Topic: New Yorker

Why Does The New Yorker Run So Many Desert Island Cartoons?

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The desert island cartoon is one of those clichés we'd never thought to analyze too deeply until we read a smart cartoonist doing so, and now we're fascinated.

Time Magazine Generously Shares National Magazine Award

"I feel like when we win, everybody wins," said Time managing editor Rick Stengel in a ballroom at the New York Marriott Marquis Thursday night, accepting a National Magazine Award for magazine of the year, the evening's top honor. Of course, everybody did not win.

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By Eric Randall

Apr 26, 2012

Remembering When Santorum Was in the Driver's Seat

As originally designed, Bob Staake's delightful March 12 New Yorker cover featured Santorum driving a car with Romney strapped to the roof.

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By Jen Doll

Apr 24, 2012

In Defense of Slacks (the Word, at Least)

On Friday, The New Yorker's Ben Greenman kicked off a contest called Questioningly, asking "If you could eliminate a single word from the English language, what would it be?" We, in response, asked "If you could eliminate a single word from The New Yorker, what would it be?"

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By Jen Doll

Apr 20, 2012

Words We Would Eliminate From 'The New Yorker'

If you could eliminate a single word from The New Yorker, what would it be?

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By Elspeth Reeve

Mar 1, 2012

Media Diet

Ryan Lizza: What I Read

Ryan Lizza, Washington correspondent for The New Yorker, on the fall of newspapers, cable news, and blogs and the rise of Twitter in his media menu.

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By Adam Martin

Nov 28, 2011

New Yorker Writers Rattled by Jail Visit

Keith Gessen was one of the more notable arrests at the Nov. 17 Occupy Wall Street protest, and he detailed his time in custody in a Monday New Yorker blog post that will make you think twice about voluntarily getting arrested.

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By Adam Clark Estes

Nov 16, 2011

Malcolm Gladwell Had No Idea Bank of America Was Bragging About Him

Around the same time he was voicing support for Occupy Wall Street, Malcolm Gladwell participated in a speaking tour to help Bank of America win new small business customers. 

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Nov 11, 2011

Robert Crumb's Invented Gay New Yorker Cover Scandal

Robert Crumb has revealed the politically charged New Yorker cover over which he quit over a year and a half ago, making The New Yorker look cowardly for rejecting his controversial image. 

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Oct 11, 2011

The Race to Unmask Bitcoin's Inventor(s)

Satoshi Nakamoto founded the virtual currency, but nobody knows who that really is

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By Adam Clark Estes

Sep 13, 2011

Another Senior Member of Slate's Staff Splits

Culture editor John Swansburg is moving to The New Yorker's web team

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