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There are ambitious mavericks in every field (Clay Felker of New York in magazines, Rupert Murdoch in newspapers) who know the expected limits of respectability in their craft, but choose to succeed by excess. Arledge is such a man. His conversation is full of proper responses ("A commentary mustn't fight the film," "The single biggest problem of television is that everyone talks so much," "The first law of football is that when the teams line up, you go to the play-by-play man"); yet it is he who stuffed the Monday night booth with three garrulous commentators...
...been associated with Clay Felker and New York magazine since its founding, I would like to correct your story. It was filled with adjectives chosen to portray Felker in as harsh a light as possible. But you missed some that I'd like to add: he is loyal, generous, scrupulously honest and dynamic to the point that his enthusiasms fueled the lives of those who worked...
Omaha Whiz. The blowup that led to Israel's departure was over his opposition to Graham's proposed purchase of New York Magazine Co. Israel argued that the firm would cut into Post Co. profits, and that strong-willed NYM Founder Clay Felker would try to run Newsweek if he came aboard. Actually. Israel's troubles with Graham began more than a year ago. when Graham started listening less to him and more to Post Co. Board Member Warren Buffett, 46, a self-made Omaha financial whiz...
First Union. The climate at the Village Voice last week appeared somewhere between troubled New York and the optimistic Post. Despite his announcement that all of Felker's managing editors would be left in control of their periodicals, Murdoch tried to hire a new editor to oversee Voice Managing Editor Marianne Partridge. His choice: Michael Kramer, a New York alumnus and editor and publisher of the journalism review More. Partridge vehemently resisted, and so did the staff, and Kramer backed off. For the future, the highly individualistic staffers took a more concrete step: 120 out of 150 joined...
...main loser in the Murdoch drama, Editor Felker spent last week exploring possible new journalistic ventures and several offers of large-scale financial backing. He also declined what he called a "very alluring" job offer. In addition to $1.5 million for his shares in the New York Magazine Co. and a continuation of his old annual salary of $120,000 for three years, Felker won the right to start a new magazine, and he has already taken office space in the slightly rundown town house where New York began its independent existence nearly a decade ago. As a keepsake...