New Yorker’s 100th Events continue… Two of the latest events connected with The New Yorker’s ongoing centennial celebration… The New Yorker On Jeopardy The New Yorker‘s 100th Anniversary Celebration extended this week to the television gameshow Jeopardy!, where editor David Remnick served up the answers that included an Addams family character (that’s Mr. Addams on
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The New Yorker’s 100th Celebration: Video Of Interest… David Remnick On The Daily Show Here’s The New Yorker‘s editor, David Remnick on The Daily Show, talking New Yorker history and current politics with Jon Stewart. Nice seeing Eustace Tilley there too! _____________________________________________________________________________ Great Book: The Complete Book Of Covers From The New Yorker: 1925-1989 Back in the late 1980s, when
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On this happy occasion of the 100th anniversary of The New Yorker, it’s instructive to look at the second issue of the magazine, dated February 28, 1925. Was it perhaps too soon for Harold Ross to look back (one week!) critically on his debut issue? From everything I’ve read about Ross, the answer is no. It has been said that
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Celebrating The New Yorker’s 100th Anniversary: The 25th, 50th, and 75th Anniversary Issues I thought it would be fun on this Friday, the day The New Yorker‘s 100th Anniversary issue closes, and just days before it is published, to take a quick look at how the magazine celebrated its other “big” milestones. If you have a subscription, you can spend
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