Steven Brill

Clay Felker: Made New York Into A Magazine

Clay Felker (right) with John F. Kennedy and photographer Hy Peskin in Hyannisport, Mass., on July 7, 1953.
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Clay Felker (right) with John F. Kennedy and photographer Hy Peskin in Hyannisport, Mass., on July 7, 1953.

After Clay Felker passed away Tuesday morning in Manhattan, The Observer spoke to some who knew him well.

 

Robert Benton

The first time I ever screamed “fuck” in front of a room full of women was when I got mad at Clay at the Esquire offices. We were having this argument that went up and down the hall and I reached my wits end; I just said, “You fuck!” It came out of my mouth before I knew what I had said. Clay could drive you crazy, but you never stopped caring for him.

 

Milton Glaser

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It's a Brill a Minute! Media Watchdog Steven on Daughter's Giddy Internet Adventure

Steven Brill.
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Steven Brill.

How does Steven Brill—the entrepreneur and journalist whose many ventures include Court TV, American Lawyer magazine and the now defunct media-watchdog monthly Brill’s Content—feel about his daughter Emily Brill’s fledgling blog, Essentially Emily: Confessions of a 5th Avenue Misfit, whose topics inc  read more »

Two-Minute Warning- Note to Journalists: We Can Be So Wrong

A few words about errors: the kind journalists make, how to think about them, what to do about them.  read more »

Press Preens for Prez

Lewis (Scooter) Libby, Vice President Dick Cheney's chief of staff, had an order for New York Times  read more »

At the Times , Journalists Become the Story

It was always about us. From the beginning-which is, as with all things these days, Sept.  read more »

Apparently the New Guy at The Post Doesn't Get the Joke

The staff of the New York Post had a gift for Col Allan on his first day on the job as editor in chi  read more »

Brill's Contented: Inside.com Merger Feeds His Big Maw

As he sat wedged next to Powerful Media co-chairman Kurt Andersen at a table two sizes too small for  read more »

Oprah for President

Is there any woman or man more successful in America right now than Oprah Winfrey?  read more »

Steven Brill is keeping his hands off the content of Brill's Content

The cover of the July-August issue of Brill's Content made a good point about the two-year old media  read more »

New York Post and Daily News Battle for the Scoop on New York's Quacks

Did Brill's Content founder Steven Brill dodge a scheduled appearance at the New York Deadline Club'  read more »

Tom Wolfe Disinters "Tiny Mummies!" After 35 Years

David Kuhn, the new editor in chief of Steven Brill's Brill's Content magazine and editorial directo  read more »

Vibe and Spin Face Down a Murky Future

Employees at Time Inc., the magazine division of Time Warner Inc., found that they'll soon be workin  read more »

Mark Golin Finally Populates Details ' Staff … Spin Shrinks

Tina Brown's sidekick, David Kuhn, is set to leave Talk magazine for Planet Content, the e-commerce  read more »

Brill's Money-Sniffin'

Brill's Content , a magazine about journalism, has a splashy survey of "Who Gets Paid What" in its M  read more »

A Deluge of Leaks May Yet Sink Starr

As Kenneth Starr's investigation of the President proceeds, so does the Federal judiciary's investig  read more »

Brill's Big Content: Starr Was Leaking!

After months of indignant denials from Kenneth Starr, we now learn from his own lips, via Steven Bri  read more »

GQ's Angry Publisher Takes the Gloves Off with Esquire

For the last couple of years, GQ publisher Richard Beckman has resisted the urge to slag, at least p  read more »