''The Insider'' was a subscription-based newsletter reporting on Pennsylvania politics.
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It was once described as the "state's most widely read newsletter devoted to state politics and government."
With an audience of both the "hard-core state political junkie and the casual political observer," ''The Insider'' featured interviews with state politicians and political analysis for activities at the
Pennsylvania State Capitol
The Pennsylvania State Capitol is the seat of government for the U.S. state of Pennsylvania located in downtown Harrisburg. The building was designed by architect Joseph Miller Huston in 1902 and completed in 1906 in a Beaux-Arts style with de ...
.
It has been called a "biweekly guide to the capital's back room deals"
and "a twice-monthly political capsule"
by the ''
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
The ''Pittsburgh Post-Gazette'', also known simply as the PG, is the largest newspaper serving Greater Pittsburgh, metropolitan Pittsburgh in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. Descended from the ''Pittsburgh Gazette'', established in 1786 as the fi ...
.''
Publication history
''The Insider'' was developed in 2002 by the late
Al Neri
Albert "Al" Neri is a fictional character appearing in Mario Puzo's 1969 novel '' The Godfather'' and Francis Ford Coppola's trilogy of films based on it. In all three motion pictures, he is portrayed by actor Richard Bright. He functions ...
, a veteran political commentator with over 20 years of political experience, and political operative
John Verbanac, a protegee of Pennsylvania Senator
Rick Santorum
Richard John Santorum Sr. ( ; born May 10, 1958) is an American politician, attorney, author, and political commentator who represented Pennsylvania in the United States Senate from 1995 to 2007. He was the Senate's Chairman of the United Sta ...
.
Within a short period of time, the Insider became the largest statewide political publication.
Verbanac and Neri parted ways amicably in 2005 and The Insider was incorporated into the
GovNetPA system.
The editorial opinions expressed in ''The Insider'' were exclusively of Neri, unless the article carries a different by-line. Other individuals occasionally publish material in The Insider, including David Buffington, who is best known as the former editor of the ''Pennsylvania Report,'' a publication similar to ''The Insider.''
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References
External links
''The Insider'' Archive
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Newspapers published in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Newspapers established in 2002
American political websites
Internet properties established in 2002
Politics of Pennsylvania
2002 establishments in Pennsylvania