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Article: MEMO PAD: COX IN THE HEN HOUSE...ARE YOU BEING SERVED?...HOTEL STORIES.(Ana Maria Cox joins Time.com as editor)(Selfridges Retail Ltd. struck deal with Federated Department Stores Inc)(Jason Pomeranc )
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- July 28, 2006
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Byline: Irin Carmon, Rachel Brown, Lucie Greene
COX IN THE HEN HOUSE: Former Wonkette Ana Maria Cox's transformation from blogger cover girl to Old Media's new hope is almost complete. Cox on Thursday was named Washington editor of Time.com, where she will coordinate political coverage and continue to contribute articles. "I've been trying to sell out for a very long time," Cox wrote in an e-mail to WWD. "I'm proud to say I finally have."
Cox will succeed Matt Cooper, who jumped ship for Cond Nast's upcoming business magazine Portfolio, and who often served as blog fodder in Cox's Wonkette days. Said Cox, "Matt asked me to inscribe his copy of my book ...