Coming Feb. 7 - a New Weekly Edition From The Hill Featuring Columnists Juan Williams and Former Sen. Judd Gregg

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- MondayFebruary 7th, The Hill will start publishing a new weekly edition.There is a new tagline, too. We're calling it The Hill -- Start TheWeek because this paper will give readers the most importantopinion, polls, news and politics affecting the upcomingcongressional work week.

The Hill -- Start The Week is unique. We're bringing the conceptof aggregation back from the Internet to print, and also taking itback to the web again. Readers will get The Hill's award-winning,original content, and they'll also get important aggregated contentfrom other sources -- polls, opinion, policy and other news in oneplace.

The new edition will come out every Monday when Congress is insession -- which moves The Hill up to five papers a week -- andgives Washington policymakers a head start on their work.

The most salient information all in one user-friendlypublication.

POLLS

In each issue, we'll publish an original national poll on a hotpolitical topic using data from a sample of 1,000 voters.

There's more; we'll aggregate the week's important other polls,so readers have all the key opinion data in one place.

OPINION

Joining The Hill every Monday are former Sen. Judd Gregg and JuanWilliams. These columnists will provide incisive opinion onpolitical events from different points on the ideological andpartisan spectrum.

Right alongside these columns, we're aggregating the bestcommentary of the week from other pundits.

"The Hill's new weekly is a great concept and will really helppolitical types get a jump on the week ahead," said Williams.

Gregg added, "The Hill proved to be extremely helpful during myyears on Capitol Hill. I am looking forward to another greatpublication from The Hill with the same level of journalisticinnovation and integrity that The Hill has provided to Washingtonthrough the years."

NEWS AND POLICY

In addition, The Hill -- Start The Week will contain aggregatedPolitical, National and World news sections relevant to CapitolHill. And there are six policy pages -- Defense, Healthcare,Technology, Finance & Economy, Energy & Environment, andTransportation -- each with an analytical look forward by our policyexperts, plus policy-specific aggregated news.

"This is a lively, quick-read for a fast start to the week," saidThe Hill's Editor in Chief Hugo Gurdon, "but it will remain relevantthrough the week. My hope is that lawmakers, Hill staffers, peopleon K Street, and all our readers will find it compelling as welluseful in giving them a broader perspective on the issues they'reinterested in."

The Hill comes out daily when Congress is in session, and runs 24/7 on the web. The Hill and thehill.com have together become the newssource for and about Congress, breaking stories from Capitol Hill, KStreet and the White House.

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