{
  "id": 1976607,
  "title": "Stars and Stripes publisher announces retirement, citing displeasure with Pentagon's direction of outlet",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/stars-and-stripes-publisher-announces-retirement-citing-displeasure",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-19T16:34:18.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hill",
    "slug": "the-hill",
    "url": "https://thehill.com/policy/defense/6038882-pentagon-stars-stripes-editorial-shift/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Max Lederer, the publisher of Stars and Stripes for nearly 20 years, is retiring over issues related to how the Pentagon is directing coverage of the outlet under the Trump administration. Lederer, who announced the decision Tuesday, has been with Stars and Stripes in some capacity since 1992 and took over as publisher in 2007...",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}