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New Republic Changes Top Editor

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael Calderone | Posted 05.20.2012

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NEW YORK -- Franklin Foer is returning as editor of the New Republic, the first major shake-up at the political magazine since Facebook co-founder Chr...

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The New Republic Plans To Establish A New York Office

Capital New York | Mark Hay | Posted 05.16.2012

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The New Republic will open up a New York office sometime in the coming months, Capital has learned. Of course, the Beltway media-scene staple had its...

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Inside The New Republic's First Meeting Under New Ownership

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael Calderone | Posted 03.09.2012

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NEW YORK -- On the morning of March 9, Chris Hughes held his first meeting with the staff of the New Republic, the nearly century-old magazine of Amer...

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Facebook Co-Founder Considers Buying The New Republic

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael Calderone | Posted 03.09.2012

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NEW YORK -- Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes is a candidate to buy the New Republic, according to sources familiar with the matter. A deal has not yet...

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Will Anyone Buy Influential D.C. Magazine?

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael Calderone | Posted 01.11.2012

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NEW YORK -- The New Republic is on the market once again. But so far, its unclear if any media companies are interested in buying the influential, alb...

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New Republic Could Be Sold

nytimes.com | MICHAEL J. DE LA MERCED | Posted 03.12.2012

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The owners of The New Republic, the nearly century-old magazine that helped define modern American liberalism, are considering selling the magazine or...

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Media Awards Romney New Hampshire Victory Before Votes Counted

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael Calderone | Posted 01.11.2012

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MANCHESTER, N.H. -- Politico's Mike Allen sounded a bit existential Monday night during a media panel at Saint Anselm College. "Why are we here?" he a...

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Bank Transfer: Successful

Mark Engler | Posted 01.11.2012

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All in all, Bank Transfer Day was a pretty powerful expression of collective disgust by Americans fed up with the goliath banks. Right? Well, not everyone agrees.

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Watching Fox News For 50 Hours Straight

Idiot Box | Posted 11.15.2011

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It was a self-inflicted, eye-glazing marathon--50 hours in late August spent watching a full sampling of the Fox News lineup. Looking back, it seems l...

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Some have never been in the humor section at all, yet put to shame 98.3% of what we call humor. You should have these books. They will make you laugh. When we laugh, we are happy. Get these books and be happy.

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Harvard Students Slam School's Bigotry (VIDEO of Marty Peretz protest)

Jesse Lava | Posted 05.25.2011

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Harvard University will be honoring Marty Peretz in the form of a $650,000 fund -- a nice celebration for a man with a sordid history of bigoted comments, mainly (though not entirely) against Arabs and Muslims.

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New Republic Publisher: First Amendment Should Not Apply to Muslims

MJ Rosenberg | Posted 05.25.2011

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At a time when hate has taken a hold in the public discourse, a quasi-liberal publisher has taken hatred and raised it to the level of advocating the denial of constitutional rights to millions of Americans because of their religion.

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MidEast Peace: Pessimism from the Right and the Left

Eileen Read | Posted 05.25.2011

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Why is it that merely talking about talking about peace brings instant backlash? Four of the most controversial writers on the Middle East - pessimist...

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Pundits, Bloggers, Activist Leaders Thinking of Running for High Office? Think Again

William Bradley | Posted 05.25.2011

Aside from new friends on the far right, poor Mickey Kaus is getting less attention as a supposed candidate for the U.S. Senate than he did as a writer.

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Drudge, Swine Flu, & Audience Envy

Ashley Rindsberg | Posted 05.25.2011

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According to Michael Wolff, the Drudge Report is a long-gone bygone, little more than the "leftover" tatters of transitional late 1990s media.

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John Hatley Convicted Of Executing Four Iraqi Men

Talking Points Memo | Brian Beutler | Posted 05.25.2011

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A senior enlisted U.S. Army soldier--Master Sergeant John Hatley--was convicted two days ago by a military jury in Germany of executing four handcuffe...

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The Media Business: It's the Perspective, Stupid

David Sirota | Posted 05.25.2011

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You can create a pretty sizable audience in a cost-effective manner if your publication's perspective is what we can call The Rest of Us -- a perspective focusing on how public policy affects ordinary people.

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Scritti Politti: February 18, 2009

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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You know, yesterday, as I read The New Republic's attempt to tell me that it was up to me and President Obama to save newspapers through a sustained c...

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New Republic: "Nancy Pelosi, Badass"

The New Republic | Posted 05.25.2011

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Nancy Pelosi believes in being direct. With the Democratic presidential contest running hot, in March a reporter with Boston TV station NECN asked the...

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Vicki Iseman: New Republic Explores Scandal Inside New York Times

The New Republic | Gabriel Sherman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Last night, around dinnertime, The New York Times posted on its website a 3,000-word investigation detailing Senator John McCain's connections to a te...

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Kurtz: HuffPost "Blew The Whistle" On Phony National Review Reports

Washington Post | Howard Kurtz | Posted 05.25.2011

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After nearly five months of mounting criticism, the New Republic yesterday disavowed reports about petty wartime cruelty in Iraq, saying the magazine ...

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New Yorker's Hertzberg: "Washington Post's Editorial Page Has Been Pathetic. Really Pathetic"

Radar | Charles Kaiser | Posted 05.25.2011

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Hendrik (Rick) Hertzberg is one of the giants of the mainstream media. A two-time editor of the New Republic and an off and on contributor for nearly ...

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