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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAmerican Spectator publisher Alfred S. Regnery ousted
Source: Washington Examiner
The conservative media world has been rocked with the surprise ouster of American Spectator Publisher and President Alfred S. Regnery, a titan in center-right book and media publishing, in a fight over the direction of the 45-year-old monthly with founding editor R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr.
The bottom line: Regnery felt it was time for a younger focus, new staff and eventually a younger editor to revive the conservative thought magazine. The American Spectator Foundation board, satisfied with the print publication and daily website, wanted a different marketing focus to draw in new readers and advertisers.
Regnery, former president of Regnery Publishing and author of The Ascendance of American Conservatism, the authoritative history of the movement, said to stall further circulation declines he was urging changes to reach younger audiences. He was also pushing for longer and more impactful journalism from the magazine famous for its Troopergate story about former President Clintons affairs in Arkansas and more recently its Ruling Class report about political elites.
Read more: http://washingtonexaminer.com/politics/washington-secrets/2012/02/media-shakeup-american-spectator-publisher-ousted/315096
ChairmanAgnostic
(28,017 posts)MADem
(135,425 posts)He used to publish her outhouse material books. Wonder if the new guy will keep her on?
orwell
(7,775 posts)...is to foam at the mouth about contraception and 2000 year old religions.
That will really pack 'em in...