Spy Co - Founder Hired to Run Benetton Magazine

[Khephra]

Spy Co - Founder Hired to Run Benetton Magazine
By REUTERS

Published: November 3, 2003


Filed at 1:16 p.m. ET

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Kurt Andersen, a founder of the satirical magazine Spy and former editor of New York magazine, is getting back into publishing -- this time, as editorial director of Colors, the once-provocative glossy published by fashion company Benetton .

Andersen, who reenters the magazine world after a few years of hosting a public radio cultural program and completing his second novel, will try to restore buzz to a publication that has failed to attract much attention recently. Colors courted controversy in the mid-1990s, publishing provocative images such as a doctored photo depicting Queen Elizabeth as black. There were also graphic images of war and disease.

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http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/arts/entertainment-media-andersen.html

[roguevalley]

1. I adored Spy Magazine.

It was awesome. I wish it were still in biz. Do you suppose this one will be half as fun?

[nuxvomica]

2. I miss Spy too

When it went out of business, they replaced my subscription with subs to "Details" and "the egg". I couldn't make sense out of either one. :silly: