The Weekly Standard

This article is about the U.S. magazine. For the Zimbabwean weekly newspaper, see The Standard (Zimbabwe). For the Canadian weekly newspaper, see Montreal Standard.

The Weekly Standard
December 24, 2018 issue of The Weekly Standard
EditorStephen F. Hayes
FrequencyWeekly
PublisherTerry Eastland
Total circulation
(December 2018)		~50,000[1]
First issueSeptember 1995; 29 years ago (1995-09)
Final issueDecember 2018; 5 years ago (2018-12)
CompanyClarity Media Group
CountryUnited States
Based inWashington, D.C.
LanguageEnglish
WebsiteArchived 31 December 2018 at the Wayback Machine
ISSN1083-3013

The Weekly Standard was an American neoconservative political magazine of news, analysis, and commentary that was published 48 times per year. Originally edited by founders Bill Kristol and Fred Barnes, the Standard was described as a "redoubt of neoconservatism" and as "the neocon bible."[2][3] Its founding publisher, News Corporation, debuted the title on September 18, 1995.[4] In 2009, News Corporation sold the magazine to a subsidiary of the Anschutz Corporation.[5] On December 14, 2018, its owners announced that the magazine would cease publication, with the last issue to be published on December 17.[6] Sources have attributed its demise to an increasing divergence between Kristol and other editors' shift towards anti-Trump positions on the one hand, and the magazine's audience's shift towards Trumpism on the other.[7]

Many of the magazine's articles were written by members of conservative think tanks located in Washington, including the American Enterprise Institute, the Ethics and Public Policy Center, the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, the Hudson Institute, and the Foreign Policy Initiative. Individuals who wrote for the magazine included Elliott Abrams, Peter Berkowitz, John Bolton, Ellen Bork, David Brooks, Gertrude Himmelfarb, Christopher Hitchens, Harvey Mansfield, Cynthia Ozick, Joe Queenan, and John Yoo. The magazine's website also produced regular online-only commentaries and news articles. The site's editorial stance was described as neoconservative.[8][9][10][11][12]

  1. ^ Farhi, Paul (December 14, 2018). "The Weekly Standard, influential conservative magazine, will shutter". The Washington Post. Retrieved December 14, 2018.
  2. ^ Boot, Max (December 30, 2002). "What the Heck Is a 'Neocon'?". Wall Street Journal. the Weekly Standard, ... is known as a redoubt of 'neoconservatism'
  3. ^ Rachman, Gideon (January 15, 2007). "The neo-cons' route to disaster". Financial Times. Archived from the original on December 10, 2022. ... the neo-con bible, The Weekly Standard ...
  4. ^ "Ten years ago, The Weekly Standard debuted, a conservative journal of opinion [f]rom Washington, D.C., edited by William Kristol". October 24, 2005. National Review: "The Week".
  5. ^ "MediaDC.com". MediaDC.com. Retrieved June 21, 2016.
  6. ^ Grynbaum, Michael M.; Rutenberg, Jim (December 14, 2018). "The Weekly Standard, Pugnacious to the End, Will Cease Publication". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved December 15, 2018.
  7. ^ Wallace-Wells, Benjamin. "Who Killed The Weekly Standard?". The New Yorker.
  8. ^ McConnell, Scott. "The Weekly Standard's War". November 21, 2005. The American Conservative
  9. ^ Smith, Ben. "Weekly Standard may have been shooter target Archived January 4, 2010, at the Wayback Machine" June 11, 2009. Politico.
  10. ^ Magolick, David. "The Return of the Neocons Archived August 11, 2010, at the Wayback Machine" January 22, 2010. Newsweek.
  11. ^ Carr, David. "When this weekly speaks, White House listens" March 12, 2003. The New York Times.
  12. ^ Hirsh, Michael (February 4, 2013). "The Winter of the Neocons' Discontent". National Journal. Archived from the original on February 7, 2013. Retrieved October 25, 2013.