One of The Economist’s longtime owners is selling her stake. The publication’s top editors are jockeying for the editor-in-chief role, a powerful position at a magazine where the writers, rather than the business side, traditionally control the direction of the enterprise. And at the heart of these challenges is one familiar to every media leader: A publication famed for its brilliant, monolithic anonymity faces a moment of intense individualization and personalization.
The Economist has been covering markets, finance, and global affairs since 1843, watching rivals come and go from its perch. It has an unusual, authoritative house style: no bylines, one single, unified voice.
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