From Bloomberg TV, this short video covering Tina Brown’s media career (thus far): “When Tina Brown Knew Newsweek Couldn’t Be Saved” — included is a brief mention of her first days at The New Yorker (@ 1:09) and a comment regarding the
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The New Yorker’s New York…An Ink Spill Map
What better way to begin to close out the year here at Ink Spill than with a map of Manhattan highlighting some of the people and places most associated with The New Yorker. I’ve stayed away from current contributors & editors for privacy reasons – that updated map
Read moreThe Street Where They Lived
When I moved to Manhattan in the fall of 1976, just out of college, I was on a mission to be published by The New Yorker. Little did I know when I rented an apartment at 113 West 11th Street, that I had moved to a street that was home, at one time or another,
Read moreRea Irvin’s Last New Yorker Cover
If you read The New Yorker you are very familiar with at least one of his covers: his first one. Mention The New Yorker and one of the images that comes to mind for most people is Eustace Tilley, the
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