Empire Page Re-Launches Daytime News Blog

ALBANY, NY (05/21/2009)(readMedia)-- The Empire Page has re-launched its daytime news blog, The Excelsior Files, with a new format and a new posting schedule. With a goal of filling the gap between the news pages it offers each morning and providing news junkies with a bird's eye view of each day's events, the Excelsior Files is posting a News Wrap by 4:30 PM Monday thru Friday.

"People who are busy with meetings and projects can check The Excelsior Files each afternoon with confidence that they'll find out what has happened in NYS politics and government during the day," stated Peter G. Pollak, publisher and editor of the Empire Page. The blog draws from press releases issued over readMedia's newswire, from active news bloggers and from other sources. Each item provides a link to the original source to aid people who need the details.

The Excelsior Files also offers a News Wrap each morning by 9:30 AM that compliments the news links provided to paid subscribers. The morning wrap features news from the blogs and from press releases, but also identifies some of the most compelling editorials and opinion columns published by the state's news media. The Excelsior Files begins the week Monday mornings with a calendar of events scheduled to take place that week.

The Excelsior Files is produced by Janet Ruyle, a long-standing Empire Page editor who was an editor for Empire Information Services – readMedia's predecessor before she joined the Empire Page.

The Empire Page is published by PoliticalNewsToday.com, LLC, which seeks to provide useful content for people active in government and politics. It offers links daily to more than 200 news stories, columns, editorials and press releases focused primarily on New York State government and politics. The Empire Page also supports news columnists, a poll question of the week, guest editorials and interviews with leading newsmakers.