Talk of the Town Amy Davidson – Trump Takes the Oath, Inaugural Judith Thurman – Roth on Trump Emma Allen – Bull’s Eye, Bayete Ross Smith Adam Gopnik – No Cigar, Daniel Barenboim Andrew Marantz – Crash Landing, Pete Holmes Features Jill Lepore – Autumn of the Atom, American Chronicles, Climate Change & Nuclear War Colin Stokes – Translating the Noises my Radiator Makes, Shouts & Murmurs (comedy) Adrian Chen – The Troll of the Internet, Profiles, Brad Troemel Evan Osnos – Survival of the Richest, A Reporter at Large, Wealthy Preppers Raffi Khatchadourian – Alernate Endings, Annals of Technology, Choose Your Own Movie Scenes Alix Ohlin – Quarantine, Fiction The Critics Amanda Petrusich – In Retrospect, Music, John Cale Laura Miller – Fork You, Books, Paul Auster Peter Schjeldahl – A Woman’s View, The Art World, Marisa Merz Hilton Als – Allies, Theatre, Martin McDonagh Anthony Lane – Depths of Fear, Movies, “The Salesman” and “Split”
Current Editor
David Remnick
Other Editors, per New Yorker Staff Directory
Michael Agger Emma Allen Roger Angell Andrew Boynton Richard Brody Alan Burdick Amy Davidson Hendrick Hertzberg Amelia Lester Mary Norris Joshua Rothman Michael Shulman Nicholas Thompson Dorothy Wickenden Lizzie Widdicombe
Web Traffic
Similar Web’s Estimate – 30.00 million clicks per month (Dec. ’16) (click for more)
From what I could find, David Remnick, as of 2005, is $1,000,000 (source here)
Other sources claim they pay $250 per digital article (source here), $1 per word for “Talk of the Town” (source here), and the link with David Remnick’s salary also claimed Malcolm Gladwell’s staff-writing salary was $250,000 in 2005. Not much more could be found. Currently canvassing both New Yorker and their writers.
Talk of the Town David Remnick – The Fire This Time – Bill de Blasio Elizabeth Kolbert – Civic Duty – Renzo Piano Jiayang Fan – Hoop Dreams – Eddie Huang Michael Shulman – New Threads James Surowiecki – The Mortgage Mistake (Financial Page) – Features Adam Gopnick – The Outside Game, profile of Howard Becker Yoni Brenner – The Eight Serious Relationships of Hercules (comedy) Jonathan Kalb – Give Me a Smile, Personal History Margaret Talbot – The Talking Cure, Annals of Education Julia Ioffe – Remote Control, profile of Mikhail Khodorkovsky Robert Coover – The Crabapple Tree, Fiction Critics Sasha Frere-Jones – Second Coming, Music, D’Angelo Malcolm Gladwell – The Bill, Books, Steven Brill and Healthcare David Denby – Dirty Oil, Movies, “A Most Violent Year”
New Yorker, Issue June 1, 2015
Talk of the Town Adam Gopnik – Art and Money Lizzie Widdicombe – Air Bus, Uber for Helicoptors Dana Goodyear – D.I.Y. School, MUSE School and James Cameron Nick Paumgarten – Life Without Audience, Vin Scelsa Emma Allen – It’s My Party, Erick Mauro Features Ed Caesar – House of Secrets, Annals of Real Estate, Witanhurst Paul Rudnick – Who’s Happy Now, Shouts & Murmurs Michael Specter – Extreme City, Letter from Luanda, Angola Economy Ben Taub – Journey to Jihad, A Reporter at Large, Teens Joining ISIS William Finnegan – Off Diamond Head, Personal History Salman Rushdie – The Duniazat, Fiction The Critics Thomas Mallon – Frenemies, Books, Norman Mailer and William Buckely Dan Chiasson – American Snipper, Books, John Ashbery Elizabeth Kolbert – Project Exodus, A Critic at Large, Colonizing Mars Anthony Lane – Wouldn’t it be Nice? Movies, “Tomorrowland” and “Gemma Bovary”
New Yorker, Issue June 8&15, 2015
