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The Weekly Standard

January 31, 2023

This article is about the U.S. magazine. For the Zimbabwean weekly newspaper, see The Standard (Zimbabwe). For the Canadian weekly newspaper, see Montreal Standard.

The Weekly Standard was an American neoconservative political magazine of news, analysis and commentary, published 48 times per year. Originally edited by founders Bill Kristol and Fred Barnes, the Standard had been described as a "redoubt of neoconservatism" and as "the neocon bible."[2][3] Its founding publisher, News Corporation, debuted the title on September 18, 1995.[4] In 2009, News Corporation sold the magazine to a subsidiary of the Anschutz Corporation.[5] On December 14, 2018, its owners announced that the magazine was ceasing publication, with the last issue published on December 17.[6] Sources attribute its demise to an increasing divergence between Kristol and other editors' shift towards anti-Trump positions, and the magazine's audience's shift towards Trumpism.[7]

The Weekly Standard
December 24, 2018 issue of The Weekly Standard
EditorStephen F. Hayes
FrequencyWeekly
PublisherTerry Eastland
Total circulation
(December 2018)		~50,000[1]
First issueSeptember 1995; 27 years ago (1995-09)
Final issueDecember 2018; 4 years ago (2018-12)
CompanyClarity Media Group
CountryUnited States
Based inWashington, D.C.
LanguageEnglish
Websitewww.weeklystandard.com
ISSN1083-3013

Many of the magazine's articles were written by members of conservative think tanks located in Washington, including the American Enterprise Institute, the Ethics and Public Policy Center, the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, the Hudson Institute, and the Foreign Policy Initiative. Individuals who wrote for the magazine included Elliott Abrams, Peter Berkowitz, John Bolton, Ellen Bork, David Brooks, Gertrude Himmelfarb, Christopher Hitchens, Harvey Mansfield, Cynthia Ozick, Joe Queenan, and John Yoo. The magazine's website also produced regular online-only commentaries and news articles. The site's editorial stance was described as neoconservative.[8][9][10][11][12]

History

The Standard was viewed as heavily influential during the administration of president George W. Bush (2001-2009), being called the in-flight magazine of Air Force One.[13] In 2003, although the magazine's circulation was only 55,000, Kristol said that "We have a funny relationship with the top tier of the administration. They very much keep us at arm's length, but [Vice President] Dick Cheney does send over someone to pick up 30 copies of the magazine every Monday."[14]

In 2006, though the publication had never been profitable and reputedly lost more than a million dollars a year, News Corporation head Rupert Murdoch initially dismissed the idea of selling it.[15] Subsequently, in June 2009, a report circulated that a sale of the publication to Philip Anschutz was imminent, with Murdoch's position being that, having since purchased The Wall Street Journal in 2007, his interest in the smaller publication had diminished.[16][17] The Washington Examiner reported that month that the Examiner's parent company, the Anschutz-owned Clarity Media Group, had purchased the Standard;[18][19] the price was about $1 million.[20]

The Standard increased its paid circulation by 39 percent between its June 2009 and June 2010 BPA statements.[21] Its print circulation of about 100,000 in 2013 had decreased to 72,000 by 2017, according to the BPA, with circulation dropping about 10 percent between 2016 and 2017.[13]

In late 2016, Kristol ended his time as editor-in-chief.[22] He was replaced by Stephen Hayes, the magazine's senior writer.[23] Under Hayes' leadership, the Standard continued to be as critical of Donald Trump as it had been under Kristol; Trump's supporters in turn criticized the Standard, and the magazine's influence in Republican circles dwindled.[24]

In December 2017, The Weekly Standard became an official fact-checking partner for Facebook.[25]

On December 14, 2018, Clarity Media Group announced that it would cease publication of the magazine after 23 years. While some speculated that the closure of The Weekly Standard was so Clarity Media's other magazine, the Washington Examiner, could absorb the Standard's subscribers, a statement from Clarity Media Group chairman Ryan McKibben said that such speculation was incorrect.[26][27] Kristol attributed the magazine's demise to the hostility of supporters of the Donald Trump administration.[28]

