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Hey, if I hit the Powerball, should I buy the New Republic?

Because it’s going to be for sale:

A year ago, Chris Hughes, owner of the New Republic, vowed to continue his fight to transform the century-old magazine into a more digitally-focused media operation, despite a mass walkout by staffers who bristled at his efforts. On Monday, he said he was done.

What would I do with it?  Well, there are two options. The first is to turn it back into a successful magazine that redefines the mainstream Left into something I’d consider respectable: which is to say, a movement with a rekindled belief in American exceptionalism, and that has reaffirmed its commitment to the notion that government shouldn’t spend money that it doesn’t actually have (John Maynard Keynes, what sins are committed in thy name!).  Seriously: the Left is so incredibly bad at hashing out a workable liberalism these days that we pretty much have to do it for them.  Obviously they can’t keep doing it on their own.  A party defined by Alan Grayson and Elizabeth Warren isn’t a party at all; it’s a perpetual sneer.

But there’s the other option:

I gotta say. The other option kind of sings to me.

Moe Lane

Report: the New Republic will now publish advertisers’ ‘stories’ under its own name.

You know, I am a conservative and a Republican and I am always up to do a dirty deed to a Democrat – but I wouldn’t have done this to the New Republic.  I mean, I’m not evil.

The New Republic, just months after triggering a mass staff exodus by announcing a push to transform itself into a digital media company, has hired a new chief revenue officer tasked with starting a branded-content unit that will produce stories for advertisers.

…Interesting choice of Destructor for Gozer, there. Continue reading Report: the New Republic will now publish advertisers’ ‘stories’ under its own name.

Gawker-trained New Republic editor gives up on printing latest issue.

In a way, you have to almost admire Gabriel Snyder’s and Guy Vidra’s efficiency.  Most people in their position – promoted far beyond their competence, while blissfully unaware of the fact – would take two, three print issues to demonstrate that they really have no business running a print magazine.  It takes a special kind of almost holy imbecility to demonstrate it before the first issue can even come out. But they managed!

The New Republic will not publish the issue that had been slated to hit shelves on December 15, following Friday’s mass resignation by top editors and contributors.

“As you know, an issue that was in production by recently departed editors and writers, scheduled to appear on newsstands on December 15th, was left unfinished,” Guy Vidra, the New Republic’s chief executive, wrote in a memo to staff on Saturday. “Despite the incredible work you all are doing, going forward with the issue would run the risk of falling short of this institution’s renowned high standards.”

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