David Remnick

Joanne Lipman: A New Prototype of Feminism in Journalism? - Posted October 26, 2009
One year ago, Portfolio was on its last legs. After the market saw the biggest plummet in decades, the cover of the business magazine had American Apparel founder Dov Charney on the cover: A misstep for the magazines that some say it never recovered from. The waiting game of Portfolio's cut... [FishBowlNY]

Norman Mailer Colony Gala: A Night of Media, Literary Superstars - Posted October 21, 2009
It takes a lot to bring America's greatest living fiction, non-fiction, and journalism writers into one room, but if one woman could do, it's Tina Brown. The Daily Beast editor-in-chief hosted the first ever Norman Mailer Colony soiree at Cipriani last night, to celebrate the non-profit in which promising young writers... [FishBowlNY]

Norman Mailer Writers Colony To Honor Toni Morrison, David Halberstam - Posted October 13, 2009
Next week, the Norman Mailer Writers Colony will throw its first gala hosted by New York media bigwigs Tina Brown and New Yorker editor-in-chief David Remnick. The gala, emceed by Nation columnist Calvin Trillin, will be held at Cipriani on Tuesday night and will also serve as an awards dinner honoring Toni... [FishBowlNY]

Norman Mailer Writers Colony To Honor Toni Morrison, David Halberstam - Posted October 13, 2009
Next week, the Norman Mailer Writers Colony will throw its first gala hosted by New York media bigwigs Tina Brown and New Yorker editor-in-chief David Remnick. The gala, emceed by Nation columnist Calvin Trillin, will be held at Cipriani on Tuesday night and will also serve as an awards dinner honoring Toni... [FishBowlNY]

Nikki Finke Blasts New Yorker Profile - Posted October 5, 2009
Yesterday, The New Yorker published a lengthy profile of Deadline Hollywood Daily blogger Nikki Finke. The article -- which name-checks some of the biggest players in Hollywood, muses on Finke's possible sources, describes her home office and even gets the woman of the hour on the record -- is woven through with... [FishBowlNY]

First On FBNY: More Cuts At Condé? (With Updates) - Posted August 13, 2009
A FishbowlNY tipster tells us there were layoffs at The New Yorker yesterday, the same day the New York Observer featured a story hinting that the magazine would be spared from the Condé Nast cuts. "Two well-placed sources said that Condé Nast's chairman, Si Newhouse, reached out to [New Yorker editor David]... [FishBowlNY]

Mourning The Loss Of Condé Nast's "Gilded Age" - Posted August 12, 2009
The New York Observer's John Koblin has gone deep within the depths of 4 Times Square to examine the changes McKinsey & Co. hath wrought at Condé Nast. After interviewing anonymous sources on the edit and business side of the company, as well as editors like Glamour's Cindi Leive and The New... [FishBowlNY]

Mourning The Loss Of Condé Nast's "Gilded Age" - Posted August 12, 2009
The New York Observer's John Koblin has gone deep within the depths of 4 Times Square to examine the changes McKinsey & Co. hath wrought at Condé Nast. After interviewing anonymous sources on the edit and business side of the company, as well as editors like Glamour's Cindi Leive and The New... [FishBowlNY]

Morning Reading List 03.24.09 - Posted March 24, 2009
Good Morning FishbowlDC! Got a blind item, interesting link, funny note, comment, birthday, anniversary or anything of the sort for Morning Reading List? Drop us a line. Its day 64 covering the Obama administration and week eight for us. Happy Birthday to Mary Ann "The Sleuth" Akers (Playbook). What we know and what... [FishBowlDC]

Lunch: Liz Smith, Frank Langella & A Bevy of Social Swans - Posted March 11, 2009
— DIANE CLEHANE The streets may be eerily empty these days (at least you can always get a cab), but you can pretty much count on a full house on Wednesdays at Michael's. Today the dining room was buzzing as media mavens and a fair share of fashionistas made the scene. Before... [FishBowlNY]

Lunch: Liz Smith, Frank Langella & A Bevy of Social Swans - Posted March 11, 2009
— DIANE CLEHANE The streets may be eerily empty these days (at least you can always get a cab), but you can pretty much count on a full house on Wednesdays at Michael's. Today the dining room was buzzing as media mavens and a fair share of fashionistas made the scene. Before... [FishBowlNY]

