For 24 years, the editor and publisher Katrina vanden Heuvel has been the public face of The Nation, the oldest continuously published weekly in the United States. On June 15, she will give up her job as day-to-day editor, and be succeeded in the role by D. D. Guttenplan, an author long associated with the magazine.

“It’s possible to stay in a job too long,” Ms. vanden Heuvel said in an interview. “It’s a time of tectonic shifts, and a new editor is part of the change that I think is important to continue The Nation’s work as a place of progressive ideals and ideas.”

The second woman to edit The Nation, Ms. vanden Heuvel, a part owner of the publication, will stay on as publisher and continue to provide advice to the editorial staff as editorial director, the magazine said on Monday.

Since its founding by Republican abolitionists in 1865, The Nation has published work by, among others, James Baldwin, Noam Chomsky, Eric Foner, Henry James, Toni Morrison and I. F. Stone. Its circulation peaked at 186,000 in 2006 and has since settled at about 132,000, although its online traffic has been growing steadily. It endorsed Bernie Sanders in the 2016 presidential election. </s> The Nation announced today that journalist and author D.D. Guttenplan will become the magazine’s next Editor, effective June 15. Guttenplan, who is currently Editor at Large for The Nation, succeeds Katrina vanden Heuvel, who will become Editorial Director and remain Publisher of the country’s oldest weekly magazine.

Katrina vanden Heuvel, who marks her 25th year as Editor of The Nation in 2019, will continue to chart the strategic direction of The Nation working with Guttenplan and The Nation’s President, Erin O’Mara. She will also edit select writers and contribute regular commentary. Vanden Heuvel has led The Nation through turbulent political times, steering the magazine into the digital era and winning multiple awards for The Nation’s investigative reporting, commentary, and political impact.

Guttenplan was one of the magazine’s lead correspondents covering the 2016 presidential campaign and is the author of The Next Republic: The Rise of a New Radical Majority. In 2015 he co-edited The Nation’s 150th Anniversary special issue with vanden Heuvel and wrote The Nation: A Biography, a definitive history of the magazine. His book American Radical: The Life and Times of I.F Stone, about The Nation’s former Washington correspondent, won the 2010 Sperber Prize for Biography.

“As my co-editor for The Nation’s 150th Anniversary issue, I saw first-hand Don’s rigor and creative thinking,” said vanden Heuvel. “An accomplished journalist working at the intersection of history, politics, and activism, Don is the right choice to continue to move The Nation forward. I’m excited about The Nation’s future, our expanding reach across all platforms as a critical voice for sanity and progress at this moment in history.”

“I’m thrilled to be taking over at The Nation at such a crucial time in the magazine’s history and in our national life,” said Guttenplan. “The Nation is a beacon for progressive ideas, democratic politics, women’s rights, racial and economic justice, and open debate between liberals and radicals.”

“Under Katrina’s leadership,” said Guttenplan, “The Nation has consistently shown that ideas matter, championing causes often dismissed as radical or marginal at the time only to be embraced by the mainstream years and sometimes decades later. The Nation spoke out boldly against the Iraq War, warned about the dangers of ‘the New Inequality,’ and has consistently been a brave, and sometimes lonely, voice opposing the rush to a new Cold War. I’m immensely proud of our history and look forward to helping our incredibly talented community of editors and writers shape our next chapter.”

In addition to the transition in editorship, The Nation will be hiring a new Executive Web Editor to drive the continued growth of TheNation.com. The Nation is also announcing that journalist Elie Mystal will write regular commentary at TheNation.com focused on politics, law, and racial justice. Mystal joins the Rev. William Barber, the magazine’s Civil Rights Correspondent in covering race, and is part of a growing cohort of diverse and dynamic voices at The Nation.

Under vanden Heuvel’s leadership, The Nation has evolved into a multi-channel media company—print, web, newsletters, podcasts, video, and a robust educational program. The Nation has won a “Shorty” award for its Twitter feed, @thenation, which has more than 1.24 million followers, and has developed a strong presence on Facebook and Instagram. Over 30 percent of the traffic at TheNation.com and audience engagement on social media is from readers 18–34-years old, reflecting The Nation’s continued relevance to a new generation. In 2017, The Nation launched Take Action Now, a weekly newsletter curating the resistance by highlighting three actions the Nation community can take based on the time they have. This newsletter has a passionate following and is part of a portfolio of newsletters that has a combined reach of 800,000 subscribers.

