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The Washington Times Picks A New President

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Chris Dolan, a 18-year veteran of The Washington Times, will become the pub’s new president.

The announcement was made Monday.

Larry Beasley, whose nickname was “Evil Santa” due to a bunch of staff layoffs around Christmas, 2012, is giving up his title as president, according to a release. Around the Christmas holidays that year, Beasley had a Santa in his office with the word “JOY.” He also moved a brand new sofa into his office as employees were on the brink of losing their jobs. On January 4, 2013, he laid off 25 employees.

Beasley will stay on board as the chief executive officer.

“Chris has been instrumental in maintaining The Times’ position as a trusted source of news and opinion in a turbulent media market,” Beasley said. “As a result, the board and I strongly believe that Chris is the right person to help lead The Times into a new and exciting future.”

This seems like a hard concept to swallow. But we’ll go with it since it’s in the release.

The Washington Times reports that it “was recently ranked among the top ten most trusted news sources in America by Simmons Research – No. 5 among newspapers and No. 10 among all media platforms, including online, radio and television.”

The coming months will see a “subscription model” for the site.  It will also “embark on a sustained national advertising campaign and will form new partnerships with other media outlets to help expand the number and geographic diversity of its advertisers and readers.”

Beasley had lots of compliments for Dolan.

“Chris is more than an editor who insists on excellence under our banner. He is also an honest, fair-minded leader who cares deeply about the wonderful people who make our enterprise possible,” he said. “Chris’ leadership is vital to our continued success. He will continue to be a champion of unbiased news and civilly expressed, conservative commentary in his new role.”

Dolan is pleased with his new post.

“I feel blessed and honored to have received this new assignment,” he said. “I look forward to helping The Times achieve its highest aspirations.”