Support of the invasion of Iraq

The Standard promoted and supported the invasion of Iraq to remove Saddam Hussein. In November 1997 Bill Kristol and Robert Kagan wrote an editorial titled "Saddam Must Go", in which they stated "We know it seems unthinkable to propose another ground attack to take Baghdad. But it's time to start thinking the unthinkable."[29]

In the first issue the magazine published after 9/11, according to Scott McConnell of The American Conservative, "Gary Schmitt and Tom Donnelly, two employees of Kristol’s PNAC, clarified what ought to be the country’s war aims. Their rhetoric was to link Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden in virtually every paragraph, to join them at the hip in the minds of readers, and then to lay out a strategy that actually gave attacking Saddam priority over eliminating al-Qaeda."[30]

On December 16, 2018, co-founder and contributing editor John Podhoretz defended the coverage answering the question by Lulu Garcia-Navarro on NPR: "Do you regret the coverage of Iraq War?" saying "I think, basically, what—all a magazine—editors, writers—can promise is that they will be honest and say what they mean and think and argue the best way that they can. And with the facts available at the time, that is what The Standard did."[31]

Libel case

In 1997, nearly a year after a cover story that included allegations of hiring a prostitute and plagiarism against best-selling author Deepak Chopra, the editors of The Weekly Standard accepted full responsibility for the errors in the story, and apologized."[32][33] Chopra claimed that the magazine settled for $1.6 million.[34]

Notable personnel

Editorial staff

Contributing editors

References

  1. ^ Farhi, Paul (December 14, 2018). "The Weekly Standard, influential conservative magazine, will shutter". The Washington Post. Retrieved December 14, 2018.
  2. ^ Boot, Max (December 30, 2002). "What the Heck Is a 'Neocon'?". Wall Street Journal. the Weekly Standard, ... is known as a redoubt of 'neoconservatism'
  3. ^ Rachman, Gideon (January 15, 2007). "The neo-cons' route to disaster". Financial Times. Archived from the original on December 10, 2022. ... the neo-con bible, The Weekly Standard ...
  4. ^ "Ten years ago, The Weekly Standard debuted, a conservative journal of opinion [f]rom Washington, D.C., edited by William Kristol". October 24, 2005. National Review: "The Week".
  5. ^ "MediaDC.com". MediaDC.com. Retrieved June 21, 2016.
  6. ^ Grynbaum, Michael M.; Rutenberg, Jim (December 14, 2018). "The Weekly Standard, Pugnacious to the End, Will Cease Publication". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved December 15, 2018.
  7. ^ Wallace-Wells, Benjamin. "Who Killed The Weekly Standard?". The New Yorker.
  8. ^ McConnell, Scott. "". November 21, 2005. The American Conservative
  9. ^ Smith, Ben. "Weekly Standard may have been shooter target January 4, 2010, at the Wayback Machine" June 11, 2009. Politico.
  10. ^ Magolick, David. "The Return of the Neocons August 11, 2010, at the Wayback Machine" January 22, 2010. Newsweek.
  11. ^ Carr, David. "" March 12, 2003. The New York Times.
