There are not many firsts for a politically
savvy, 98-year-old publication like The New Republic. But Franklin Foer, its
38-year-old editor, experienced one recently when he passed a Hudson News store
at Union Station here and saw the magazine displayed prominently near the
checkout.
It’s all part of the plan by Chris Hughes, the 29-year-old co-founder of Facebook, former online campaign adviser to President Obama and The New Republic’s newest owner, to turn around the magazine he bought in March.
It’s all part of the plan by Chris Hughes, the 29-year-old co-founder of Facebook, former online campaign adviser to President Obama and The New Republic’s newest owner, to turn around the magazine he bought in March.
