Meet the new publisher of the “Washington Post,” former Reagan aide and founding CEO of “Politico” Frederick J. Ryan Jr.:
Weymouth with Frederick J. Ryan Jr., a former Reagan administration official who was part of the founding leadership team of Politico, a primarily digital news organization that competes with The Post on political coverage, the company announced Tuesday.
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Ryan, 59, an attorney, spent years rising in the Reagan administration, eventually becoming a top presidential aide and key leader in the construction of his presidential library and numerous other initiatives after Reagan left office in 1989.
And the reaction from the Left is as expected:
Remember when private capital rescued journalism? Bezos hires Reagan acolyte as publisher of WaPohttp://t.co/fF074I0Q8L via @emptywheel
— Adam Banks (@adambanksdotcom) September 2, 2014
https://twitter.com/noahbird11/status/506825400618848257
Weymouth will be replaced by Frederick Ryan, founding CEO of Politico and a former Reagan administration official. http://t.co/2sGhpeWopN
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) September 2, 2014
https://twitter.com/jhaanyonthespot/status/506792782300975104
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