Andrew Sullivan Leaves New York Mag, Will Reveal Reason on Friday

Out political columnist Andrew Sullivan announced Tuesday that he will be leaving New York Magazine this Friday after the publication of his final column for the publication, "This will be my last week at New York Magazine," Sullivan tweeted about the gig he" s="" had="" since="" 2016.="" "I'm="" sad="" because="" the="" editors="" I="" worked="" with="" there="" are="" among="" the="" finest="" in="" the="" country,="" and="" I="" am="" immensely="" grateful="" to="" them="" for="" vastly="" improving="" my="" work.="" I'm="" also="" proud="" of="" the="" essays="" and="" columns="" I="" wrote="" at="" NYM="" -="" some="" of="" which="" will="" be="" published="" in="" a="" collection="" of="" my="" writing="" scheduled="" for="" next="" year."
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"Sullivan did not directly state his reason for leaving but said on Twitter that it was 'pretty self-evident' and the 'broader questions involved' would be discussed in his last column on Friday," CNN writes.

But rumors are circulating that Sullivan is in discussions to start a new conservative media venture with Bari Weiss, the conservative columnist who resigned from the New York Times Tuesday with a scathing resignation letter.

New York Magazine editor in chief David Haskell said the parting was mutual.

"Andrew and I agreed that his editorial project and the magazine's, though overlapping in many ways, were no longer the right match for each other," Haskell said.

Sullivan came to prominence as a conservative voice when he was an editor at the New Republic in the 1990s where he was at the center of a numerous controversies. In 1994 he published excerpts from Charles Murray's controversial book "The Bell Curve," which posited that the difference in IQ amongst racially defined groups was due to genetics.

"Even at the time, the book and the excerpts were controversial, but more than 20 years later Sullivan