Shakeup at Rev. Moon's The Washington Times

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Bill Berkowitz: Shakeup at Rev. Moon's The Washington Times


The Rev. Sun Myung Moon-owned The Washington Times fired three top executives on Monday, November 7, "amid reports that the paper's top editor might also be leaving," The New York Times reported. However, despite billion dollar losses, a series of editorial shakeups over the past few years, the tough economic climate for newspapers in general, and ownership by the controversial Moon, it doesn't appear that the paper will cease operations anytime soon.

The dismissed included Thomas P. McDevitt, the president and publisher who was a former pastor at Washington's Unification Church, Keith Cooperrider, the chief financial officer, and Dong Moon Joo, the chairman. Jonathan Slevin, a former vice president of the paper, was named acting president and publisher, and the paper retained the business consulting firm, Tatum, according to the NYT.

(In October, The Washington Times' Julia Duin reported that Moon had "turned over day-to-day control of the church and financial empire he founded to a daughter and three sons." Hyun Jin "Preston" Moon, 40, is chairman of News World Communications, the parent company of The Washington Times, United Press International, and other media properties. In addition, he leads The Washington Times Foundation.)

The newspaper also reported that the paper's executive editor, John Solomon, who came over from The Washington Post in early 2008, is weighing whether to step down.

The New York Times noted that The Washington Times "had weekday circulation of 67,148 in the six months ended Sept. 30, down 17 percent from a year earlier -- a fraction of the figures for its major competitors. But," The New York Times' Richard Perez-Pena pointed out, "as a platform for conservative opinion, it is more influential than the circulation numbers indicate and draws more than 2 million monthly readers online, according to Nielsen Online, making it one of the nation's top 20 newspaper sites."

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Whatever the outcome of the recent personnel changes at The Washington Times newspaper, one thing is clear; over the years, the conservative movement has gotten more than its money's worth.
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[SpiralHawk]

1. Oh my Sweet Second Coming of Jezsus - Republicons will have their diapers

in a knot over this, knowing that their beloved, worshiped CashMoneyBucksCow - Rev. Moon Gawd Second Coming Jezus -- has blown another Billion Frogskins -- and may soon go all flaccid, flabby, rancid and otherwise impotent in his campaign to finance the Republicon Homelander Campaign Against America.

What will the Republicons doo doo now that their Messiah is Messin Up?

[arcadian]

2. It will soon be given out for free at Metro station entrances.

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3. lol you are probably right

nt

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4. Isn't that exactly what the "Examiner" is? The Washington Times Jr.?

n/t

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5. I thought you were going to say they were fired for

telling something that was true ...

[SpiralHawk]

6. That ain't never going to happen with a Republicon Second Coming Fishwrap

Republicon Homelander spin and propaganda is their whole reason for existing.