The New Yorker wants younger readers — but not enough to change itself

David Remnick describes his job like this: “to get The New Yorker from one shore to the other shore with our soul intact and…our clothes dry.”

The shores he’s referring to are the very distant beaches of print — that world of glossy paper and ink — and online journalism, the world of ephemeral pixels.

It’s a swim that’s very choppy for just about every magazine and newspaper, and has been for yearsThe New Yorker —piles of which exist in the apartments of everyone who considers themselves smart and savvy — is no different. Its strength is print. Now in its 90th year, the magazine still operates at a high level. In 2015, it won three National Magazine awards including one for general excellence …

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The New Yorker wants younger readers — but not enough to change itself