• The New York Times, Tuesday, October 26, 2010 10:49 PM

To the rapidly growing field of Washington reportage, add one more entrant: Politico Pro. Politico, the Web site and free daily publication that brought a 24-7 cable news sensibility to political reporting, will begin early next year a subscription news service focused on health care, energy and technology.

The idea behind the service, which will cost subscribers $1,495 to $2,500 a year for the first topic and $1,000 for each subsequent topic, is to provide coverage at the microlevel of what Congress, federal agencies and trade associations are doing. Traditionally this has been an area of focus for publications like Congressional Quarterly and National Journal, which command high premiums for reporting that lobbyists and government offices track closely. But Politico, hoping to capitalize on the brand it has built up since its introduction in 2006, said it saw an opening in the market.

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