The Weekly Standard

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The Weekly Standard

description Political magazine
language English
publishing company Clarity Media Group ( United States )
Headquarters Washington, DC
First edition September 18, 1995
attitude 17th December 2018
Frequency of publication weekly
Sold edition 55,000 copies
(Chapman, Sneigoski)
Editor-in-chief Stephen F. Hayes
editor Terry Eastland
Web link weeklystandard.com
ISSN (print) 1083-3013

The Weekly Standard was a weekly political magazine in the United States of America . It was considered an important mouthpiece for neoconservatism in the USA. He was said to have influenced parts of the Bush administration . Since 2009 the paper has been funded by billionaire Philip Anschutz . On December 14, 2018, the owners announced the discontinuation of the magazine. The last issue was published on December 17, 2018.

Foundation, history, personnel

The magazine was founded in 1995 and initially belonged to Rupert Murdoch's media group News Corporation . The senior editors were William Kristol , founder of the magazine and former chairman of the now defunct Project for the New American Century , and Fred Barnes . The “Weekly Standard” published exclusive and up-to-date comments and articles on its “Daily Standard” website that did not appear in print.

The "Weekly Standard" was launched in March 1995 by William Kristol, Fred Barnes and John Podhoretz (the son of Norman Podhoretz ) - after meeting Rupert Murdoch at his Beverly Hills residence , where David Tell from Project for the Republican Future is said to have been present. Fred Barnes switched from " The New Republic " to the planned start-up. At the time, John Podhoretz was a television critic for the Murdoch newspaper “ New York Post ” - but he returned there in 1997, this time in the roles of editor and columnist . Originally the magazine was supposed to be called “The American Standard”, but due to trademark law considerations another name had to be chosen. This brand has already been occupied by the leading American urinal manufacturer .

In 2009 the magazine went to the Clarity Media Group , a media holding company owned by Philip Anschutz .

Most recently, 35 editors worked for the paper. The employees had to vacate their desks by December 27, 2018 at the latest. As the NZZ reported, citing CNN , they had been offered a severance payment on condition that they sign a confidentiality agreement.

Place of publication

The weekly magazine was published in the US capital Washington . The offices were in the same building as those of the Project for the New American Century and the American Enterprise Institute .

Similar publications

literature

  • Roger Chapman: The Weekly Standard . In: Roger Chapman, James Ciment: Culture Wars: An Encyclopedia of Issues, Viewpoints and Voices . Routledge, 2015, pp. 719-720
  • Encyclopædia Britannica Online, sv "The Weekly Standard", accessed January 08, 2016, http://www.bridica.com/topic/The-Weekly-Standard .
  • Stephen J. Sneigoski: The Transparent Cabal: The Neoconservative Agenda, War in the Middle East, and the National Interest of Israel . IHS Press, 2008, pp. 135-137

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jan Fleischhauer : A world full of villains . In: Der Spiegel . No. 27 , 2003, p. 109 ( online ).
  2. ↑ Michael M. Grynbaum, Jim Rutenberg: The Weekly Standard, Pugnacious to the End, Will Cease Publication . New York Times, December 14, 2018
  3. ↑ a b c Viola Schenz: Why «The Weekly Standard» has to close. In: www.nzz.ch. December 27, 2018, accessed December 27, 2018 .