New Times (magazine)

{{Short description|American glossy bi-weekly national newspaper}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2023}} {{for|the Russian magazine|The New Times (magazine)}} {{Refimprove|date=September 2011}} {{Infobox magazine | title = | logo = | logo_size =  | image_file = New Times magazine cover.png | image_size =  | image_alt = | image_caption = | editor =  | editor_title =  | previous_editor = | category = | frequency = Bi-weekly | format = | circulation = 350,000 | publisher = George A. Hirsch | paid_circulation = | unpaid_circulation = | circulation_year = | total_circulation = | founder = | founded = | firstdate =  | finaldate =  | finalnumber = | company = | country = | based = | language = | issn = 0092-2463 | oclc = 1789075 }} '''''New Times''''' was an American glossy bi-weekly national newspaper published from 1973<ref>{{cite magazine|date=October 22, 1973|title=The Press: New Times's Party |magazine=Time|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,908074,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081214080240/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,908074,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 14, 2008|accessdate=September 15, 2011}}</ref> to 1979<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pastpaper.com/List-MiscMagsNewsNewTimes.htm|title=List - New Times|website=pastpaper.com}}</ref> by George A. Hirsch.<ref>{{cite book|author=David Armstrong|title=A Trumpet to Arms: Alternative Media in America|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1cmwpp439GcC&pg=PA309|accessdate=August 11, 2016|year=1981|publisher=South End Press|isbn=978-0-89608-193-2|page=309}}</ref>

==History== Hirsch had been publisher of ''New York'' magazine, but resigned after conflicts with Clay Felker, the magazine's founder and editor. ''New Times'' began as a bridge between the newsweeklies and the more reflective monthly opinion magazines, notably ''Harper's'' and ''The Atlantic''. The first issue appeared in October 1972.<ref name="pastp">{{cite news|title=New Times magazine / selected pages|url=https://westread.blogspot.com.tr/2013/05/new-times-magazine-selected-pages.html|accessdate=August 11, 2016|work=Past Print|date=May 30, 2013}}</ref> Initially, the magazine featured a marquee roster of the era's best-known new journalists, including Jimmy Breslin, Pete Hamill, Jack Newfield, Mike Royko, and Dick Schaap.

However, as the magazine's ad revenues lagged, contributions from the big names soon dried up, and under the editorship of Jonathan Larsen, ''New Times'' shifted to a more investigative journalistic approach, publishing articles on topics such as the CIA,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.browndailyherald.com/2004/09/22/electric-keeney-acid-test/|title=Electric Keeney Acid Test|first=Danielle|last=Cerny|date=22 September 2004|publisher=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://static1.squarespace.com/static/53f3ca75e4b09767aa2f807c/54219c92e4b09a2902bedfd5/544c09a3e4b01e689a1558ef/1414269351572/newtimes_cover_lips.jpg|date=15 April 2017|title=Cosmetics: the kiss of death?|format=JPG|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170415170752/https://static1.squarespace.com/static/53f3ca75e4b09767aa2f807c/54219c92e4b09a2902bedfd5/544c09a3e4b01e689a1558ef/1414269351572/newtimes_cover_lips.jpg|archivedate=15 April 2017}}</ref> congressional committees, political spying, political activism, the murder of Mary Pinchot Meyer,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://static1.squarespace.com/static/53f3ca75e4b09767aa2f807c/54219c92e4b09a2902bedfd5/544c09a8e4b01e689a1558fa/1414269355349/newtimes_spread_gorey.jpg|date=15 April 2017|title=A Gorey story|format=JPG|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170415171414/https://static1.squarespace.com/static/53f3ca75e4b09767aa2f807c/54219c92e4b09a2902bedfd5/544c09a8e4b01e689a1558fa/1414269355349/newtimes_spread_gorey.jpg|archivedate=15 April 2017}}</ref> the cult or system of psychological training est<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/29/fashion/the-return-of-werner-erhard-father-of-self-help.html|title=The Return of Werner Erhard, Father of Self-Help|first=Peter|last=Haldeman|newspaper=The New York Times|date=28 November 2015|publisher=}}</ref> and the JFK assassination "cover up" thesis.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://static1.squarespace.com/static/53f3ca75e4b09767aa2f807c/54219c92e4b09a2902bedfd5/544c09a4e4b07c493b21ac88/1414269352969/newtimes_cover_statue_of.JPG|date=15 April 2017|title=Guess who's fooling around with the weather?|format=JPG|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170415170923/https://static1.squarespace.com/static/53f3ca75e4b09767aa2f807c/54219c92e4b09a2902bedfd5/544c09a4e4b07c493b21ac88/1414269352969/newtimes_cover_statue_of.JPG|archivedate=15 April 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://static1.squarespace.com/static/53f3ca75e4b09767aa2f807c/54219c92e4b09a2902bedfd5/544c09abe4b07c493b21ac9f/1414269358400/newtimes_spread_murder.jpg|date=15 April 2017|title=Women who murder|format=JPG|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170415171109/https://static1.squarespace.com/static/53f3ca75e4b09767aa2f807c/54219c92e4b09a2902bedfd5/544c09abe4b07c493b21ac9f/1414269358400/newtimes_spread_murder.jpg|archivedate=15 April 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://static1.squarespace.com/static/53f3ca75e4b09767aa2f807c/54219c92e4b09a2902bedfd5/544c09a9e4b01e689a1558fc/1414269354962/newtimes_spread_music.jpg|date=15 April 2017|title=Music|format=JPG|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170415171212/https://static1.squarespace.com/static/53f3ca75e4b09767aa2f807c/54219c92e4b09a2902bedfd5/544c09a9e4b01e689a1558fc/1414269354962/newtimes_spread_music.jpg|archivedate=15 April 2017}}</ref>

===Contributors=== Contributors were often freelance writers, many just out of college, including Frank Rich, Ron Rosenbaum, Nina Totenberg, Harry Stein, and Geoffrey Wolff.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1973/12/10/new-times-journalists-in-bars-pbab/|title=New Times: Journalists in Bars - News - The Harvard Crimson|website=www.thecrimson.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.robert-ward.com/bio/|title=Bio - Robert Ward|website=www.robert-ward.com}}</ref> Robert Sam Anson was political editor and Robert Shrum was a political columnist. The late NBC television executive Brandon Tartikoff was an occasional contributor.

Typical of the magazine's later direction, one issue featured a cover depicting Bozo the Clown behind the Presidential podium, a broad comment on the mistakes and misadventures of then-U.S. President Gerald Ford. Another issue saluted the 10 Dumbest Congressmen, judging Charles Grassley, then a Representative from Iowa, as the so-called King of Dumb.

''New Times'' never found a sufficient base of advertisers. The magazine's final issue was published on January 8, 1979.<ref name="pastp"/><ref>{{cite news|last1=Egan|first1=Jack|last2=Kramer|first2=Larry|title=New Times Magazine Going Under This Year|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1978/11/16/new-times-magazine-going-under-this-year/86214b78-2e32-4f62-b496-ea4e41579b07|newspaper=Washington Post|date=16 November 1978}}</ref> Hirsch then launched ''The Runner'' magazine,<ref>{{cite news|author=Jerry Knight|title=Firms Stumble After The Runner|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/business/1978/03/02/firms-stumble-after-the-runner/674be5b4-a961-4871-b1d1-f8e42e806980/|accessdate=August 11, 2016|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=March 2, 1978}}</ref> one of the first of a new era of specialty "active lifestyle" monthlies in 1979, after initially creating it as the New York City Marathon's official program in 1977.

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