Kushner family’s Observer fires editor-in-chief — again

Observer Media has once again🐬 bounced its editor-in-chief — the latest sign of turmoil at the New York publication with ties to Jared Kushner, the real estate scion and senior adviser to President Trump.

Ben Robinson, a former chief creative officer of Thrilಞlist, was out on Friday after only 10 months as the editor-in-chief. Observer president James Karklins said the EIC job is not being re💞placed and that instead there would be “continued executive direction.”

Also �ꦆ�gone in the Friday shakeup is deputy editor Adam Laukhuf.

The top e🧸dit job now falls to social media editor Mary von Aue, according to changes posted on the Observer w𒊎ebsite, which listed her as editorial director.

Kushner, married t💎o Ivanka Trump, said he was stepping away from involvement with the publication he bought in 2005 shortly after becoming an unpaid senior adviser to President Trump in early 2017. At that time, he handed the Observer to a family trust and appointed his brother-in-law Joseph Meyer as CEO.

Karklins did n꧂ot mention the new role for 🐼von Aue in his statement to The Post.

“Ben Robinson is no longer with the organization and has stepped down as Editor-in-chief of Observe🦩r,” he said. “At this time the Observer is not replacing the Editor-in-chief position and will contin🔯ue to execute our content strategy with our current editorial team in place and continued executive direction.”

Said one former staffer, “Working at the Observer, you get used to unpleasant surprises. And every setback — especially the latest one, which I fear may signal the death of the Observer — is entirely the fault of upper manaဣgement.”

The ex-staffer said that Robinson had hoped to rekindle som๊e of the Observer’s past glory when he joined on Feb. 14, 2018. He had staffers read “The Kingdom of New York,” a collection of classic Observer stories.

“Upper management treated Ben horribly and they should be ashamed of them🌃selves though I 🐼know they’re not,” the ex-staffer added.

The publication, once a salmon-colored print weekly, in its glory days had been a must-read for the media and political chattering classes following its founding by Arthur Carter. Graydon Carter had once been its editor-in-chief before landing at Vanity Fair. Under EIC Peter Kaplan, its “Sex and the City” column by Candice Bushnell inspired the hit TV showꦡ thatᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ starred Sarah Jessica Parker.

The publication dropped New York from its title and abandoned its𓆏 print edition in early 2017 in favor of chasing a꧟ national digital audience.

Kushner reportedly paid $10 million to acquire the money-lo༺sing publication from Arthur Carter in 2005.

Since then, there has been a parade of top editors. Ken Kurson, a public relations executive and a𒀰 Kushner pal, left in early 2017, shortly after the decision was made to abandon print. He was later accused of sexual harassment by a writer. He denied the ch𒈔arges and is currently working in public relat🃏ions again.

Said former executive editor Merin Curotto, “More than anything, I think it’s really sad. When our last EIC Ken Kurson resigned, the editorial team — one that for nearly two years had weathered the Trump-Kushner turmoil — was left essentially lost at sea. It took nine months not only to 🔴find Ben Robinson, but to convince him the Observer really was an environment ripe for change.”

Robinson could not be reached at press time.