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...creators of DoubleTake decided to contact Charity Folks after the magazine??s creators saw an auction that Charity Folks handled for Chevy Chase, and approached the company to begin talks about raising funds for the magazine??s re-launch, planned for the fall. Holzman said that the magazine??s mission and prospects convinced them to take on the project...
...DoubleTake in 1995 with idealistic intentions. Before its recent hiatus—DoubleTake ceased publication in May 2003 in the face of serious funding problems and the threat of lawsuits from unpaid contributors—the magazine was an amalgam of photoessays, poems and personal narratives. According to the magazine??s promotional materials, DoubleTake aspires to “offer a rare opportunity for a kind of serious, patient consideration of the perspectives, visions, and concerns of others, and in turn, acts as a catalyst for community-service efforts...
Several bouts with financial troubles that threatened the magazine??s demise have challenged DoubleTake’s reputation in the past few years...
Since the magazine??s inception in 1995, DoubleTake’s financial problems have garnered substantial media attention—and this is not the first time a celebrity has volunteered to help the magazine stay afloat. In Febuary 2003, Bruce Springsteen played two benefit concerts to raise money for the magazine. The shows, both of which sold out, allowed the magazine to pay off sizeable debts to contributors, some of whom had been waiting years for payment...
From the time Updike joined the editorial board, scarcely an issue went to press that was not introduced by a “JHU”-signed rhyme. His skills, Limpert said, coincided perfectly with the humor magazine??s needs...