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The Fugitive, His Dead Wife, and the 9/11 Conspiracy Theory That Explains Everything
He worked for FEMA at ground zero, but then Kurt Sonnenfeld became a suspect in the mysterious and high-profile death of his wife. Now he's found a new life in South America and become a folk hero by telling an amazing story about the World Trade Center attacks. Did Sonnenfeld get away with murder, or is he just an innocent abroad? Evan Hughes tracked him down in Argentina and asked the big questions...
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How Arianna Huffington Lost Her Newsroom
The Huffington Post’s namesake founder, who stepped down as editor in chief last month, built an iconic media company in record time. Then, after a decade at the helm, she left suddenly. By William D. Cohan.
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The Descent of the Left Press: From IF Stone to The Nation
Just about fifty years ago when I was becoming politicized around the war in Vietnam, I began searching desperately for information and analysis that could explain why this senseless war was taking place… By Louis Proyect.
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100 Photos
The Most Influential Images of All Time, As Selected, Researched and Extensively Documented by Time Magazine.
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‘Spy vs. Spy’ Was The Subversive Brainchild of An Exiled Cuban Illustrator
One day a Cuban illustrator walked unannounced into the MAD Magazine offices, and the rest is history. By Eric Grundhauser.
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Why Time’s Trump Cover Is a Subversive Work of Political Art
Photographer Nadav Kander’s cover shot of Donald Trump seems simple enough, but look closer. There’s more to it than you might think. By Jake Romm.
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Gaming Zines And You
There has always been a history of amateur publications in role-playing games, going back as far as Lee Gold's influential APA zine Alarums & Excursions started in the 70s. With the resurgence of zine publishing there has been an explosion of people publishing zines again, and the RPG field isn't alone in this.
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How The Economist Thinks
Is it fair to trash The Economist? You bet it is. By Nathan J. Robinson.
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Free: 355 Issues of Galaxy, the Groundbreaking 1950s Science Fiction Magazine
When Galaxy appeared in October 1950, it promised a kind of science-fiction different from the space operas of previous decades… By Ted Mills.
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Time Inc. Sells Itself to Meredith Corp., Backed by Koch Brothers
Meredith Corporation, the publisher of Family Circle and Better Homes and Gardens, clinches a deal in an cash transaction valued at nearly $3 billion. By Sydney Ember and Andrew Ross Sorkin.
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The Death of Newsweek
The U.S. is losing something as the publication disintegrates—a magazine with guts and heart.
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Meredith Corp set to announce up to 300 layoffs after Time Inc. purchase: report
Magazine publisher Meredith Corp. is set to lay off between 200 and 300 employees following its merger with Time Inc., according to The Wall Street Journal.
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National Geographic's Clever New Cover Contains Chilling Warning About Plastics
National Geographic warns of the devastating effects that plastics are having on the planet with a clever cover for its June edition. By Lee Moran.
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Medium and the Future History of Publishing – A Sense of Place Magazine – Medium
The Written World
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Anthropocene – A Sense of Place Magazine – Medium
The Age of Humans
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Will the Millennials Save Playboy?
The Hefners are gone, and so is the magazine’s short-lived ban on nudity — as well as virtually anyone on the staff over 35.
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The End of Computer Magazines in America
They were the last two extant U.S. computer magazines that had managed to cling to life until now. With their abandonment of print, the computer magazine era has officially ended.
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The Inside Story of PC Magazine, PC World, and Macworld's Origins, as Told by David Bunnell
In the early 1990s, David wrote a proposal for a book about his life and adventures in publishing, covering the founding of PC Magazine, PC World, Macworld, and more. The book didn't happen, but the proposal is good reading in itself.
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The Ambitious Plan to Open Up a Treasure Trove of Black History
The Johnson Publishing Company produced iconic magazines including Ebony and Jet and its archive is regarded as one of the most significant collections of 20th century Black American culture. The archive contains around 5,000 magazines, 200 boxes of business records, 10,000 audio and visual recordings, and 4.5 million prints and negatives that chronicle Black life from the 1940s until the present day.
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