Alongside vanden Heuvel’s new role shaping the future of The Nation as Editorial Director, she will continue writing her regular weekly column for The Washington Post and will be speaking, writing, and collecting articles and essays for a forthcoming book. Vanden Heuvel will continue working with the Congressional Progressive Caucus and other groups to craft a progressive foreign policy.

Guttenplan and vanden Heuvel are both former interns for The Nation, joining hundreds of working journalists, editors, and political leaders as alumni of the program. The Nation intern program is one of the premier editorial fact-checking- and journalism-training programs in the field, and The Nation was one of the first media outlets to pay interns a $15-an-hour wage. The Nation has been deeply committed to nurturing young journalists and working to make the field of journalism diverse, through initiatives like StudentNation, the Nation writing fellowship, Black on Campus, and the Student Journalism Conference.

Guttenplan, who until recently was Editor in Chief of the London-based Jewish Quarterly, is the producer of the acclaimed documentary film Edward Said: The Last Interview and wrote and presented War, Lies, and Audiotape, a radio documentary for the BBC about the Gulf of Tonkin incident and the origins of the Vietnam War. A former education correspondent for the International Herald Tribune, former columnist for New York Newsday and former senior editor at The Village Voice, his essays and reporting have appeared in the Atlantic, The Guardian, Ha’aretz, Harper’s,the London Review of Books, The New York Times, and the Times Literary Supplement.

“This is a moment of continuity and change,” said vanden Heuvel. Don has been a part of The Nation and our success, but also brings new energy, ideas, and bold leadership to The Nation,” said vanden Heuvel. “He is deeply committed to growing a new generation of voices. And he understands the critical role of independent journalism in our society.”

Guttenplan will be the magazine’s 16thh Editor in The Nation’s 154-year history. Guttenplan and vanden Heuvel are available for interviews. </s> MISSOULA, Mont. — A Missouri newspaper editor will direct a new journalism center at the University of Maryland.

The Missoulian reports that its editor, Kathy Best, will become the first director of the Howard Center for Investigative Journalism at the university’s Philip Merrill College of Journalism.

The newspaper reports that prior to her three years at the Missoulian, Best served as executive editor of the Seattle Times when the newspaper won two breaking-news Pulitzer Prize awards and two Online Journalism Awards.

The Missoulian reports that Best will oversee about 100 students per semester, including direct center participants and members of the journalism school’s Capitol News Service.

Jim Strauss, the publisher of the western Missouri newspaper, says City Editor Gwen Florio will serve as acting editor during the search for a replacement.

Copyright 2019 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. </s> New York (CNN Business) The Weekly Standard, the magazine that espouses traditional conservatism and which has remained deeply critical of President Donald Trump, will shutter after 23 years, its owner Clarity Media Group announced Friday morning. The magazine will publish its final issue on December 17.

The announcement came after the magazine's editor-in-chief, Stephen Hayes, met privately with Ryan McKibben, the chief executive and chairman of Clarity Media Group, a media holding company owned by billionaire Philip Anschutz.

"For more than twenty years The Weekly Standard has provided a valued and important perspective on political, literary and cultural issues of the day," McKibben said in a press release. "The magazine has been home to some of the industry's most dedicated and talented staff and I thank them for their hard work and contributions, not just to the publication, but the field of journalism."

Employees were told at an all staff meeting, which CNN obtained an audio recording of, that they would be paid through the end of the year, and that afterward they would receive severance which would range in scale depending on factors like seniority. To receive severance, however, employees would need to sign a strict non-disclosure and non-disparagement agreement.

"I know it's an emotional day, but I want to tell you don't get on social media and attack anybody because it will put your severance in jeopardy," McKibben told employees in the meeting.

Read More </s> Veteran Fox News anchor Greta van Susteren is leaving the network after more than 14 years.

Van Susteren, who hosted shows for the network across different time-slots since 2002, will be replaced by senior political analyst Brit Hume immediately on On the Record, a statement read.

The network's co-presidents Jack Abernethy and Bill Shine said in the statement: 'We are grateful for Greta's many contributions over the years and wish her continued success.'

The statement went on to describe Hume, who will be at the helm of the show until the end of the election, as 'the ideal choice to host a nightly political program'.

Van Susteren's abrupt departure is the result of a 'financial disagreement', Variety reports.

A Fox News report says the host tried to renegotiate her contract with the network after disgraced former president Richard Ailes left the network, however they were deadlocked so van Susteren decided to depart.

However, sources close to the situation told New York Magazine the hasty exit was due to van Susteren becoming 'troubled by the culture' Ailes created at the network.

