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Chris Hughes attends the 2012 Paris Review Spring Revel at the Cipriani 42nd St. in New York on Apr. 3, 2012.Clint Spaulding—PatrickMcMullan/Sipa USA/Getty Images by [Mathew Ingram / Fortune](https://time.com/author/fortune/) ## Mathew Ingram / Fortune Fortune Jan 11, 2016 11:09 PM UTC Chris Hughes is throwing in the towel. The Facebook co-founder, who acquired _The New Republic_ in 2012, announced on Monday that his attempts to turn the legendary political publication around have failed, and he is [putting it](http://money.cnn.com/2016/01/11/media/new-republic-for-sale-chris-hughes/) up for sale. But it is far from certain who—if anyone—will want to buy it. Hughes, who bought the magazine when he was just 28 for an estimated $2 million, said in a memo to staff—[also posted](https://medium.com/@chrishughes/the-new-republic-s-next-chapter-69f6772606#.aj2yrvqpe) on the blogging platform Medium—that he tried to find a business model that would support it, but was unable to do so. The Facebook co-founder said he bought the magazine, which at the time was on the brink of bankruptcy, “to ensure its survival and give it the financial runway to experiment with new business models in a time of immense change.” But after investing more than $20 million, Hughes said he believes it is time for new leadership and a new vision. As Hughes mentions in his memo, one question _The New Republic_ and its new owner will have to face is: What would a business model for such a publication look like? Although there are some large media entities that are arguably successful, such as BuzzFeed, Vox, Vice and ProPublica, it’s not clear that TNR can duplicate any of these. Ironically, many media-industry observers assumed that the magazine had already found a successful business model for the future—namely, being acquired by a young almost-billionaire (Hughes is worth an estimated $450 million). But Hughes apparently doesn’t have the stomach for owning a giant cash sink. While $20 million might seem like a lot, however, there are owners who have spent far more than $5 million a year on their assets. The _New York Post_, part of News Corp., is [said to lose](http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/media/2013/08/8533314/how-much-does-new-york-post-actually-lose) more than $30 million every year, and some newspapers have spent $20 million or more on failed tablet strategies, let alone running the entire paper. What’s more likely is that Hughes painted himself into a corner. He arguably damaged his own asset not long after he acquired it, when he got into [a fairly public](http://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/inside-collapse-new-republic) pissing match with much of his staff over the changes he wanted them to make to become more digital. Many senior writers and editors eventually left. In his memo, Hughes said this dispute “didn’t help our ability to make _The New Republic_ viable today, but it also did not spell our demise.” That remains to be seen, but in any case, whether it was Hughes’ fault or not is almost irrelevant—it happened, and it likely increased the difficulty of turning the magazine around. According to some [reports](http://www.wsj.com/articles/new-republic-owner-chris-hughes-puts-magazine-up-for-sale-1452525601), the website’s traffic dropped by 50% after the furore and never recovered. As far as models go, the closest analog to _The New Republic_ would probably be _The Atlantic_, another venerable U.S. magazine that was hemorrhaging money in 2008, [when it embarked](http://www.adweek.com/news/press/how-david-bradley-and-justin-smith-saved-atlantic-135215) on an ambitious digital strategy. Luckily for Atlantic Media, it was early to the race and managed to build what appears to be a fairly successful business around its websites and events. _Harper’s_ magazine has found a different solution: Much like _The Guardian_ newspaper in Britain, the U.S. magazine[is owned by](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harper%27s%5FMagazine) a trust that was set up by the MacArthur family. It has more or less [rejected](http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/11/business/media/harpers-publisher-standing-firm-in-his-defense-of-print-and-paywall.html) the Internet, but no one seems to mind (at least not yet anyway). Unfortunately for _The New Republic_, its former savior doesn’t seem to be interested in that kind of structure, and while the magazine launched its own “brand marketing studio” and other efforts, they apparently haven’t been enough to make a difference. And it is a little late in the game to try duplicating _The Atlantic_‘s strategy. There are really just three possible futures for _The New Republic_: 1) Another rich person comes along and decides to shoulder the burden that Hughes says he can’t manage; 2) A large entity such as Time Inc. (which owns _Fortune_) or Conde Nast acquires the magazine, or 3) It goes out of business. And what kind of business model could either a billionaire or a media giant come up with? The mass-market advertising driven approach not only doesn’t seem to be working for anyone (except perhaps Facebook) but it is a poor fit for a magazine of political commentary. The _New Republic_‘s only real strategy is to focus on its core, however small that might be, and build a smaller business based on subscriptions etc. If _The New Republic_ retains any of what its core readership loved about the magazine, it should be possible to concentrate on that loyal audience and get them involved somehow, through a combination of subscriptions, events, even crowdfunding efforts. Those are some big “ifs,” but there is no other obvious future for it, except as another rich person’s plaything. _This_ [_article_](http://fortune.com/2016/01/11/new-republic-hughes/) _originally appeared on_ [_Fortune.com_](http://www.fortune.com) Chris Hughes Puts 'New Republic' Up for Sale ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4176297/new-republic-for-sale/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4176297/new-republic-for-sale/"},"headline":"Facebook Co-Founder Puts New Republic Up for Sale","datePublished":"2016-01-11T23:09:24.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T13:59:08.614Z","description":"The future is unclear for the iconic political publication","url":"https://time.com/4176297/new-republic-for-sale/","keywords":["Companies","newspaper"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltda5111ef52107e71/698878a13c163950b945b849/chris-hughes.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Mathew Ingram / Fortune"}],"articleSection":"Business","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltda5111ef52107e71/698878a13c163950b945b849/chris-hughes.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Chris Hughes - April 3, 2012 - New York, NY - THE 2012 PARIS REVIEW Spring Revel held at Cipriani 42nd St, NYC. 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