The Long Goodbye?
Elisabeth Sifton
Book publishers have always predicted that the end was nigh. When it does come they will have only themselves to blame.
2009
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Who Needs Yesterday's Papers?
Alexander Cockburn
Weep not for the death of the old Fourth Estate: at almost every critical hour, in every decade, it failed us.
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The Newspaper Biz: 'More Poison, Please'?
Eric Alterman : Journalists & Journalism
We have no more hope today of saving the newspaper business than we do the telegraph business. But we can save the news.
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Lose the 'Business'; Save the News?
Eric Alterman : Journalists & Journalism
As newspapers become increasingly irrelevant, is making them tax-exempt their last, best hope?
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The Death and Life of Great American Newspapers
John Nichols & Robert W. McChesney : Journalists & Journalism
The collapse of journalism threatens democracy itself--that's why we need a government rescue.
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Mail Matters
Richard R. John : History
Will the Obama administration reaffirm the civic mandate of the Postal Service that was damaged during the Bush years?
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Further Adventures in Editing
Ted Solotaroff : Autobiography & Memoir
Cynthia Ozick, Norman Podhoretz and Alfred Chester contribute to the education of an editor. Second of a two-part memoir.
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Adventures in Editing
Ted Solotaroff : Autobiography & Memoir
An unfinished memoir by the late literary editor and critic. The first part of a two-part article.
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Stimulating Reading
Katha Pollitt
The economy of reading is rapidly collapsing. If we can bail out banks, why not the book industry?
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Reading in an Age of Depression
Tom Engelhardt : U.S. Economy
An editor ponders the publishing industry meltdown--and the precarious future of books.
2008
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Victim 'Hood
Chris Lehmann : The Short of It
An account of the most recent installment in the nation's sick love affair with literary exhibitionists.
2007
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Terry McMillan vs. Ghetto Lit
Amy Alexander : African-Americans
Driven by a tabloid episode from her own marriage, the novelist joins the debate over the mass marketing of trashy books to young black readers.
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Arthur: The Little Magazine That Could
You thought Arthur was gone for good? The indie magazine beloved for its music coverage and antiwar politics will resume publishing this summer.
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TNR's New Owners
Clint Hendler : Corporate Media & Consolidation
No matter what you think of The New Republic's politics, the public sphere will suffer if the magazine becomes homogenized by its new corporate owner.
2006
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Sloppy Seconds
The plagiarism flap over Opal Mehta is essentially a story about clichés and stereotypes passing from one subliterary commercial product to another.
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Truth, Fiction and Frey
Matthew Flamm : Autobiography & Memoir
James Frey's faux memoir exposes corporate publishing as an industry so starved for bestsellers that it is unable to protect itself from fraud.
2005
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Nancy Has Two Mommies
Brenda Wineapple : Feminism & Women
Nancy Drew has been a fixture in young girls' lives since 1930. But the continuing appeal of this spunky American icon--never sad, wrinkled or misunderstood--is both heartwarming and a little scary.
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