Yes, I have left the Fox News Channel. On Thursday night, I made my decision and informed Fox News of my decision that I was leaving Fox News Channel per my contract. Fox has not felt like home to me for a few years and I took advantage of the clause in my contract which allows me to leave now. The clause had a time limitation, meaning I could not wait. I love my staff, I love my colleagues, and I love the crews. That is the hardest part of this decision as they are wonderful people. And most of all? I love the viewers -- even the ones who have gotten mad at me over the years and taken swipes. I hope to continue my career in broadcasting.

Van Susteren herself released a statement on Tuesday shortly before noon, explaining her exit.

'Yes, I have left the Fox News Channel,' it read. 'On Thursday night, I made my decision and informed Fox News of my decision that I was leaving Fox News Channel per my contract.

'Fox has not felt like home to me for a few years and I took advantage of the clause in my contract which allows me to leave now.

'The clause had a time limitation, meaning I could not wait. I love my staff, I love my colleagues, and I love the crews. That is the hardest part of this decision as they are wonderful people.

'And most of all? I love the viewers -- even the ones who have gotten mad at me over the years and taken swipes.

'I hope to continue my career in broadcasting.'

The 62-year-old's departure was announced on Tuesday morning, the same day it was revealed Fox News will pay $20 million and issued a public apology to settle former Fox & Friends co-host Gretchen Carlson's lawsuit against Ailes.

'We sincerely regret and apologize for the fact that Gretchen was not treated with the respect that she and all our colleagues deserve,' the statement from 21st Century Fox read.

Carlson issued a public statement through 21st Century Fox, saying she was 'gratified' with the 'decisive action' on Ailes.

'I’m ready to move on to the next chapter of my life in which I will redouble my efforts to empower women in the workplace,' she said.

FOX News Channel's (FNC) senior political analyst Brit Hume will take over as anchor of On the Record (7PM/ET) starting Tuesday, September 6th and running through the election, announced the network's co-presidents Jack Abernethy and Bill Shine. Current host Greta Van Susteren will depart the network after 14 years. In making the announcement, Abernethy and Shine said in a joint statement, 'As one of the best political analysts in the industry, Brit is the ideal choice to host a nightly political program while the most dynamic and captivating election in recent history unfolds. Having Brit at the helm of this show will enable FOX News to continue on track to have its highest-rated year ever as the network dominates the cable news landscape.' Commenting on Van Susteren's departure, Abernethy and Shine jointly said, 'We are grateful for Greta's many contributions over the years and wish her continued success.' Hume added, 'I am happy to take on this assignment for the balance of this extraordinary election. My FOX News colleagues have set a high standard for political coverage which I'll do my best to uphold. I'm honored to be asked.' As FNC's senior political analyst, Hume has provided in-depth coverage and analysis of all major political events and covered every presidential election since assuming the role in 2008. Previously serving as the anchor of Special Report, Hume stepped down in December 2008 after more than 10 years anchoring the program. Under his leadership, Special Report was the highest-rated political program on cable television. In this capacity, Hume also served as the Washington managing editor and was responsible for overseeing news content for FOX News' Washington bureau. He also anchored all network coverage for every presidential election from 1996-2008. Before joining FOX News in 1996, Hume was with ABC News for 23 years, serving as chief White House correspondent from 1989 through 1996. During his tenure, he contributed to World News Tonight with Peter Jennings, Nightline and This Week, as well as various specials for the news division. Hume joined ABC in 1973 as a consultant for the network's documentary division, moving on to the role of Washington correspondent in 1976, and later Capitol Hill correspondent and reported on Congress until 1988. Earlier, Hume reported for United Press International, beginning his career as a newspaper reporter with The Hartford Times and the Baltimore Evening Sun. He has received numerous honors and awards, including the 2003 Sol Taishoff Award for Excellence in Broadcast Journalism from the National Press Foundation and a 1991 Emmy Award for his coverage of the Gulf War. The author of two books 'Inside Story' and 'Death and the Mines,' Hume was named 'The Best in the Business' by the American Journalism Review for his extensive news coverage of the White House. FOX News Channel (FNC) is a 24-hour all-encompassing news service dedicated to delivering breaking news as well as political and business news. A top five cable network, FNC has been the most-watched news channel in the country for more than 14 years and according to a Suffolk University/USA Today poll, is the most trusted television news source in the country. Owned by 21st Century Fox, FNC is available in more than 90 million homes and dominates the cable news landscape, routinely notching the top ten programs in the genre.

