• Editor & Publisher, Friday, December 19, 2008 10 AM

Let the debates begin. The New York Times is planning to have its Web site post immediate expert viewpoints on breaking news, starting next month. Former editorial writers and other editors are teaming up with a Web producer to oversee the initiative.

The team is rounding up a stable of experts on a variety of issues to provide quick comments, essays and columns on breaking news topics in a dedicated Web space. "One expert could write a piece arguing that something is a terrible idea, then another could argue that it is a great idea and a third could react to those," says editor Andrew Rosenthal. "Readers could also comment, as they do now."

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