Guy Vidra

Guy Vidra
Known for Yahoo! News as Head of News

Guy Vidra is the first chief executive for The New Republic.[1] He is the former head of Yahoo! News, where, in his own words, he had "direct responsibility for the management of the world's largest news site."[2] He was also the head of Strategy & Development at Yahoo News.[3]

His appointment to The New Republic provoked a major crisis within the publication. The magazine’s literary editor, Leon Wieseltier; executive editors Rachel Morris and Greg Veis; nine of the magazine’s eleven active senior writers; the legal-affairs editor; the digital-media editor; six culture writers and editors and thirty-six out of thirty-eight contributing editors, resigned or asked to have their names removed from the magazine’s masthead. In all, two-thirds of the names on the editorial masthead were gone.[4]

Education

Vidra holds a BA in Political Science from University of Michigan and a Masters in International Relations from Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University.

Career

Guy is the current C.E.O of The New Republic. He was formerly the Head of News at Yahoo.

References

  1. ↑ Haughney, Christine (17 September 2014). "Guy Vidra Named as Chief of The New Republic". New York Times. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
  2. ↑ Vidra, Guy. "Linkedin self-description". Retrieved 30 March 2015.
  3. ↑ Vidra, Guy. "Linkedin profile page". Retrieved 30 March 2015.
  4. ↑ http://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/inside-collapse-new-republic
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