Following last week’s resignation of The New Republic editor Franklin Foer and resulting staff exodus, the magazine’s owner, Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes, has issued a lengthy response by way of an opinion piece in The Washington Post.
In the piece, Hughes denies that the editorial turmoil was simply due to a "clash of cultures" between Silicon Valley and traditional media. "Those who have watched the recent evolution in media know the dichotomy between techy buzzwords and tradition is a false choice," he wrote, adding that TNR "should and will be mentioned in the same breath" as digitally innovative newsrooms from The New York Times and The Post to Vox and Politico.
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