Richard M Smith

Chairman of Newsweek. Until December 2007, Mr. Smith served as Editor-in-Chief of the Magazine since 1984 and CEO since 1991. He became Chairman in March 1998. Mr. Smith was Chairman of the Magazine Publishers of America (MPA) from 1996 to 1997 and the founding chairman of the MPA’s New Media Committee. He is also a former board member of the American Society of Magazine Editors. Mr. Smith is also a director of Forestar Real Estate Group Inc.