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Magazine

History Media

It Took a Village

A history of the Village Voice.

Louis Menand New Yorker Jan 2009 30min Permalink

Arts Business Music

Wenner's World

How a hanger-on at the fringe of San Francisco’s rock scene built the Rolling Stone empire.

David Weir Salon Apr 1999 15min Permalink

Media

A Sordid But Instructive Interval At Soldier of Fortune Magazine

A personal history of Soldier of Fortune magazine and the mercenary-wannabes who read and wrote it.

Fred Reed Playboy Mar 1984 20min Permalink

Sex

Soft Porn, Hardening Hearts

The dissolution of Brooklyn softcore skin-mag Jacques and the marriage of the couple that created it.

Jonathan Tayler Brooklyn Ink Jan 2012 10min Permalink

Peter Braunstein, WWD Writer Turned Tabloid Monster, Still Has Issues

A former colleague visits the ‘Fire Fiend’ in prison.

Aaron Gell The New York Observer Dec 2011 15min Permalink