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80 years of the New Yorker on disc 
06.02.2005, 5:19 PM
The New Yorker has never seemed terribly interested in going digital. Despite maintaining the obligatory website, with a smattering of free content and online features, the magazine exists somewhat apart from the daily swarm of the web. The print format still works quite well for them, and they have the legions of loyal subscribers to prove it.
But their latest publishing project does take them into digital territory. This October, in a big legacy move, the venerable weekly will release 4,109 issues - every single page since the February 1925 founding and the 80th anniversary issue this year - on an eight-DVD set. "The Complete New Yorker" (see NY Times story) will go for about $100 (though Walmart is already listing it for $59.22), and will also contain a 123-page book with an introduction by editor David Remnick. A big improvement on microfilm, the discs will allegedly be searchable by computer, though how granular the search is remains to be seen. For it to be more than just a collector's item, it should be fully structured and offer fine-toothed find functionality. Remnick confirms, however, that readers will have the option of browsing just the cartoons (as many of us do).
Posted by ben vershbow at June 2, 2005 05:19 PM
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