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> The New Yorker is basically philanthropy. According to the comments of more then a few journalists, the guy who owns the new Yorker doesn't care if it makes money, or even if it looses some money because he just wants to be the guy that owns the New Yorker.

That sounds more like Harper's, which is run by John R. MacArthur, the same family as the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, which gives MacArthur "Genius" grants and is the "more just, peaceful, and verdant" sponsor of NPR.



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