In exchange, Carlson has agreed to drop the lawsuit against Ailes and will not bring up any new suits against the company or any of its employees.

The announcement of van Susteren's departure comes after the former host stood by comments she made about the ex-Fox News CEO in an interview shortly after he was hit with a sexual harassment lawsuit, but denied ever defending the man.

'I did not defend Roger Ailes nor did I condemn him. I just stated what I knew or did not know. Period,' said Van Susteren in a statement posted to her personal website.

However, Van Susteren had earlier discredited Carlson's claims in an interview with People.

'People come to me because I've been there so long,' said Van Susteren, speaking less than 24 hours after Carlson's lawsuit was filed in a New Jersey court.

'That's why this doesn't have any ring of truth to me. I would have heard it. People don't keep things silent.'

Van Susteren also described Carlson as 'a disgruntled employee' and said that after seeing that Carlson's show had been cancelled she, as a lawyer, 'thought she got angry.'

She then added: 'I deal with Roger Ailes often. I've often been alone with Roger Ailes in his office over the course of 15 years and I've never seen anything like what I'm reading about in the papers and the magazine.'

Later in the interview Van Susteren paint Carlson as ungrateful, saying 'most people, man or woman, would give anything to have had the air time [Carlson] had on Fox & Friends.'

Van Susteren closed out the interview by saying: 'If Roger Ailes were how he's described, there's no way I would've stuck around. I don't feel like putting up with that stuff and I wouldn't.'

Her replacement as host of On the Record has also tweeted his support of Ailes in recent months.

'Here's another suggestion. Why didn't she quit & sue instead of suing only after she got fired?' Hume tweeted on July 7. </s> A Montana newspaper editor will direct a new journalism center at the University of Maryland.

The Missoulian reports that its editor, Kathy Best, will become the first director of the Howard Center for Investigative Journalism at the university’s Philip Merrill College of Journalism.

The newspaper reports that prior to her three years at the Missoulian, Best served as executive editor of the Seattle Times when the newspaper won two breaking news Pulitzer Prize awards and two Online Journalism Awards.

The Missoulian reports that Best will oversee about 100 students per semester, including direct center participants and members of the journalism school’s Capitol News Service.

Jim Strauss, the publisher of the western Montana newspaper, says City Editor Gwen Florio will serve as acting editor during the search for a replacement.

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 This story has been updated to correct the location of The Missoulian.

Follow @WJZ on Twitter and like WJZ-TV | CBS Baltimore on Facebook </s> The Weekly Standard, a conservative publication known for being critical of President Donald Trump and a key intellectual force behind the disastrous U.S. war in Iraq, is set to close after 23 years.

Clarity Media Group, which owns Standard publisher MediaDC, announced Friday that the magazine’s final issue will publish on Monday, according to CNN.

“For more than twenty years The Weekly Standard has provided a valued and important perspective on political, literary and cultural issues of the day,” Ryan McKibben, chairman of MediaDC, said in a press release. “The magazine has been home to some of the industry’s most dedicated and talented staff and I thank them for their hard work and contributions, not just to the publication, but the field of journalism.”

Staffers have known something “bad” was coming since at least last week, when Clarity Media revealed it was “exploring a number of possibilities” for the publication, according to Politico. The magazine’s founder, William Kristol, had already publicly floated a possible sale or merger with its expanding sister publication, the Washington Examiner.

Some say the Standard shuttered as a direct result of it resisting moving further right under the Trump administration.

The New York Times said The Weekly Standard was in danger specifically because it found itself on the wrong side of Trump, and because editor-in-chief Stephen F. Hayes had a penchant for investigative reporting and banning “alt-right-style, partisan clickbait stories.”

“And the outcome has called into question whether the conservative media world can abide journalism that questions the new orthodoxy,” the Times’ Jim Rutenberg wrote earlier this month.

The paper’s most lasting legacy may be its role in promoting the Iraq War, as its editors wrote in the months after 9/11 that they hoped “the president will courageously decide to destroy Saddam’s regime.”

“It is past time for the United States to step up and accept the real responsibilities and requirements of global leadership,” reads an editorial co-bylined by Kristol in January 2002. “We’ve already tried the alternative.” </s> A sharp knock on the door signaled that Greta Van Susteren's time on Fox News Channel was over.

A courier arrived at Van Susteren's Washington, D.C. home at 9 a.m. Tuesday, hand-delivering two letters that said that Van Susteren "was being taken off the air" immediately, according to her husband, John Coale, who is a high-profile Washington lawyer.

