[lbo-talk] Big Vic: shakedown Paul Newman, overpay your writers

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Sat May 13 09:10:29 PDT 2006


Chuck wrote:


>Pollitt and Hitchens were the columnists I missed the most after
>giving up on the Nation. Of course, this was before Hitch's turn to
>the dark side. I also really liked the review section.

The reviews have gotten a lot better since Adam Shatz took over as literary editor.


>What are the circ figures of the Nation these days? 180,000?

Yup. The largest of any journal of opinion in the US now - something like three times The New Republic.

Doug



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