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Newsjock

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Tue Oct 6, 2015, 05:28 PM Oct 2015

Erick Erickson stepping down as RedState editor

Source: Huffington Post

RedState named Leon Wolf as its new managing editor Monday as longtime editor Erick Erickson transitions out of his role leading the influential conservative news and opinion site.

Though Salem Media Group -- which bought RedState last year -- hasn't publicly commented on Erickson's status, there have been signs his tenure as editor (and the public face of the site) was coming to an end. Word that Erickson might leave RedState first surfaced in the kicker to an August profile pegged to RedState's annual conference, which featured nine Republican candidates.

... Jonathan Garthwaite, vice president and general manager of Townhall Media, part of Salem Media Group, acknowledged Erickson's coming departure in a memo obtained by The Huffington Post.

"As a few of you know, Erick Erickson will be transitioning out of his role as Editor of RedState this Fall to focus more on his Atlanta radio show and other projects," Garthwaite wrote.

Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/redstate-leon-wolf-erick-erickson_5612acdce4b0dd85030cb569

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Is he going to retire and spend his spare time clubbing baby seals? The Velveteen Ocelot Oct 2015 #1
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