Conservative Magazine The Weekly Standard Is Shutting Down

Editors had searched in vain for a buyer

The Weekly Standard is shutting down after 23 years in circulation, the publication’s parent company announced today.

The conservative magazine founded in 1995 by political writers Bill Kristol and Fred Barnes will publish its final edition on Dec. 17, according to a statement released by Clarity Media Group, owner of The Weekly Standard’s publisher, MediaDC.

“For more than 20 years, The Weekly Standard has provided a valued and important perspective on political, literary and cultural issues of the day,” Ryan McKibben, Clarity Media Group president and CEO, said in a statement.

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