> **Jacob Weisberg** (born 1964) is an American political journalist, who served as editor-in-chief of The [[Slate]] Group, a division of Graham Holdings Company. In September 2018, he left Slate to co-found Pushkin Industries, an audio content company, with Malcolm Gladwell. Weisberg was also a [[Newsweek]] columnist. He served as the editor of [[Slate]] magazine for six years before stepping down in June 2008. He is the son of Lois Weisberg, a Chicago social activist and municipal commissioner. > > [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob%20Weisberg)