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Over beers at TRIO last Tuesday, we had a chat with former Texas Monthly president and editor-in-chief Evan Smith about his new nonprofit media project, the Texas Tribune.

Evan Smith, president and editor in chief of Texas Monthly, is leaving the magazine to join the Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan public media organization aimed at politics, government, and other matters of statewide interest. Smith will become CEO of the new venture, which also claims Austin Ventures general partner John Thornton as the chairman and former Austin Technology Council president Alisha Ring as general manager. Smith spent nearly 18 years at Texas Monthly, serving as editor for eight years before becoming president and editor in chief last year. In his farewell letter to the staff, Smith said that Texas Monthly "without question, gave me my life, gave me the most wonderful and unbelievable and exciting career that anyone could ask for." [NYT]

Earlier this week, current Texas Monthly President and editor-in-chief Evan Smith announced on his blog that he has selected Jake Silverstein, currently a senior editor at the magazine as well as a contributing editor at Harper’s, to assume his lead editorial position when he eventually steps down. Silverstein, a 33-year-old Michener Center grad, started his journalism career in Marfa, Texas, eventually joining the ranks of the Texas Monthly staff two years ago. Smith also appointed articles editor Brian Sweany to the new role of "Special Projects editor," which he describes as exploring various "21st century"-style growth areas of the business, i.e. the internets. "Most businesses are lucky to have one guy qualified and eager to lead," wrote Smith. "We had — and have — two. Get to know them. They’re the future of Texas Monthly." [State of Mine]

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Last month Austinites got a hefty dose of filmmaker David Lynch as he rolled through town promoting his new film Inland Empire and his new book Catching the Big Fish: Meditation, Consciousness, and Creativity. Lynch had a helluva busy schedule, appearing at the Paramount Theatre where he introduced a sold out screening of Inland Empire and participated in a Q&A session, then appearing at Barnes & Noble where he signed copies of his new book,...

In case you have not paid close attention, we like Maureen Dowd. Quite a bit. A few weeks ago we were fortunate enough to be in the studio audience at KLRU for a taping of Texas Monthly Talks. The program has a new format that includes a live studio audience. We arrived a little early and were fortunate enough to show Ms. Dowd to the studio and get a few minutes of alone time with her. NO we didn’t ask her to marry us or ask for her Myspace username. But we did flirt. Feebly. (Although she did give us a cute moniker we won’t share here.)