For the Welsh rugby union player of a similar name see James Leadbeater

James Leadbeater

James Leadbeater is a Welsh rugby union player. A scrum half, he currently plays his club rugby for Newport Gwent Dragons having progressed through the Dragons academy. He made his debut for the Dragons 20 December 2009 against Biarritz Olympique in the Heineken Cup.Leadbeater has represented the...

James Ledbetter is an author and editor based in New York City. In 2008, he joined online magazine Slate

Slate (magazine)

Slate is a US-based English language online current affairs and culture magazine created in 1996 by former New Republic editor Michael Kinsley, initially under the ownership of Microsoft as part of MSN. On 21 December 2004 it was purchased by the Washington Post Company...

, where he will oversee an upcoming business news Web site called The Big Money http://www.reuters.com/article/ousiv/idUSN1740579620080317?sp=true. Prior to joining Slate, he was at CNNMoney.com, a financial news Web site.

His most recent book is Dispatches for the New York Tribune: Selected Journalism of Karl Marx, published in the UK in 2007 by Penguin Classics http://www.penguinclassics.co.uk/nf/Book/BookDisplay/0,,9780141441924,00.html and scheduled for US publication in 2008. He is also the author of Starving to Death on $200 Million: The Short, Absurd Life of The Industry Standard and Made Possible By...: The Death of Public Broadcasting in the United States.

In addition to Slate and CNNmoney.com, he also is a former senior editor of Time Magazine, The Industry Standard

The Industry Standard

The Industry Standard is a news web site dedicated to technology business news, part of InfoWorld, a news web site covering technology in general...

, and former staff writer for The Village Voice

The Village Voice

The Village Voice is a free weekly newspaper and news and features website in New York City that features investigative articles, analysis of current affairs and culture, arts and music coverage, and events listings for New York City...

. His writing also has appeared in several other US publications, including The New York Times

The New York Times

The New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...

, The Washington Post

The Washington Post

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, The Nation

The Nation

The Nation is the oldest continuously published weekly magazine in the United States. The periodical, devoted to politics and culture, is self-described as "the flagship of the left." Founded on July 6, 1865, It is published by The Nation Company, L.P., at 33 Irving Place, New York City.The Nation...

, Mother Jones, Vibe, Newsday

Newsday

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, and The American Prospect

The American Prospect

The American Prospect is a monthly American political magazine dedicated to American liberalism. Based in Washington, DC, The American Prospect is a journal "of liberal ideas, committed to a just society, an enriched democracy, and effective liberal politics" which focuses on United States politics...

.