Chris Hughes Clarifies New Republic New York Plans

In the wake of all that New Republic business, owner Chris Hughes has been talking to “remaining staffers,” NPR’s David Folkenflik and Fusion’s Felix Salmon. Here’s what the media exec now being compared to The Newsroom‘s B.J. Novak character told Salmon about reports of TNR relocating to NYC:

Hughes rejects the idea that he’s moving the magazine to New York: The New Republic is still going to have politics at its core, he says, and as such the DC bureau isn’t going anywhere.