Word: felkers
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...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...
...York magazine. Murdoch's peppery new editor, James Brady, 48, fought his way through snow and ice on Monday morning to find his office scarcely less chilling. There to greet him was a sheaf of resignations. Departing were not only the magazine's creator and editor, Clay Felker, but also Design Director Milton Glaser, Managing Editor Byron Dobell (who agreed to stay through a brief transition) and 20 other editorial hands, including such notables as Tom Wolfe, Financial Writer George ("Adam Smith") Goodman, Washington Reporter Richard Reeves, Ms. Editor Gloria Steinem, Press Critic Edwin Diamond and Gail Sheehy...
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...
Some New York staffers-who are not generally overpaid-have loudly objected to Felker's costly personal and professional style. When the magazine moved in 1974 to expensive new quarters on Manhattan's Second Avenue, the boss installed a gym. He also carved out a staff dining room (he had it redecorated several times) and installed a $25,000-a-year chef, who signed each day's menus "Felipe-Executive Chef...