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Author Dan Okrent and NY Magazine's Adam Moss

Dan Okrent, writer and editor, spoke with Adam Moss, editor-in-chief, New York magazine, at the Shorenstein Center's 25th anniversary celebration on October 14, 2011, at Harvard Kennedy School.

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  2. Adam background...

  3. Crown jewel hire:
  4. Dan background:
  5. Panel showtime:
  6. Fun fact: @okrent, author and the first public editor for the NYT, helped invent fantasy sports. Seriously. #hsc25
  7. Okrent on Adam Moss's @NYMag: "took most exhausted and desiccated formula in mag publishing…and invented something utterly new." #HSC25
  8. Okrent asks Adam Moss: How is it that @NYMag can add politics and continue to succeed in this media enviro? #HSC25
  9. Adam Moss: "Obama sold incredibly well every time we put him on the cover" of @NYMag. Ditto Palin, Hillary. (McCain: not so much.) #HSC25
  10. NY mag editor Adam Moss: frank rich wld hate this word, but he is a "brand" #HSC25
  11. Moss: A reporter—John Heilemann—led NY Mag's strategy w/ its politics coverage. "We just sort of opportunistically followed John." #hsc25
  12. Adam Moss says at peak of downturn, he thought @NYMag would stop being physical product, become digital only #HSC25
  13. Moss, charmingly, can't seem to refer to himself as NY Mag's leader. Calls editorship "this ridiculous job overseeing stuff." #hsc25

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