines aspire to do. today, blogs and on-line pubs are where you are going to find what you are hanker for, not hard-copy mags like Philadelphia magazine which cater to baby boomers' sweet tooth.
    — jonathan
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 5:07 PM, 12/17/2007
    Just goes to show how the Democrat-Media Complex operates....
    — Fafa


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