Mourning the Passing of the New Yorker
“The Talk of The Town” by Bob Sipchen (May 11) belongs more properly in the obituary section.
As one of very few survivors who can boast of having cut his literary teeth on Harold Ross’ first edition of a once-noble institution, I mourn its passing. Publisher S. I. Newhouse and (Editor) Tina Brown have killed the New Yorker and converted the corpse to the Journal of the Middle Finger Generation.
I shall not renew my subscription, which follows that of my parents for almost 70 years continuity.
MAURICE R. COMMANDAY
Palos Verdes Estates
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