  12. ^ Hirsh, Michael (February 4, 2013). . National Journal. Archived from the original on February 7, 2013. Retrieved October 25, 2013.
  13. ^ a b Schwartz, Jason (December 4, 2018). "Weekly Standard faces uncertain future after holding its ground against Trump". POLITICO. Retrieved December 6, 2018.
  14. ^ Carr, David (June 24, 2004). . New York Times. Archived from the original on June 24, 2004. Retrieved December 6, 2018.
  15. ^ Cassidy, John (October 16, 2006). "Murdoch's Game". The New Yorker.
  16. ^ Carr, David (June 10, 2009). "Will The Standard Pass From Murdoch to Anschutz?". The New York Times. Retrieved June 15, 2009.
  17. ^ Worden, Nat (June 11, 2009). "News Corp. Close to Selling Weekly Standard". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved June 15, 2009.
  18. ^ ""Weekly Standard sold to Washington Examiner parent company". The Washington Examiner. June 17, 2009.
  19. ^ Corcoran, Michael (September 1, 2009). "The Weekly Standard's War". Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting.
  20. ^ Arango, Tim (August 2, 2009). "New Owner for Weekly Standard as Political Tastes Change". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved December 6, 2018.
  21. ^ Mickey, Bill (October 6, 2010). . Audience Development. Archived from the original on November 21, 2011.
  22. ^ Rupert, Evelyn (December 13, 2016). "Bill Kristol stepping down as Weekly Standard editor-in-chief". TheHill. Retrieved December 6, 2018.
  23. ^ "Stephen F. Hayes '93 to Succeed William Kristol as Editor-in-Chief of The Weekly Standard". DePauw University. December 13, 2016. Retrieved December 6, 2018.
  24. ^ Darcy, Oliver (December 5, 2018). "Fate of The Weekly Standard is uncertain, editor tells staff". CNN.com.
  25. ^ "Facebook looks to conservative Weekly Standard to combat its fake news problem — Quartz". qz.com. Retrieved September 15, 2018.
  26. ^ Darcy, Oliver (December 14, 2018). "The Weekly Standard, a conservative magazine critical of Trump, to shutter after 23 years". CNN Business. CNN Interactive. Retrieved December 14, 2018.
  27. ^ Pilkington, Ed (December 14, 2018). "Weekly Standard, rightwing magazine opposed to Trump, closes after 23 years" – via www.theguardian.com.
  28. ^ "Meet the Other Resistance: The Republican One". New York Times. April 24, 2019.
  29. ^ Kristol, Bill (November 17, 1997). "SADDAM MUST Go". WeeklyStandard. Retrieved December 16, 2018.
  30. ^ McConnell, Scott (November 21, 2005). "The Weekly Standard's War". TheAmericanConservative. Retrieved December 16, 2018.
  31. ^ "Co-Founder: 'Cannibalism,' Not Anti-Trump Stand, Killed 'Weekly Standard'". NPR. December 16, 2018. Retrieved December 16, 2018.
  32. ^ APOLOGY TO DEEPAK CHOPRA: THE WEEKLY STANDARD SUIT SETTLED October 17, 2014, at the Wayback Machine, PR Newswire, June 23, 1997. Retrieved October 12, 2014.
  33. ^ Self-help guru settles libel lawsuit October 16, 2014, at the Wayback Machine, Spokesman-Review, June 24, 1997. Retrieved October 12, 2014.
  34. ^ The Art of the Spiritual Smackdown October 19, 2014, at the Wayback Machine, Salon.com, Stephen Lemons, March 7, 2000. Retrieved October 12, 2014.

