Having a high-tech mogul Jeff Bezos, of Amazon, as the new owner of the Washington Post was apparently not enough to get the paper to hang onto Ezra Klein, its star economic columnist and founder of WaPo’s popular Wonkblog site.
Klein broke the news on Wonkblog Tuesday morning that he was outta there.
“It’s official: Ezra is leaving the Post. Hoping for the best for him,” the 9:32 a.m. posting read.
In an internal memo, it was revealed that Klein is taking three of his eight staffers with him — wherever that may be.
Reached Tuesday, Klein may have set a world record for fastest hang-up when asked about his next venture.
“I can’t tell you,” he said, when Media Ink called. And then click.