The new online DC news venture Politico.com, which first made news with the high-profile departures of John Harris and Jim VandeHei from the Washington Post, debuts today. The DC Examiner reports:

WASHINGTON – Albritton Communications will launch its much-anticipated, multi-media political news source today. The Politico and Politico.com will use a multi-pronged approach — with content on its Web site, in its newspaper and on News Channel 8 — that the company hopes will set it apart in an already crowded field.
“People want their news faster and more conversationally,” said Jim VandeHei, Politico’s executive editor. “Waiting for a story that breaks at 10 a.m. and writing for the next day’s paper is over.”

It also has a dead-tree edition, available around DC.