Word: kobrin
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Sonia Kobrin North Dartmouth, Mass...
...East Side overwhelmed them. The interminable hours in the sweatshops, families crowded six to a room in the tenements, the growth of crime and near epidemics of dysentery, typhoid and tuberculosis, the "tailor's disease," seemed to reflect the chaos of their lives. Howe quotes the Yiddish writer Leon Kobrin...
...Kobrin calls his New West a "feature newsmagazine," but few newsy features were evident in the 14-page preview issue; the cover story, a freelance profile of John Wayne, was originally written and published three years ago. An investment group claims to be prepared to invest $500,000 in the project-but Kobrin has yet to begin a subscription drive...
...slick, full-color New York spin-off-partly through a sample cover celebrating "The California Woman"-and claims an impressive return of 30,000 or so charter subscribers. His 20-page New West test issue, which is trial-priced at both 500 and 750 (v. $1 for Kobrin's magazine), is sprightly, but heavy on pieces borrowed from New York. To launch New West, Felker plans to spend $2 million, and aims for initial circulation...
Some publishing insiders wonder whether Kobrin and his group started their New West mainly to see if Felker was eager enough about his expansion plans to buy them out. And there is a certain ambiguity about Kobrin's challenge to his New York rivals: "We'll give these carpetbaggers a run for their money...