The American (magazine)

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The American: A Magazine of Ideas, was founded in November 2006 by James K. Glassman, the former president of The Atlantic Monthly and former publisher of The New Republic, as a project of the American Enterprise Institute, a conservative think tank. As of April 2008, The American's editor-in-chief is Nick Schulz. Writers include Amity Shlaes and Victor Davis Hanson.

The magazine replaced the public affairs magazine The American Enterprise.[1] [2] [3] "Our perspective," says Glassman, "is not partisan, but it is rooted in liberal, free-market economics."[3] Glassman states that he thinks "the three major business magazines have, in an attempt to get a broader audience, gone downscale," creating a "big opening" for an intellectual magazine about business that is "absolutely not partisan or ideological - mainly a reported magazine rather than a magazine of opinion."[2] Jonathan Chait, writing in The New Republic, the magazine Glassman published from 1981 to 1984, said of the newly-named magazine's switch in format, "The American now seems less dewy-eyed about the virtues of democracy and far more dewy-eyed about the virtues of the bottom line. Out is the conservatism of Paul Wolfowitz. In is the conservatism of Montgomery Burns."[4]

Initial circulation is just over 50,000, with half paid, half controlled, with some copies available at airports and newsstands.[5] The American is published six times a year. Its managing editor is Duncan Currie. Its publishing director is Sam Schulman, formerly publisher of Wigwag. Alexander Isley, the former art director for Spy, designs the glossy magazine.[2][5] The first issue was delayed until after the November 2006 election to include election results.[6]

Luke Mullins's interview of a white-collar criminal who spent time in a minimum-security prison, which stated that minimum-security prisons were no longer "country-club prisons,"[7] prompted criticism by Peter Carlson in a column in the Washington Post.[8]

The magazine publishes additional content at its website, including book reviews and its "American Conversation" podcast interviews, whose subjects have included Tyler Cowen and Jurgen Reinhoudt.

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ James Warren. "Dobbs' secret life, and more, in The American's debut issue", Chicago Tribune, 2006-11-27. "[T]he November-December inaugural issue of the renamed and re-engineered publication of the right-leaning American Enterprise Institute is rife with promise." 
  2. ^ a b c Irin Carmon et al.. "Memo Pad", Women's Wear Daily, 2006-11-27. 
  3. ^ a b Ron Bedard. "Washington Whispers", US News & World Report, 2006-11-27. 
  4. ^ American Pie, Jonathan Chait, The New Republic, May 31, 2007.
  5. ^ a b Myrna Blyth (2006-12-13). Money Magazines Get Smart. New York Sun. Retrieved on 2007-08-08.
  6. ^ "November 6, 2006", Media Industry Newsletter, 2006-11-06. 
  7. ^ Luke Mullins (May/June 2007). Enter a 'Hellish Place'. The American. Retrieved on 2007-08-08. “"The Bureau of Prisons is incredibly sensitive to accusations that they are coddling white-collar offenders," Novak said. “They are very sensitive to the 'Club Fed' mythology."”
  8. ^ Peter Carlson. "Bemoaning the Commoners at Club Fed", Washington Post, 2007-05-15. "Country club prisons just aren't the same since they started letting the riffraff in." 

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