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In tonight’s edition, behind the recent turmoil at Politico that has caught the eyes and ears of Axel Springer chief executive Mathias Dopfner. Plus Kara Swisher and Scott Galloway's new pod deal, and news for SpinCo/Versant staffers about the date they will be leaving 30 Rock.

Mentioned tonight: Goli Sheikholeslami, Chris Licht, Mark Lazarus, Jim Bankoff, Carrie Budoff Brown, Jim VandeHei, Rachael Bade, Julia Marsh, Burgess Everett, Eleanor Mueller, Elana Schor, Meridith McGraw, Gavin Bade, Olivia Beavers, Alexander Ward, Jonathan Lemire, Sam Stein, Danielle Diaz, Ursula Perano, Kate Irby, Sarah Ferris, Claire Barkley, Natalie Allison, Noah Bierman, Ryan Lizza, Ally Mutnick, Eun Kim, Erin Banco, Eugene Daniels, Brittany Gibson, Alex Isenstadt, Adam Peck, Kevin Baron, Joshua Sisco, Heidi Przybyla, Karey Van Hall, Jack Shafer, Betsy Woodruff Swan and Steven Shepard.

Pain at Politico

In a splashy PR announcement that heralded “a new era for Playbook” (and surprised very few D.C. journalists) Politico revealed Sunday that it was once again shaking up its Playbook franchise. Dasha Burns had been named Playbook Chief Correspondent and joined Jack Blanchard at the publication's most lucrative brand.

It was seen internally as a course correction and an admission by editor-in-chief and co-founder, John Harris, that the out-of-left-field move he made to parachute the British Blanchard into the marquee Playbook at a consequential time in American politics wasn’t working. The joke in D.C. had become you now read Playbook for the birthdays — and the corrections.

Politico also announced a new daily podcast called The Playbook podcast which appears to be a reheat of a pod called the Playbook daily briefing that past writers including Jake Sherman, Anna Palmer, Rachael Bade and Eugene Daniels hosted.

At the Arlington newsroom staffers are baffled at more than 40 departures, and partly blame the management style of senior executive editor Alex Burns.

Politico's continuous dramas and departures have so concerned owner Axel Springer that we have learned chief executive Mathias Dopfner…

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