Lunch: Dishing on the Oscars & Obama - Posted February 25, 2009
— DIANE CLEHANE As I've been reporting for weeks, it was SRO at Michael's today as the movers and shakers, undeterred by the unsettling economic news, were out in full force plotting their next big move -- or looking for a safe place to land. On the menu today: plenty of talk... [FishBowlNY]

The New Yorker Tightens Its Belt, Reporter Accommodations - Posted February 2, 2009
We mentioned the lack of ad pages in last week's New Yorker and today David Carr follows up with news that many of the magazine's reporters who traveled to Washington to cover the Inauguration drove themselves there and stayed in friend's houses.But when the current editor, David Remnick, ordered up a... [FishBowlNY]

Conde Nast Cuts Website Launches but Still Hopeful About Magazines! - Posted December 4, 2008
Conde Nast: Always looking to the future! Agency Spy is saying that a spy has told them that Conde Nast has decided to put all its website launches on hold for the time being. Maybe not all that surprising considering not that long ago they decided to downsize Portfolio...in... [FishBowlNY]

The New Yorker Sees the Future of Magazines and It Looks Digital - Posted November 6, 2008
Here's one of the things we love about The New Yorker: they are always looking ahead. To wit: their website was early out of the gate with content, they have a whole slew of their writers blogging, they even offer podcasts and video(!) (though we still think they should follow... [FishBowlNY]

Letters Sent From Westin to Remnick - Posted September 16, 2008
ABC insiders tell TVNewser that ABC News president David Westin and others at the network have sent letters to New Yorker publisher David Remnick, in the wake of Steve Coll's article attacking ABC News for its handling of the Gov. Sarah Palin interview. Yesterday we reported ABC News was unhappy with the... [TVNewser]

Bill Keller Parties, er, Writes Like It's 1989 - Posted August 19, 2008
Truth be told we barely glanced at the Sunday Times this weekend mostly because we finally and totally got sucked into the Olympic Games. However, we did make note of this excellent Week in Review piece by Times head honcho Bill Keller.The Chinese have made their Olympics an... [FishBowlNY]

Bill Keller Parties, er, Writes Like It's 1989 - Posted August 19, 2008
Truth be told we barely glanced at the Sunday Times this weekend mostly because we finally and totally got sucked into the Olympic Games. However, we did make note of this excellent Week in Review piece by Times head honcho Bill Keller.The Chinese have made their Olympics an... [FishBowlNY]

Remnick Takes On Blitzer, Kurtz - Posted July 17, 2008
On Wednesday's "The Charlie Rose Show", New Yorker Editor David Remnick criticized local boys Howard Kurtz and Wolf Blitzer for their critiques of the New Yorker's controversial Obama cover: ... [FishBowlDC]

Remnick Takes On Blitzer, Kurtz - Posted July 17, 2008
On Wednesday's "The Charlie Rose Show", New Yorker Editor David Remnick criticized local boys Howard Kurtz and Wolf Blitzer for their critiques of the New Yorker's controversial Obama cover: ... [FishBowlDC]

Name that Convention Tune - Posted July 15, 2008
We already know what Barack Obama listens to on his iPod, now comes word of what attendees at the Democratic Convention in Denver this August will get to listen to. According to "The Sleuth" blog at washingtonpost.com supporters can expect to be entertained by the likes of Kayne West,... [FishBowlNY]

Morning Reading List, 07.15.08 - Posted July 15, 2008
Good morning Washington. What area restaurant serves the above dessert tray? Let us know. Got a blind item, interesting link, funny note, comment, birthday, anniversary or anything of the sort for Morning Reading List? Drop us a line or let us know in the tips box below. We've got your morning mix of... [FishBowlDC]

What is Funny?: Fallout from the New Yorker Obama Cover - Posted July 15, 2008
It's been 24 hours since The New Yorker's Barack Obama "Politics of Fear" cover hit newsstands, which means the print world has had time to weigh in. Also, FBNY readers!: 55% percent of the couple of hundred of you who voted found it more offensive than not, which may mirror the... [FishBowlNY]

