What is The New Yorker?
'''''The New Yorker''''' is an [[United States|American]] [[magazine]] that publishes articles, essays, stories, and cartoons about many topics. Though much of the magazine is about [[New York City]], many readers are outside of the city. The magazine is known for its articles about politics, careful fact-checking, its cartoons, and short stories by many notable authors. It was founded by [[Harold Ross]] and the first issue was released on [[February 17]], [[1925]]. Though it was formerly a weekly magazine, it now publishes a new issue 47 times a year, with five longer two-week issues. In [[2004]], it had about 996,000 subscribers (people who paid to receive it). The magazine has included short stories by [[J. D. Salinger]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100128/ap_on_en_ot/us_obit_salinger;_ylt=AqV_9m6_MkLpq8NRkt0guZwEtbAF;_ylu=X3oDMTJtZTg5cWFpBGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMTAwMTI4L3VzX29iaXRfc2FsaW5nZXIEcG9zAzEEc2VjA3luX3BhZ2luYXRlX3N1bW1hcnlfbGlzdARzbGsDY2F0Y2hlcmludGhl|title='Catcher in the Rye' author J.D. Salinger dies|accessdate=2010-01-28|last=Italie|first=Hillel}}{{Dead link|date=August 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> [[Vladimir Nabokov]], [[John Updike]], [[E. B. White]], [[John Hersey]], whose essay ''[[Hiroshima (Hersey)|Hiroshima]]'' filled an entire issue, and Shirley Jackson, whose story ''[[The Lottery]]'' drew more mail than any other story published in the magazine. ==References== {{reflist}} == Other websites == * [http://www.newyorker.com/ The New Yorker] {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:New Yorker}} [[Category:American weekly magazines]] [[Category:Magazines published in New York City]] [[Category:1925 establishments in the United States]]