The New York Times Magazine Will Finally Relaunch This Sunday, Here Some Changes to Expect
Wooed by ousted New York Times Executive Editor Jill Abramson over BBQ, Editor Jake Silverstein is finally rolling out the revamped New York Times Magazine which is going big with 3 different covers for its debut this Sunday. Here are some things that were changed/added
- The new magazine has a bigger feature well than its previous iteration, with four long-form narratives a week as opposed to three in a book that's added six editorial pages to its baseline
- More feature essays and non fiction pieces will be featured
- The font is different
- There is a masthead now
- Letters to the editor have been replaced by a "Dear Reader" feature
- The magazine's long-running Ethicist column has evolved into a three-person panel—co-starring POLITICO media critic Jack Shafer
- The website will get new section fronts in March following a Feb. 19 refresh of desktop and mobile article pages
- At 220 pages, Sunday's issue—"The Global Issue"—is the largest in the magazine's history
- It carries 121 ad pages on heavier paper stock
- Ebay is the relaunch advertiser. The company bought out all of the digital ad inventory
The New York Times Magazine Will Finally Relaunch This Sunday, Here Some Changes to Expect
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