External links

  •   Media related to The Weekly Standard at Wikimedia Commons
  • Official website  

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This article is about the U S magazine For the Zimbabwean weekly newspaper see The Standard Zimbabwe For the Canadian weekly newspaper see Montreal Standard The Weekly Standard was an American neoconservative political magazine of news analysis and commentary published 48 times per year Originally edited by founders Bill Kristol and Fred Barnes the Standard had been described as a redoubt of neoconservatism and as the neocon bible 2 3 Its founding publisher News Corporation debuted the title on September 18 1995 4 In 2009 News Corporation sold the magazine to a subsidiary of the Anschutz Corporation 5 On December 14 2018 its owners announced that the magazine was ceasing publication with the last issue published on December 17 6 Sources attribute its demise to an increasing divergence between Kristol and other editors shift towards anti Trump positions and the magazine s audience s shift towards Trumpism 7 The Weekly StandardDecember 24 2018 issue of The Weekly StandardEditorStephen F HayesFrequencyWeeklyPublisherTerry EastlandTotal circulation December 2018 50 000 1 First issueSeptember 1995 27 years ago 1995 09 Final issueDecember 2018 4 years ago 2018 12 CompanyClarity Media GroupCountryUnited StatesBased inWashington D C LanguageEnglishWebsitewww wbr weeklystandard wbr comISSN1083 3013Many of the magazine s articles were written by members of conservative think tanks located in Washington including the American Enterprise Institute the Ethics and Public Policy Center the Foundation for Defense of Democracies the Hudson Institute and the Foreign Policy Initiative Individuals who wrote for the magazine included Elliott Abrams Peter Berkowitz John Bolton Ellen Bork David Brooks Gertrude Himmelfarb Christopher Hitchens Harvey Mansfield Cynthia Ozick Joe Queenan and John Yoo The magazine s website also produced regular online only commentaries and news articles The site s editorial stance was described as neoconservative 8 9 10 11 12 Contents 1 History 1 1 Support of the invasion of Iraq 1 2 Libel case 2 Notable personnel 2 1 Editorial staff 2 2 Contributing editors 3 References 4 External linksHistory EditThe Standard was viewed as heavily influential during the administration of president George W Bush 2001 2009 being called the in flight magazine of Air Force One 13 In 2003 although the magazine s circulation was only 55 000 Kristol said that We have a funny relationship with the top tier of the administration They very much keep us at arm s length but Vice President Dick Cheney does send over someone to pick up 30 copies of the magazine every Monday 14 In 2006 though the publication had never been profitable and reputedly lost more than a million dollars a year News Corporation head Rupert Murdoch initially dismissed the idea of selling it 15 Subsequently in June 2009 a report circulated that a sale of the publication to Philip Anschutz was imminent with Murdoch s position being that having since purchased The Wall Street Journal in 2007 his interest in the smaller publication had diminished 16 17 The Washington Examiner reported that month that the Examiner s parent company the Anschutz owned Clarity Media Group had purchased the Standard 18 19 the price was about 1 million 20 The Standard increased its paid circulation by 39 percent between its June 2009 and June 2010 BPA statements 21 Its print circulation of about 100 000 in 2013 had decreased to 72 000 by 2017 according to the BPA with circulation dropping about 10 percent between 2016 and 2017 13 In late 2016 Kristol ended his time as editor in chief 22 He was replaced by Stephen Hayes the magazine s senior writer 23 Under Hayes leadership the Standard continued to be as critical of Donald Trump as it had been under Kristol Trump s supporters in turn criticized the Standard and the magazine s influence in Republican circles dwindled 24 In December 2017 The Weekly Standard became an official fact checking partner for Facebook 25 On December 14 2018 Clarity Media Group announced that it would cease publication of the magazine after 23 years While some speculated that the closure of The Weekly Standard was so Clarity Media s other magazine the Washington Examiner could absorb the Standard s subscribers a statement from Clarity Media Group chairman Ryan McKibben said that such speculation was incorrect 26 27 Kristol attributed the magazine s demise to the hostility of supporters of the Donald Trump administration 28 Support of the invasion of Iraq Edit The Standard promoted and supported the invasion of Iraq to remove Saddam Hussein In November 1997 Bill Kristol and Robert Kagan wrote an editorial titled Saddam Must Go in which they stated We know it seems unthinkable to propose another ground attack to take Baghdad But it s time to start thinking the unthinkable 29 In the first issue the magazine published after 9 11 according to Scott McConnell of The American Conservative Gary Schmitt and Tom Donnelly two employees of Kristol s PNAC clarified what ought to be the country s war aims Their rhetoric was to link Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden in virtually every paragraph to join them at the hip in the minds of readers and then to lay out a strategy that actually gave attacking Saddam priority over eliminating al Qaeda 30 On December 16 2018 co founder and contributing editor John Podhoretz defended the coverage answering the question by Lulu Garcia Navarro on NPR Do you regret the coverage of