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It's the New Yorker. They write for their audience, which is people who read a magazine which famously had "View of the World from 9th Avenue" on their front co
by dalke 10y ago
It's the New Yorker. They write for their audience, which is people who read a magazine which famously had "View of the World from 9th Avenue" on their front cover in 1976. Quoting https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/View_of_the_World_from_9th_Avenue https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/View_of_the_World_from_9th_Ave...
> "The work is sometimes referred to as A Parochial New Yorker's View of the World or A New Yorker's View of the World because it depicts a map of the world as seen by self-absorbed New Yorkers."
They have a market of potentially millions of potential readers who are interested in the parochial New York world view. Why produce articles for a more general national or international market where there is more competition and less ability to distinguish oneself?
- mturmon 10y agoOne would hope that their cosmopolitan and well-educated audience would tire of repeated regional stereotypes. I have apparently overestimated the aim of their editors. That's why I subscribe to NY Review -- which can be parochial, but is more adventurous.
- dalke 10y agoI can assure you there's a large audience of cosmopolitan and well-educated people who also want regional flavor. Nearly everyone wants to feel special, and many do not want the homogeneous world you seem to desire. I used to subscribe to the "Santa Fean", which is "an art, culture, dining, history and lifestyle magazine in Santa Fe, New Mexico." If a city of 60K inhabitants can have its own city-centered publication, then a city of millions can certainly have its own. I now live in Sweden, which has a smaller population that the NYC area. When Swedes cover international news, they often describe it with a Swedish viewpoint, or how it affects Swedes. Do you think Swedes are using "repeated regional stereotypes"? Or that Swedes are not a "cosmopolitan and well-educated audience"?
- pvg 10y agoIt seems a little silly to equate a tongue-in-cheek New Yorker cover with the audience of the New Yorker. The vast bulk of the New Yorker is not written by, or intended for 'people interested in the parochial New York View'.
- dalke 10y agoWell, yes. My answer was also meant to be tongue-in-cheek.