NEW YORK –- A few months ago, New York Times executive editor Jill Abramson said in an interview that she looks at Politico each day, and specifically, reads “Mike Allen’s email in the morning.”

Allen’s Playbook is big part of Politico’s oft-stated goal to “win the morning” and lead the insider political conversation at the start of each day. But soon, Abramson will also receive a breakfast-time dispatch from the Times’ Carl Hulse, whom she tasked Wednesday with overseeing “an early morning news tip sheet that sets up the Washington day for our readers.”  – http://huff.to/I5r3Wt