Time Magazine named its Person of the Year today, tapping Russian President Vladimir Putin, but two long-time columnists for the magazine won't be around to write about the selection, the New York Observer reports.

Conservative columnists Bill Kristol and Charles Krauthammer will lose their spots in the magazine. Time is negotiating with National Review editor Ramesh Ponnuru, the paper reports, hoping to land him as a replacement. The reasons for the changes are unclear, though a Time spokeswoman said the magazine hoped both would continue to contribute on occasion.