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 magazine’s cartoonists.
Timeline of New Yorker editors:
Harold Ross (who founded The New Yorker): 1925 – 1951
William Shawn: 1952 – 1987
Robert Gottlieb: 1987 – 1992
Tina Brown: 1992 – 1998
David Remnick: 1998 – present