Magazines

The Ellie Award.

And the ASME Award Goes to…

The American Society of Magazine Editors held its annual award ceremony tonight at the New York Marriott Marquis in Times Square. They gave out elephant-shaped statues to magazines and everyone clapped.

New York magazine got the Ellie for Magazine of the Year, which they can add to the award they won yesterday for Cover of the Year (that aerial shot of a half blacked-out city during Hurricane Sandy was pretty good). Some magazines just have it all!

But there were other winners, too. Although none was very surprising, The New Yorker failed to nab a single statue, despite some nominations. Read More

The Hottest Editors in N.Y.

Who’s the fairest of them all? This Wednesday, May 2, the American Society of Magazine Editors will present the National Magazine Awards. But The Observer-with a little help from the Web site HotorNot.com- found another way to judge the magazine world’s annual beauty contest.

Midday on Wednesday, May 2, hundreds of media heavyweights will trundle Read More

The Hottest Editors in N.Y.

Who’s the fairest of them all? This Wednesday, May 2, the American Society of Magazine Editors will present the National Magazine Awards. But The Observer-with a little help from the Web site HotorNot.com- found another way to judge the magazine world’s annual beauty contest.

Midday on Wednesday, May 2, hundreds of media heavyweights will trundle Read More

Washington Post Scolds Richard Cohen for Crude Talk With Female Aide

In its editorials on the Monica Lewinsky matter, The Washington Post has repeatedly urged President Bill Clinton to explain his relationship with the young White House intern, calling his silence “harmful, not just shifty

In its editorials on the Monica Lewinsky matter, The Washington Post has repeatedly urged President Bill Clinton to explain his relationship Read More