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Article: Here at The New New Yorker; Editor Tina Brown on Her Revolutionary First Issue
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- The Washington Post
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- September 25, 1992
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Anyone wondering what Tina Brown means to inflict upon The New
Yorker will not have to wait long for answers. The first issue
bearing her stamp, dated Oct. 5, appears Monday. The cover
illustration, the new editor says, will convey "impishness." The
table of contents henceforth "will tell you what the stories are
about" - and she laughs that anyone would find this revolutionary.
There will be bylines at the tops of many stories, rather than
signatures at the end. Look for a new back-page humor feature.
Splashes of color. Subheads. Fewer lines to the page. New use of
old New Yorker "decorative friezes" atop columns. But no type on the
cover. Not yet.
For any other magazine, such ...