Gabriel SnyderTwitter Well, that didn’t take long. Gabriel Snyder, the editor-in-chief of the New Republic, told staffers he is leaving after the June issue — less than two months after a new owner took over.
“Though I’m sad to depart, I am immensely proud of our accomplishments over the last 17 months,” Snyder said in a memo to staffers on Thursday.
He took over in February 2014 after most of the editorial staff had walked out on then-owner Chris Hughes for firing editor Franklin Foer, who chaffed under management’s new digital push.
More turmoil hit in February, when Hughes — who said he had spent over $20 million on the liberal-leaning magazine — announced he was throwing in the towel and selling it.
The buyer, Win McCormack, a Democratic fundraiser and a co-founder of Mother Jones, promptly installed a former publisher of The Nation, Hamilton Fish, as the editorial director.
Snyder, who never officially relocated to Washington, DC, after he took the job, said it was “no shock” that the new owners wanted a change.
