New Yorker

The Bloodcopy Blog Controversy|New Yorker's Unique Cover|Shuttered East West To Relaunch|AOL's Shields Departs|Newspaper Association's Montly Mag Goes Digital - Posted May 26, 2009
AgencySpy: The Bloodcopy blog controversy that arose this weekend turned out to be a campaign by Gawker Media and ad agency Campfire for HBO's "True Blood." UnBeige: The latest New Yorker has a cover picture "painted" on an iPhone. (And a profile of NYT investor Carlos Slim) Folio: Shuttered magazine East West, which... [FishBowlNY]

The New Yorker on Bill Cunningham - Posted March 9, 2009
As part of this week's Style issue -- featuring none other than Michelle Obama on the cover (David Brooks will no doubt be thrilled to note that the illustrated version of "thunder and and lightning" have been "put away") -- the New Yorker profiles the city's original sartorialist Bill Cunningham, who... [FishBowlNY]

The New Yorker on Bill Cunningham - Posted March 9, 2009
As part of this week's Style issue -- featuring none other than Michelle Obama on the cover (David Brooks will no doubt be thrilled to note that the illustrated version of "thunder and and lightning" have been "put away") -- the New Yorker profiles the city's original sartorialist Bill Cunningham, who... [FishBowlNY]

Denby Talks Snark With Charlie Rose - Posted February 4, 2009
New Yorker film critic David Denby appeared on Charlie Rose last night to discuss his new book Snark. Denby spends a large part of the interview trying to define snark for Rose. After which Rose spends a considerable amount of time defending Maureen Dowd ("a friend") from...well, herself maybe.... [FishBowlNY]

Covering Barack: The New Yorker Vets the President-Elect - Posted November 30, 2008
Barry Blitt, the cartoonist responsible for the New Yorker's controversial terrorist fist-jabbing cover, among others, returns this week to "vet" Barack Obama. Of course this time around "Vetting" refers to the all important decision of picking a "first" puppy — thus far we know they want a mutt, but that... [FishBowlNY]

William Kristol is Ambivalent About His Future at the New York Times - Posted November 19, 2008
William Kristol is apparently ambivalent about his future at the New York Times (according to Jeff Bercovici he was obviously embarrassed to be introduced at yesterday's IFC panel as a Times columnist). Kristol, whose hiring by the Times earlier this year was met with great criticism, had this to say... [FishBowlNY]

The New Yorker's Malcolm Gladwell on Stephen Colbert: 1835 Was a Very Lucky Year - Posted November 18, 2008
The New Yorker's Big Idea scribe Malcolm Gladwell was on Stephen Colbert last night discussing his new book Outliers, which is about people who are "off the charts" (apparently this category is entirely devoid of women). Also? He has calculated, based on monetary success, the luckiest year to be... [FishBowlNY]

02138 The Lost Issue Now Available Online - Posted November 10, 2008
Digital magazines are all the rage it seems, or at least a popular sort of print lifeboat. Last week we told you that the New Yorker is now offering up a digital version to subscribers and now 02138, the Harvard magazine has followed suit. Sort of. You will... [FishBowlNY]

The NYT Magazine Makes and Remakes John McCain - Posted October 21, 2008
At the New Yorker Festival a few weeks back NYT executive editor Bill Keller said something to the effect of "My reaction to McCain camp accusations is to put the toughest piece on the front page the next day so they'll know we don't kowtow." Looks like this philosophy may... [FishBowlNY]

The Sarah Palin Interview Day Four, Or, TVNewser Fact Checks The New Yorker - Posted September 15, 2008
TVNewser has taken a closer look at Steve Coll's column today in the New Yorker and finds it "short of facts and long on attacks."The New Yorker's Steve Coll spends a column today blasting ABC News over a variety of issues relating to Charlie Gibson's interview with Gov. Sarah Palin. But... [FishBowlNY]

Barry Blitt: A Modest Retrospective - Posted July 14, 2008
So yeah, this week's New Yorker cover. Everyone is shocked! shocked! Or at least everyone who works in a Presidential campaign. Obama (who recently approved Bush's Constitutionally questionable warrantless wiretapping bill) thinks it's "tasteless and offensive." The McCain camp concurs. Totally understandable, since as we all... [FishBowlNY]

Barry Blitt: A Modest Retrospective - Posted July 14, 2008
So yeah, this week's New Yorker cover. Everyone is shocked! shocked! Or at least everyone who works in a Presidential campaign. Obama (who recently approved Bush's Constitutionally questionable warrantless wiretapping bill) thinks it's "tasteless and offensive." The McCain camp concurs. Totally understandable, since as we all... [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]

Fifty Years Of Joe Gould's Secret - Posted August 17, 2007
Although we're big fans of the current David Remnick/Sy Hersh/Malcolm Gladwell incarnation of the New Yorker, it's the mag's storied history that gets us. Like Joe Gould's Secret. Written by genius New Yorker scribe Joseph Mitchell, it told the tale of a Greenwich Village eccentric named Joe Gould who clucked like a... [FishBowlNY]

LAT in 90 Seconds - Posted June 6, 2007
Travel vs. Trivial: The Travel section does its best imitation of a New Yorker Talk Of The Town with this piece comparing the Hilton Paris to the current accommodations of one Paris Hilton. Cloaked And Daggers: Megan Stack, who reported from Saudi Arabia repeatedly during her tenure as LAT's Cairo Bureau chief... [FishBowlLA]