George. April/May 1996
New York: Hachette Filipacchi Magazines, 1996. Quarto, publisher's photo-illustrated wraps.
"A magazine about politics for people who think they don’t like politics." April/May 1996 issue of JFK, Jr.’s "politics-as-lifestyle" magazine, with Howard Stern on the cover. Established in 1995, George was the first mass market magazine to pair politics with glamor and celebrity. While the "post-partisan" publication was an immediate hit, by late 1998 George began to flounder due to editorial infighting, a drop in readership, and general financial trouble – the New York Post began a "virtual George death watch." When publisher Hachette Filipacchi informed Kennedy they would be pulling the plug on the magazine, he scrambled to find new investors; it was during this interim period that he died in a plane crash, on July 16, 1999. The magazine remained in print for one year after the tragedy. This issue features a symposium on virtue (and virtue-signaling), Kennedy in conversation with the first woman president of the NRA Marion Hammer, Touré writing on rappers Naughty By Nature, a profile on Evan Bayh, a look at Hilary's world, pieces by Conan O'Brien, Joy Press, and more. Illustrated in color and black-and-white. Fine. Item #12463
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