Barry Blitt's New Yorker Cover Tests World's Satire Detection Skills - Posted July 14, 2008
It's entitled "The Politics of Fear" and features a turbaned, robe-clad Barack Obama in an Oval Office fist bump with his wife, Michelle, who has swapped her usual sheath dress and pumps for camo fatigues and combat boots, accessorized not with gumball pearls but an AK-47 and a swath of bullets.... [UnBeige]

Barry Blitt's New Yorker Cover Tests World's Satire Detection Skills - Posted July 14, 2008
It's entitled "The Politics of Fear" and features a turbaned, robe-clad Barack Obama in an Oval Office fist bump with his wife, Michelle, who has swapped her usual sheath dress and pumps for camo fatigues and combat boots, accessorized not with gumball pearls but an AK-47 and a swath of bullets.... [UnBeige]

The New Yorker Cover Gets Cablers Talking - Posted July 14, 2008
One of the big stories of the day so far (well, besides Miss USA's tumble last night) on the news channels is this week's controversial New Yorker cover depicting pretty much everything Sen. Barack Obama's Fight the Smears web site is working against. There's the "Obama-muslim?" stereotype, a front-and-center "terrorist fist jab"...even... [TVNewser]

The New Yorker Cover Gets Cablers Talking - Posted July 14, 2008
One of the big stories of the day so far (well, besides Miss USA's tumble last night) on the news channels is this week's controversial New Yorker cover depicting pretty much everything Sen. Barack Obama's Fight the Smears web site is working against. There's the "Obama-muslim?" stereotype, a front-and-center "terrorist fist jab"...even... [TVNewser]

The New Yorker's 'Politics of Fear' Cover: Political Satire or Downright Offensive? - Posted July 14, 2008
Let the quarterbacking begin! Over at Eat the Press David Remnick tells Rachel Sklar that he ran the already controversial 'Politics of Fear' cover because he felt that it held "up a mirror to the prejudice and dark imaginings about Barack Obama," furthermore, Remnick says it's "not a satire about... [FishBowlNY]

Covering Barack: The New Yorker Depicts Terrorist Fist-Jabbing Couple in Oval Office - Posted July 13, 2008
Ironic or just nuts? The cover of this week's New Yorker is sure to make some waves when it hits newsstands and mailboxes. It depicts the Obama's in the Oval Office revealing their "true" selves: Michelle is a revolutionary feminist(?) sporting an afro, Obama is a Osama-worshiping Muslim who... [FishBowlNY]

Covering Barack: The New Yorker Depicts Terrorist Fist-Jabbing Couple in Oval Office - Posted July 13, 2008
Ironic or just nuts? The cover of this week's New Yorker is sure to make some waves when it hits newsstands and mailboxes. It depicts the Obama's in the Oval Office revealing their "true" selves: Michelle is a revolutionary feminist(?) sporting an afro, Obama is a Osama-worshiping Muslim who... [FishBowlNY]

Morning Reading List, 09.24.07 - Posted September 24, 2007
Good morning Washington. You think Dan Rather has totally lost it. An NBC release announced, "According to national Nielsen Media Research data, 'Meet the Press with Tim Russert' was the top-rated Sunday morning public affairs program, winning the week ending Sunday, September 16 in all categories across the country and in Washington, D.C."... [FishBowlDC]

David Remnick's Love Letter To The Sopranos - Posted May 29, 2007
Whaddya gonna do without me, David Remnck? New Yorker editor David Remnick was clearly jonesing harder than we were without his Sunday Sopranos fix (HBO took the Memorial weekend off before airing the final two episodes) as his withdrawal led to this farewell ode in the New Yorker: Everyone in "The Sopranos" has... [FishBowlNY]

Yes, the New Yorker's Having an Innovation Conference, and Yes, the Irony Is Killing Us - Posted February 27, 2007
Eustace Tilly might as well be getting LASIK. With a lineup that's plucked from the design and technology conferences of the past year, the New Yorker Conference/2012: stories from the near future is rallying to be a heavyweight for those of the innovation persuasion: "It's the ultimate insider's look at the works... [UnBeige]