Iraq War saying I think basically what all a magazine editors writers can promise is that they will be honest and say what they mean and think and argue the best way that they can And with the facts available at the time that is what The Standard did 31 Libel case Edit In 1997 nearly a year after a cover story that included allegations of hiring a prostitute and plagiarism against best selling author Deepak Chopra the editors of The Weekly Standard accepted full responsibility for the errors in the story and apologized 32 33 Chopra claimed that the magazine settled for 1 6 million 34 Notable personnel EditEditorial staff Edit Stephen F Hayes Editor in Chief Bill Kristol Editor at large Fred Barnes Executive Editor Christopher Caldwell Andrew Ferguson Lee Smith Philip Terzian Senior Editors Jonathan V Last Digital Editor Matt Labash Senior WriterContributing editors Edit Max Boot Joseph Bottum Tucker Carlson Matthew Continetti Joseph Epstein David Frum David Gelernter Reuel Marc Gerecht Michael Goldfarb Mary Katharine Ham Brit Hume Frederick Kagan Robert Kagan Charles Krauthammer Tod Lindberg Rob Messenger P J O Rourke John Podhoretz Irwin StelzerReferences Edit Farhi Paul December 14 2018 The Weekly Standard influential conservative magazine will shutter The Washington Post Retrieved December 14 2018 Boot Max December 30 2002 What the Heck Is a Neocon Wall Street Journal the Weekly Standard is known as a redoubt of neoconservatism Rachman Gideon January 15 2007 The neo cons route to disaster Financial Times Archived from the original on December 10 2022 the neo con bible The Weekly Standard Ten years ago The Weekly Standard debuted a conservative journal of opinion f rom Washington D C edited by William Kristol October 24 2005 National Review The Week MediaDC com MediaDC com Retrieved June 21 2016 Grynbaum Michael M Rutenberg Jim December 14 2018 The Weekly Standard Pugnacious to the End Will Cease Publication The New York Times ISSN 0362 4331 Retrieved December 15 2018 Wallace Wells Benjamin Who Killed The Weekly Standard The New Yorker McConnell Scott The Weekly Standard s War November 21 2005 The American Conservative Smith Ben Weekly Standard may have been shooter target Archived January 4 2010 at the Wayback Machine June 11 2009 Politico Magolick David The Return of the Neocons Archived August 11 2010 at the Wayback Machine January 22 2010 Newsweek Carr David When this weekly speaks White House listens March 12 2003 The New York Times Hirsh Michael February 4 2013 The Winter of the Neocons Discontent National Journal Archived from the original on February 7 2013 Retrieved October 25 2013 a b Schwartz Jason December 4 2018 Weekly Standard faces uncertain future after holding its ground against Trump POLITICO Retrieved December 6 2018 Carr David June 24 2004 When this weekly speaks White House listens New York Times Archived from the original on June 24 2004 Retrieved December 6 2018 Cassidy John October 16 2006 Murdoch s Game The New Yorker Carr David June 10 2009 Will The Standard Pass From Murdoch to Anschutz The New York Times Retrieved June 15 2009 Worden Nat June 11 2009 News Corp Close to Selling Weekly Standard Wall Street Journal Retrieved June 15 2009 Weekly Standard sold to Washington Examiner parent company The Washington Examiner June 17 2009 Corcoran Michael September 1 2009 The Weekly Standard s War Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting Arango Tim August 2 2009 New Owner for Weekly Standard as Political Tastes Change The New York Times ISSN 0362 4331 Retrieved December 6 2018 Mickey Bill October 6 2010 The Weekly Standard Boosts Its Circ Audience Development Archived from the original on November 21 2011 Rupert Evelyn December 13 2016 Bill Kristol stepping down as Weekly Standard editor in chief TheHill Retrieved December 6 2018 Stephen F Hayes 93 to Succeed William Kristol as Editor in Chief of The Weekly Standard DePauw University December 13 2016 Retrieved December 6 2018 Darcy Oliver December 5 2018 Fate of The Weekly Standard is uncertain editor tells staff CNN com Facebook looks to conservative Weekly Standard to combat its fake news problem Quartz qz com Retrieved September 15 2018 Darcy Oliver December 14 2018 The Weekly Standard a conservative magazine critical of Trump to shutter after 23 years CNN Business CNN Interactive Retrieved December 14 2018 Pilkington Ed December 14 2018 Weekly Standard rightwing magazine opposed to Trump closes after 23 years via www theguardian com Meet the Other Resistance The Republican One New York Times April 24 2019 Kristol Bill November 17 1997 SADDAM MUST Go WeeklyStandard Retrieved December 16 2018 McConnell Scott November 21 2005 The Weekly Standard s War TheAmericanConservative Retrieved December 16 2018 Co Founder Cannibalism Not Anti Trump Stand Killed Weekly Standard NPR December 16 2018 Retrieved December 16 2018 APOLOGY TO DEEPAK CHOPRA THE WEEKLY STANDARD SUIT SETTLED Archived October 17 2014 at the Wayback Machine PR Newswire June 23 1997 Retrieved October 12 2014 Self help guru settles libel lawsuit Archived October 16 2014 at the Wayback Machine Spokesman Review June 24 1997 Retrieved October 12 2014 The Art of the Spiritual Smackdown Archived October 19 2014 at the Wayback Machine Salon com Stephen Lemons March 7 2000 Retrieved October 12 2014 External links Edit Media related to The Weekly Standard at Wikimedia Commons Official website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The Weekly Standard amp oldid 1126799012, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, 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