The Weekly Standard is shutting its doors after 23 years due to the fact no one was willing it purchase it and keep it up and running.
Per source: The Weekly Standard is shutting down. No merger with the Washington Examiner.
— Jane Coaston (@cjane87) December 14, 2018
Nothing to do with lack of interested buyers. FYI.
— Jane Coaston (@cjane87) December 14, 2018
All good things come to an end. And so, after 23 years, does The Weekly Standard. I want to express my gratitude to our readers and my admiration for my colleagues. We worked hard to put out a quality magazine, and we had a good time doing so. And we have much more to do. Onward!
— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) December 14, 2018
“I’m proud that we’ve remained both conservative and independent, providing substantive reporting and analysis based on facts, logic and reason.” @stephenfhayes https://t.co/H6lBuSUSrt
— Charlie Sykes (@SykesCharlie) December 14, 2018
There was a wide variety of reactions from Conservatives
It’s official. The Weekly Standard will publish it’s last issue on Dec. 17 and close down.
A lot of good people are losing their jobs right before Christmas. Praying that they land on their feet.
— Charlie Spiering (@charliespiering) December 14, 2018
Tonight, I will toast to the end of the Weekly Standard. In fact I’m gonna toast right now. And at lunch. And at Christmas parties tonight. Basically, fuck those guys. https://t.co/8VcWtYWJrx
— Raheem Kassam (@RaheemKassam) December 14, 2018
Bill Kristol couldn’t successfully manage a niche conservasoy magazine, but he claims he could manage the country better than President Trumphttps://t.co/W6pFYHH2u5
— Jacob Wohl (@JacobAWohl) December 14, 2018
Hm weird, I reported this a week ago!https://t.co/yTbRasL14M https://t.co/c4LC3g10rQ
— Joe Gabriel Simonson (@SaysSimonson) December 14, 2018
I grew up always seeing copies of National Review and The Weekly Standard lying around my house. To my young conservative mind, they were the place to go to figure out what the Right was thinking. Hard to see TWS go down. Hoping its superb writers land on their feet.
— Alexandra DeSanctis (@xan_desanctis) December 14, 2018
How do we save the Weekly Standard? Go to war!
— Amber Athey (@amber_athey) December 14, 2018
