The talk of the town. (New Yorker wins award for excellence, though editor Tina Brown has been vilified by readers)

From: Newsweek | Date: April 24, 1995| Author: Reibstein, Larry | Copyright information

Public reaction to a New Yorker cover depicting Easter Bunny being crucified on a tax return epitomizes the critical attacks the magazine has faced since Tina Brown took over as editor. Readers complain the magazine's low-brow drift have made it like every other magazine, yet circulation has grown.

Tina Brown, easily America's most celebrated, and dished over, magazine editor, was on vacation last week somewhere in the wilds of Arizona-which was too bad in a way. She missed a week t...

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