The Weekly Standard

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The Weekly Standard was a conservative American political magazine known for its influential commentary on U.S. politics and policy from the mid-1990s until its closure in 2018.

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The Weekly Standard canonical 4
The Weekly Standard (former) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf political magazine
ceasedPublication December 2018
countryOfOrigin United States
coveredEvent Clinton administration
George W. Bush administration
linked to: Bush administration

Obama administration
Trump administration
editorInChief Stephen F. Hayes
William Kristol
endDate 2018
format print magazine
foundedBy Fred Barnes
John Podhoretz
William Kristol
genre news analysis
political commentary
hasContributor Charles Krauthammer
David Brooks
P.J. O’Rourke
linked to: P. J. O’Rourke

Tucker Carlson
hasOnlinePresence yes
headquartersLocation Washington, D.C.
ideology American conservatism
ISSN 1083-3013
language English
locationFounded Washington, D.C.
managingEditor Fred Barnes
mediaType online
print
notableFor influence on Republican Party policy debates
neoconservative foreign policy advocacy
support for the Iraq War
opposed Donald Trump
ownedBy Philip Anschutz
Rupert Murdoch
politicalAlignment neoconservatism
publicationFrequency weekly
publisher Clarity Media Group
News Corporation
reasonForClosure declining circulation
financial difficulties
startDate 1995
subject U.S. politics
foreign policy
public policy
successor The Bulwark
targetAudience conservative readers
policy professionals

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Gerard Alexander hasWrittenFor The Weekly Standard
Jonathan Karl employer The Weekly Standard (former)
linked to: The Weekly Standard
Daniel Krauthammer hasWrittenFor The Weekly Standard
US neoconservatives institutionalBase The Weekly Standard
David Brooks wroteFor The Weekly Standard