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However, though lively and often imaginative, New West seems to be haunted by a Felkerian phantom: its editors on occasion run the kind of features they feel would have been whipped up by Felker. The results can be disastrous. A notable example was a cover story in July based on the premise that since Governor Jerry Brown was 39 and unmarried (though a frequent companion of Linda Ronstadt's), he would be a likely target for antihomosexual smears in next year's gubernatorial race. Even Felker was moved to protest from the sidelines. Said...
...York magazine, Founder-Editor Clay Felker likes to remind his readers, is about "how the power game is played, and who are the winners." In or out of print, there has been no abler exponent of the Felkerian philosophy than the ingenious Felker himself. From its first issue of April 8,1968, his avenue-smart urban-survival one-upmanship manual has exerted an influence far beyond its current 375,000 circulation and Manhattan bailiwick. Though it is frequently footling and vulgar, the weekly's intelligence and imaginative thrust have given its aggressive boss the money-power to take over...
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