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‘Mass resignations’ at The New Republic follow editors’ departure | |
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The shakeup at the top of the masthead at The New Republic is reverberating all through the once-high-flying magazine’s staff as more than a dozen senior editors and a longer list of contributing editors quit on Friday following the resignation of editor Franklin Foer and literary editor Leon Wieseltier. | |
Contributing editor Ryan Lizza, a writer for the New Yorker, tweeted a list of the staffers who followed Foer and Wieseltier to the door. | Contributing editor Ryan Lizza, a writer for the New Yorker, tweeted a list of the staffers who followed Foer and Wieseltier to the door. |
BREAKING: Mass resignations just submitted at @TNR Full list… pic.twitter.com/SdM0VPQ8Et— Ryan Lizza (@RyanLizza) December 5, 2014 | BREAKING: Mass resignations just submitted at @TNR Full list… pic.twitter.com/SdM0VPQ8Et— Ryan Lizza (@RyanLizza) December 5, 2014 |
BREAKING: Mass resignations just submitted at @TNR Full list… pic.twitter.com/SdM0VPQ8Et | BREAKING: Mass resignations just submitted at @TNR Full list… pic.twitter.com/SdM0VPQ8Et |
The massive upheaval was touched off by the decision of TNR’s owner, Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes, and his new CEO, former Yahoo News executive Guy Vidra, to change the mission of the company from a magazine-focused institution to a digital media company with an expanded Manhattan office. | |
Staffers met at Frank Foer’s house in D.C. last night for what they called a “wake” for the magazine. At the meeting, people said they would support Foer by tendering their resignations. | Staffers met at Frank Foer’s house in D.C. last night for what they called a “wake” for the magazine. At the meeting, people said they would support Foer by tendering their resignations. |
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