Dan Freedman

Here's a note from the paper's editor.

From: Seth Lipsky

Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2007 11:05:23 AM

To: ~Business Staff; ~Editorial Staff; ~NY Sun Office Staff

Subject: welcome back to ryan sager

I'm delighted to report that Ryan Sager has returned to the Sun as editor of the online edition. He had been with the Sun as an editorial writer in the startup period and then went to the New York Post and wrote a book about politics, "The Elephant in the Room." In his new job, he will edit the online edition, edit and help write a blog on politics, and write editorials. He's a brilliant journalist and we're all happy to have him back. He replaces Dan Freedman, who is joining the Giuliani campaign. Dan did a terrific job here. I'm sorry to see him go. I do note that Giuliani's rise in the polls began about the time word spread that Freedman was signing on. Good luck to all of them.

This isn't the first acquisition Giuliani has made from the Sun. Earlier, he hired John Avlon, who was a columnist and deputy editor at the paper.