Van Susteren was already planning to leave, but she thought she would be hosting her 7 p.m. program "On the Record" for a few more weeks.

Yanking her off the air without a chance to say goodbye was "a bit immature," Coale remarked.

It was also a message from Rupert Murdoch.

Van Susteren has been one of the top anchors at Fox News for the past 14 years.

Murdoch, the patriarch of Fox's parent company 21st Century Fox, disliked her recent attempt to renegotiate her contract, and the unusual courier visit was a result of that, said one of the sources interviewed for this story.

The messy breakup is the latest sign of tension -- "chaos," according to Coale -- behind the scenes at Fox News.

Coale said Tuesday afternoon that there's "possible litigation in the future" between Van Susteren and Fox. He declined to elaborate.

The network announced her departure less than an hour after the courier arrived. Van Susteren was not quoted in the press release.

Fox then deleted the "On the Record" web site, Van Susteren's biography, and her pioneering Gretawire blog -- essentially erasing her from FoxNews.com.

So Van Susteren took to Facebook to explain her exit.

Fox "has not felt like home to me for a few years and I took advantage of the clause in my contract which allows me to leave now," she wrote.

That clause is known as a "key man clause." It was triggered by Fox News chief Roger Ailes' resignation in late July amid a sexual harassment scandal. Once Ailes left, Van Susteren had a chance to leave too.

The sources said Van Susteren sought to renegotiate the terms of her contract -- and asked for a big bump in pay -- after Ailes resigned.

Fox executives refused to negotiate, one of the sources said.

There was a "financial disagreement," another one of the sources said.

Van Susteren was motivated to leave in part because she had been unhappy and uncomfortable with the way Ailes ran the network the past few years, and with the way the network was perceived, two of the sources said.

Even while vocally defending Fox in public, she had concerns in private.

"It didn't appear it was getting better" after Ailes left, one of the sources said, so she looked to the exit.

Van Susteren had a 60-day period of time to invoke the escape clause after Ailes resigned. With time running out, Van Susteren sent a letter to Fox last Thursday night, informing the network of her decision.

The goal, Coale said, was to arrange a graceful exit. He said Van Susteren expected to continue hosting for weeks "to help them sort things out and have a smooth transition."

Indeed, television hosts normally have some time on the air after it is known that they're leaving. But not this time.

Brit Hume, the former 6 p.m. host who now serves as a Fox political analyst, is taking over Van Susteren's 7 p.m. time slot until election day.

Van Susteren said on Facebook that she hopes "to continue my career in broadcasting." A former criminal defense and civil trial lawyer, she joined Fox News from CNN in 2002 and has hosted "On The Record" ever since.

She cannot leap to a new network right away, however, due to the terms of her Fox contract. It is unclear how long the waiting period is supposed to last.

Fox News announced Van Susteren's departure just a few minutes after the channel's parent company, 21st Century Fox, confirmed a $20 million settlement deal with Gretchen Carlson, the anchorwoman who sued Ailes in July, starting the chain of events that led to his ouster.

Van Susteren was not quoted in the announcement. But Fox News co-presidents Bill Shine and Jack Abernethy jointly praised Van Susteren.

"We are grateful for Greta's many contributions over the years and wish her continued success," the two executives said.

Hume said, "I am happy to take on this assignment for the balance of this extraordinary election." </s> White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders will step down from her post by the end of the month, according to President Donald J. Trump.

Trump made the announcement via Twitter on Thursday afternoon.

“Our wonderful Sarah Huckabee Sanders will be leaving the White House at the end of the month and going home to the Great State of Arkansas,” he tweeted. “She is a very special person with extraordinary talents, who has done an incredible job! I hope she decides to run for Governor of Arkansas - she would be fantastic. Sarah, thank you for a job well done!”

Sanders is the daughter of Mike Huckabee, who served as the 44th governor of Arkansas from 1996 to 2007.

Speaking with NBC News, Sanders did not say whether she would take another job in Arkansas or run for governor. But she stressed that she will “continue to be one of the most outspoken and loyal supporters of the president and his agenda.”

She has served as Trump’s press secretary since July 2017 and had an adversarial relationship with the media.

Last summer, Sanders slammed CBS News for reporting she planned to leave her post by the end of the year. “I love my job and am honored to work for @POTUS,” she tweeted.
The Nation's editor Katrina vanden Heuvel announces that she will step down as editor after 24 years, on June 15, 2019.