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“As I feel part of the old guard of Semana Magazine, the recent changes led me to the decision to resign from the Editorial Board, says the former ambassador to France and Venezuela and former chancellor in the government of Ernesto Samper:
As I feel part of the old guard of the Semana Magazine, the recent changes led me to the decision to resign from the Editorial Board. They were beautiful times, of independent exercise of journalism. We were like a family. Thanks to everyone who took part.
– Rodrigo Pardo (@RPardoGP) November 11, 2020
For his part, the news that the columnist Antonio Caballero also joined his 10 colleagues who resigned in a flock since Tuesday night due to the change in the direction of the publication was heard by a trill from the W journalist, Félix de Bedout:
The resignation of Antonio Caballero to @Weekly magazine.
– Félix de Bedout (@fdbedout) November 11, 2020
Although details of the apparently voluntary departure of these journalists have not been released, it is speculated that it was a change that had been coming since the businessman Jaime Gilinski assumed power of the editorial group of Revista Semana, as stated by María Isabel Wheel on W Radius.
It should be remembered that Alejandro Santos Rubino, who had been in the magazine for more than 20 years, and Ricardo Calderón, who had become CEO just a month ago, came out of the presidency. Vicky Dávila will be the new director.
Other journalists who resigned from the medium in the last hours, in addition to the directors, were: Vladimir Flórez, Vladdo; María Jimena Duzán, José Monsalve, Juan Pablo Vásquez, Johanna Álvarez, Jaime Flórez, Ruby Marcela Pérez, Mauricio Sáenz and Federico Gómez.
Money Magazine will merge with Semana
Felipe López, founder of Semana, will continue as a shareholder of the group and will have an editorial role in the magazine, the directors said in a statement, which also highlights thatIncrease the shareholding of Gabriel Gilinski.
Among the internal changes, it was also announced that the printed magazine Dinero, specialized in economics, will stop circulating and will be integrated into Semana.
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