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This announcement comes after the editor of the magazine, Stephen Hayes, had a private meeting with Ryan McKibben, president of MediaDC, publisher of the Weekly Standard publisher.
"For over twenty years, the Weekly Standard provides and an important perspective on the political, literary and cultural issues of the day," said McKibben in a press release. "The magazine has hosted some of the most dedicated and talented employees in the industry and I thank them for their hard work and contributions not only to the publication, but also to the field of journalism."
Employees learned that they would be. paid at the end of the year and they would then receive variable severance pay based on factors such as seniority, two people familiar with the subject told CNN. To receive severance pay, however, employees will be required to sign a confidentiality agreement, officials said.
Employees were also asked to empty their desks by the end of the day, they told CNN. People said their email addresses were being closed.
The closure of the magazine represents a more general change in the conservative media. The right-wing media criticizing Trump have lost influence or changed their tone, while the right-wing media back the president.
In a note to staff on Friday morning, Hayes spoke of the critical difficulty of conservative news agencies.
"This is an unstable period in American journalism and politics," Hayes writes. "Many media have responded to the challenges of the moment by giving priority to assertion rather than information, giving in to the attraction of polarization and the attraction of clickbait ".
Hayes stated that it was a "great honor" to work with the staff of The Weekly Standard "And I am proud that we have remained both conservative and independent and that we provide reports and analyzes in depth based on facts, logic and reason. "
Meanwhile, MediaDC has devoted resources to the expansion of the magazine belonging to one of its other properties, The Washington Examiner. The publisher announced last week that Washington Examiner magazine would become a weekly publication. The Washington examiner is less critical of Trump than The Weekly Standard.
The Weekly Standard was founded in 1995 by Bill Kristol and Fred Barnes. During George W. Bush's presidency, it was generally thought that he was aligned with the administration and neoconservatism in a broad sense.
Under Hayes' leadership, The Weekly Standard has never stopped criticizing Trump. Trump supporters have criticized The Weekly Standard and its influence on Republican circles has faded.
But while The Weekly Standard's influence on Republican politics has declined, its web traffic has increased, data regulars said.
The magazine has also received praise for some of its recent work. In November, for example, the magazine published an audio recording of Congress Republican Congressman Steve King, informing attendees of a campaign in Iowa that "there is a lot of dirt" coming from the Mexico, apparently referring to the Mexicans themselves.
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