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>>> The Weekly Standard, conservative outlet that criticized Trump, to shut down <<<


https://www.politico.com/story/2018/12/14/the-weekly-standard-to-shut-down-1064753


Wow, the 'Weekly Standard' shuts down. Looks mainly like a business decision by billionaire owner Philip Anschutz, but it's still surprising to see a once prominent Neocon mouthpiece like the Weekly Standard go away.

If the current Deep State plan is to bring down Trump, or at least prevent him from running again in 2020, the Weekly Standard could have been a good ally. Trump has tried diligently to court the Neocons, but Bill Kristol still apparently hates him.


Philip Anschutz -

>>> Anschutz has invested in, for example, the Clarity Media Group, a Denver-based publishing group that includes[37] newspapers such as The Oklahoman, the largest newspaper in Oklahoma; The San Francisco Examiner (purchased in 2004, sold in November 2011); The Washington Examiner, a right-wing weekly tabloid which was consolidated from group of D.C.-area suburban dailies; The Baltimore Examiner, which launched in April 2006 and was shut down in early 2009; the now-closed Examiner.com, a hyper-local web portal where contributors wrote on local topics from news to blog-like stories; the conservative Weekly Standard (purchased in 2009);[38] and The Gazette, the second-largest newspaper in Colorado with a daily circulation of 74,172 (purchased on November 30, 2012)[39] (Anschutz has trademarked the name "Examiner" in more than sixty cities.)

On December 14, 2018, Anschultz executed the closure of The Weekly Standard and fired all of its employees, 11 days before Christmas. Editor in Chief Stephen Hayes had initially been cleared to find a buyer but after a venture capital firm agreed to broker any future deal, Anschultz withdrew permission and decided to effectively kill the company in order to harvest its subscribers. <<<

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Anschutz