Talk of the Town Amy Davidson – Telling the Story, Jason Rezaian Rebecca Mead – Ink, Harper Lee Alec Wilkinson – Fare Thee Well, Bob Weir, Trey Anastasio David Owen – On Broadway James Surowiecki – Eastern Exchanges (Financial Page) Features Zadie Smith – Escape from New York, Fiction Jonathan Safran Foer – Love is Blind and Deaf, Fiction Louise Erdrich – The Course of Happiness, Fiction Anthony Lane – Go Ask Alice, Book Review of Through the Looking Glass, Lewis Carrol Daniyal Mueenuddin – Lost Luggage, Fiction Primo Levi – Quaestio De Centauris, Fiction Rebecca Curtis – Morlocks and Eloi, Fiction Jonathen Franzen – The Repubilc of Bad Taste, Fiction Thomas McGuane – Fall River, Fiction Sam Lipsyte – Package Tour Nicola Lo Calzo – Exiles, Portfolio Karen Russell – The Prospectors, Fiction The Critics Robyn Creswell adn Bernard Haykel – Battle Lines, Politics and Literature, Jihadi Poetry Emily Nussbaum – Where the Boys Are, Television, “Cucumber and Banana” Anthony Lane – Crackups, Movies, “Love and Mercy and San Andreas
2014
New Yorker, Issue May 12, 2014
Talk of the Town Adam Gopnik – Team Spirit, on the N.F.L. Reeves Wiedeman – Hoops Whisperer, Idan Ravin Rebecca Mead – Ice-Cream Defense, Moot-Court Competition Emma Allen – Faces, Eric Kandel John Seabrook – Hey,Hey, Michael Nesmith Features Lizzie Widdicombe – The End of Food, Annals of Gastronomy, Soylent Lisa Birnbach – Early Bird, Shouts & Murmurs (Comedy) Lee Siegel – Pure Evil, Life and Letters, Jo Nesbo Keith Gessen – Waiting for War, Letter from Ukraine D.T. Max – Green is Good, A Reporter at Large, Nature Consverancy Lyudmila Ulitskaya – The Fugitive, Ficiton The Critics Jill Lepore – Away From My Desk, Books, Offices Joan Acocella – Selfie, Books, Narcissism Anthony Lane – Road Trips, Movies, “Ida” and “Chef”
New Yorker, Issue June 23, 2014
Talk of the Town Dexter Filkins – Wider War, Fighting in Mosul Ian Frazier – Poll, Washington Redksins Name Tad Friend – Rascal, Don Johnson Larissa MacFarquhar – Master Class, Stephen Sondheim musicals Emma Allen – Memento Mori, Sophie Calle and Kim Cattrall Features Jill Lepore – The Disruption Machine, Innovation Techniques George Saunders – Liner Notes, Shouts & Murmurs (comedy) Nick Paumgarten – Id Girls, Onward and Upward with the Arts, Broad City Sarah Stillman – Get Out of Jail, Inc. A Reporter at Large, For-Profit Alternatives to Prison Janet Malcolm – The Book Refgue, Our Local Correspondents, Argosy Bookshop Maile Meloy – Madame Lazarus, Fiction The Critics Emily Nussbaum – Snowbound, Television, Fargo James Wood – The Punished Land, Books, Zachary Lazar Alex Ross – Blockbuster, Musical Events, NY Philharmonic Biennial Sasha Frere-Jones – The Skeptic, Music, Chrissie Hynde David Denby – Limited Partners, Movies, “Third Person” and “22 Jump Street
2013
New Yorker, Issue Sept. 30, 2013
Talk of the Town George Packer – Negotiating Syria Ian Frazier – Community Guns, profile Shaina Harrison Sophie Brickman – Paleo Run Tad Friend – Selfless, profile Harry Dean Stanton John Seabrook – A Dog’s Life Features Xan Rice – Now Serving, Letters from Somalia Cora Frazier – To the NSA: Some Explanations (comedy) Josh Eels – Night Club Royale, Annals of Entertainment Dexter Filkins – The Shadow Commander, A Reporter at Large Ariel Levy – The Perfect Wife, Profiles, Edith Windsor Joshua Ferris – The Breeze, Fiction The Critics Emily Nussbaum – Color Commentary, Television, Key & Peele Louis Menand – Nukes of Hazard, Books, Command and Control Hilton Als – Heavy Date, staging of Romeo and Juliet Anthony Lane – Fast Moves, Movies, “Rush” and “Thanks for Sharing”
