David Remnick

Michael Calderone

Winners Of Magazine Industry's Biggest Prize

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael Calderone | Posted 05.04.2012

NEW YORK -- NBC News anchor Brian Williams joked with attendees at Thursday night's National Magazine Awards dinner that given all the categories bein...

Top Condé Nast Editors Enjoy All-Star Year

wwd.com | Posted 01.09.2012

The three are having career years — or at least years that should go down as All-Star seasons on their Hall of Fame plaques. There’s Wintour, who,...

Michael Calderone

'Leading From Behind': The Evolution Of A Blind Quote

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael Calderone | Posted 10.29.2011

NEW YORK -- In late June, the New Yorker’s Ryan Lizza was following Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann on the campaign trail when he heard the Republic...

How The New Yorker Makes One Of Its Biggest Features

Posted 08.13.2011

Ever wonder how The New Yorker determines what's written about in their famous "Talk of the Town" columns? Well, lucky for you, a new video featuri...

"New Yorker" Editor Blames Book Publishing Industry For Birthers?

nytimes.com | Posted 06.28.2011

The facts about Barack Obama’s birth never wavered. But the more the fraudulent theories were debated and dispelled in major news media outlets, the...

Israel: The Ground Shifts

MJ Rosenberg | Posted 05.25.2011

MJ Rosenberg

David Remnick, editor of the New Yorker, is arguably the most influential Jewish American journalist. Over the years, he has written about Israel with some regularity -- but it's all changing for two reasons.

Bradley Manning: Political Prisoner?

Jonathan Weiler | Posted 05.25.2011

Jonathan Weiler

Given the disclosures that appear in Bob Woodward's Obama's Wars, the administration's highly selective approach to leaking and the treatment of Bradley Manning leaves little doubt that Manning is a political prisoner.

Why Do Liberal Attacks on the Tea Party Echo Attacks on Liberals?

Ari Melber | Posted 05.25.2011

Ari Melber

"We want our country back," was criticized as a secretly coded response to the election of the first black president. Yet the same phrase was, as politicos may recall, a popular slogan among liberals after Bush's election.

Seymour Hersh, the Afghanistan War WikiLeaks, and Getting the Real Story

Steve Clemons | Posted 05.25.2011

Steve Clemons

One of the best investigative journalists who has been reporting on America's wars is Seymour Hersh. Hersh has been ahead of the pack -- revealing ...

David Remnick: The "Race" Route over Obama's "Bridge" (AUDIO)

Christopher Lydon | Posted 05.25.2011

Christopher Lydon

David Remnick is hanging out and indulging me here, late on a book-tour evening, in a little polite rattling of the racial premise of his Obama story,...

David Remnick's 'The Bridge' Delves Deep Into Barack Obama's Presidency (New York Review)

Posted 05.25.2011

Joseph Lelyveld The New York Review of Books Who Is Barack Obama? "The Bridge: The Life and Rise of Barack Obama" by David Remnick Knopf, 656 pp., $...

David Remnick Interviewed About Rise Of Obama, Future Of New Yorker (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Nicholas Graham | Posted 05.25.2011

New Yorker Editor David Remnick, who's promoting his book on President Obama, "The Bridge," recorded a long and wide-ranging interview with Big Think....

David Remnick: Obama Wanted Signed Copy Of Critical New Yorker Cover

Huffington Post | Jack Mirkinson | Posted 05.25.2011

The New Yorker hasn't shied away from controversy when it comes to portraying President Obama on its covers. The magazine was harshly criticized in 20...

Simon Johnson On 'Real Time' (VIDEO): Broken System If Goldman Conspirator John Paulson Is Not Charged

Posted 05.25.2011

Economist Simon Johnson appeared on Bill Maher's "Real Time" panel Friday alongside GRITtv host Laura Flanders and New Yorker editor David Remnick. ...

Bill Brady, Barack Obama's Poker Buddy: 'Socialist With Everyone's Money But [His] Own'

Posted 05.25.2011

Right now, the state of Illinois is getting to know Bill Brady, the upstart right-wing Republican for governor who's taken a double-digit lead over in...

New Yorker Editor David Remnick's Obama Biography Too Soft On The President?

Bloomberg | Jeffrey Burke | Posted 05.25.2011

Some have seen Barack Obama as shape-shifter, world-class networker, memoirist, savior or putz. In "The Bridge," David Remnick, editor of the New Yor...

David Remnick 'Makes It Look Easy": NYT

New York Times | STEPHANIE CLIFFORD | Posted 05.25.2011

He reports, writes and edits, a player-coach combination that works in magazine about as often as a Bill Russell shows up in the National Basketball A...

Book Review Roundup

Posted 05.25.2011

Did you miss the weekend's book reviews? Check out some of the highlights below. "The Lotus Eaters," Tatjana Soli The New York Times If it sounds a...

Rich And Famous College REJECTS (PHOTOS)

The Huffington Post | Lindsay Dittman | Posted 05.25.2011

As envelopes fat and thin fill the mailboxes of hopeful college seniors around the country, it's important to remember that acceptance to a certain sc...

Obama Biography 'The Bridge' Is 'Flawless,' Says LA Times

The Los Angeles Times | Douglas Brinkley | Posted 05.25.2011

"The Bridge" is a towering monument to Obama's hyper-professionalism when it comes to the art of politics. The president is an unflappable Zen master ...

The New Yorker To Name 20 Best Authors Under 40

The New York Observer | Leon Neyfakh | Posted 05.25.2011

On June 7, The New Yorker will publish a double fiction issue in which it will name 20 individuals under the age of 40 whom they believe to be the mos...

Barack Obama Biography 'The Bridge' By New Yorker Editor David Remnick Due Out In April

The Huffington Post | Jessie Kunhardt | Posted 05.25.2011

Barack Obama's life and political evolution will be detailed in a new biography of the president called "The Bridge: The Life and Rise of Barack Obama...

Goodbye, Portfolio. Thanks, Uncle Si

Andrea Chalupa | Posted 05.25.2011

Andrea Chalupa

Jeff Bercovici, Portfolio.com's Mixed Media blogger, broke the news at 10 a.m.: Condé Nast is shutting down Portfolio magazine and its website. Eight...

David Remnick Writing Obama Book

Politico | Michael Calderone | Posted 05.25.2011

New Yorker editor David Remnick has recently begun writing a book focusing on Barack Obama, race and politics in America. Remnick confirmed to Politi...

Paul Simon's Lyrics & The Case Of The Vanishing Compact Disc

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

Mike Ragogna

The problem of compact discs disappearing from the marketplace is worse than it was only a year ago. Store buyers just ain't a-buyin' from the labels, and it's looking grim all over.