Elizabeth Spiers

My client, MSNBC anchor Carlos Watson, is launching a news site tomorrow called TheStimulist. From Jon Fine’s media column at BusinessWeek, on the same:

Carlos Watson, an MSNBC anchor who also hosts a weekend show on talk radio network Air America, and a small band of staffers are readying The Stimulist, a news and opinion site slated to go live on May 12. Watson bills The Stimulist as being aimed at what he terms “the change generation;” that is, an audience of young professionals between the ages of 25 and 49.

This is a totally bootstrapped operation,** and was really based on Carlos’s hunch that there was something important happening with the groundswell of young, engaged voters in the last election. They’re indicative of a progressive generation of people who are not afraid of provocation, are heavily informed already, and demand smart analysis of current events. Ideally, TheStimulist will provide that.

Go take a look.

(** Personally, I think this sort of environment is actually the best for entrepreneurs. But it takes a lot more determination to start a new business in a terrible economy*** and I think that should be acknowledged.
*** Good on TheAwl as well on that count.)