New Yorker, Issue Dec. 23&30, 2013
Talk of the Town Jeffrey Toobin – Cruel and Unusual, Death Penalty Ian Frazier – The Mountain, Road Salt Tad Friend – Swagger, Alive Eve Reeves Wiedeman – All-Stars, E-Sports James Surowiecki – Deadbeat Governments, Financial Page Features Elizabeth Kolbert – The Lost World, Annals of Extinction Katherine Zoepf – Shopgirls, Letter from Riyadh Cora Frazier – Influencers, Shouts and Murmurs Emily Eakin – The Civilization Kit, Dept. of Technology, profile of Marcin Jakubowski James Carroll – Who Am I to Judge?, profile of Pope Francis Michael Pollan – The Intelligent Plant, A Reporter at Large Rebecca Curtis – A Christmas Miracle, Fiction The Critics Emily Nussbaum – Utter Rot, Television, “The Walking Dead Adam Gopnik – Two Bands, Critic at Large, Duke Ellington and The Beatles Hilton Als – The Troubles, Theatre, “The Night Alive” Anthony Lane – Only Make Believe, Movies, “Her,” “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty,” Saving Mr. Banks”
2012
New Yorker, Issue Feb. 13&20, 2012
Talk of the Town Hendrik Hertzberg – The Debate Debate, Politics Andrew Marantz – Shoestring, Buddy Roemer Ben McGrath – Odd Jobs, Westminster Dog Show Alec Wilkinson – Passing Through, JD Souther James Surowiecki – Financial Page, Blackberry Season Features Jane Mayer – Attack Dog, The Political Scene, Larry McCarthy & Mitt Romney Lizzie Widdicombe – The Plagiarist’s Tale, Life and Letters, Quentin Rowan Jonathan Franzen – A Rooting Interest, A Critic at Large, On Edith Wharton Raffi Khatchadourian – Transfiguration, A Reporter at Large, A Successful Faceplant Surgery Michael Chabon – Citizen Conn, Fiction The Critics Sasha Frere-Jones – The Sound of Success, Music, Rick Ross Anthony Lane – Fright Nights, Books, M.R. James Emily Nussbaum – It’s Good Enough For Me, Television, Children’s Programming Alex Ross – Number Nine, Musical Events, Philip Glass
2011
New Yorker, Issue Sept. 5, 2011
Talk of the Town David Remnick – Behind the Curtain – Qaddafi Ben McGrath – Disaster Island William Finnegan – Local Hero James Surowiecki – Europe’s Big Mistake (Financial Page) Features Rebecca Mead – Better, Faster,Stronger, profile, Tim Ferriss Paul Rudnick – I’m Sorry, Shouts and Murmurs (comedy) Tad Friend – Contract City, Letter from California Larissa MacFarquhar – How to be Good, profiles, Derek Parfit Ian Frazier – The March of the Strandbeests, Our Far-Flung Correspondents Haruki Murakami – Town of Cats, Fiction Critics Louis Menand – Browbeaten, A Critic at Large James Wood – Cabin Fever, Books, Denis Johnson’s “Train Dreams” Alex Ross – Testament, Musical Events, “The Passenger” David Denby – Noble Creatures, “Rise of the Planet of the Apes” and “Chasing Madoff”
2010
New Yorker, Issue Aug. 2, 2010
Talk of the Town Hendrick Hertzberg – Open Secrets Ian Frazier – Sculpture Alec Wilksinson – Two Beats Ben McGrath – Leaders-To-Be James Surowiecki – Blame Games (Financial Page – Features Keith Gessen – Stuck, Letter From Moscow Kelefa Sanneh – Man of Many Hats, Profile, Brad Paisley Atul Gawande – Letting Go, Annals of Medicine Jeffrey Toobin – The Senator and the Street, The Political Scene, Chuck Schumer Tea Obrecht – Fiction Critics David Denby – Cinema, “Salt” and “Farewell” Elizabeth Kolbert – Books – The Scales Fall (Any Hope for Fish?) Sasha Frere-Jones – Music – Big Boi John Lahr – Theater – Talking Heads Nancy Franklin – TV – Snapped Cable (CNN)