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'''''The American: A Magazine of Ideas,''''' was founded in November 2006 by ], the former publisher of '']'', as a project of The ], a ] ]. Writers include ] and ]. '''''The American''''' was an ] published by the ] (AEI), a ] ] in ] The magazine's primary focus was the intersection of economics and politics. Previously known as '''''The American: A Magazine of Ideas''''', it was published six times annually from November 2006 to December 2008.


==Origins and editorship==
The magazine "seeks 'to pick up' where the original ] magazine left off when started by ] in 1930."
''The American'' was founded in November 2006<ref>{{cite web|title=The 30 Most Notable Launches of 2006|url=http://www.mrmagazine.com/30Notable2006.html|work=Mr. Magazine|access-date=August 19, 2015}}</ref> by ], the former president of '']'' and former publisher of '']'', as an AEI project. It replaced the previous public-affairs magazine published by AEI, '']''.<ref name=Warren>{{cite news|author=James Warren|authorlink=James Warren (journalist)|title=Dobbs' secret life, and more, in The American's debut issue|work=Chicago Tribune|quote=he November–December inaugural issue of the renamed and re-engineered publication of the right-leaning American Enterprise Institute is rife with promise.|date=November 27, 2006}}</ref><ref name=WWD>{{cite news|author=Irin Carmon|title=Memo Pad|work=Women's Wear Daily|date=November 27, 2006|display-authors=etal}}</ref><ref name=USNWR>{{cite news|author=Ron Bedard|title=Washington Whispers|work=U.S. News & World Report|date=November 27, 2006}}</ref> Publication of the first issue was delayed until after the ] to include election results.<ref>{{cite news
<ref name=Warren>{{cite news
|work=Media Industry Newsletter|title=Election results|date=November 6, 2006}}</ref>
|author=James Warren
|authorlink=James Warren
|title=Dobbs' secret life, and more, in The American's debut issue
|publisher=]
|quote=he November-December inaugural issue of the renamed and re-engineered publication of the right-leaning American Enterprise Institute is rife with promise.
|date=2006-11-27}}</ref>
<ref name=WWD>{{cite news
|author=Irin Carmon et al.
|title=Memo Pad
|publisher='']''
|date=2006-11-27}}</ref>


In late 2007, Glassman left ''The American'' to serve as undersecretary of state for public diplomacy in the ]; he was succeeded as editor-in-chief by Nick Schulz, who had served as a senior editor of the young magazine since its founding; the first issue edited by Schulz was labeled March/April 2008.<ref>Press release titled "" American Enterprise Institute, April 28, 2008.</ref> (Glassman and Schulz had previously collaborated on ].<ref>Brendan Conway, "," ''Doublethink'' magazine, Winter 2007.</ref><ref>Nick Schulz, "," TCS Daily, September 19, 2006.</ref>) Schulz is also the DeWitt Wallace Fellow at AEI.<ref>Bio page for on the AEI Web site, Retrieved January 20, 2009.</ref>
Initial circulation is just over 50,000, with half paid, half controlled, with some copies available at airports and newsstands.<ref name=Blyth/>


In November 2008, AEI ended the print version of the glossy magazine due to its "'hemorrhaging' cash."<ref>David Weigel, " {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090619215450/http://washingtonindependent.com/33697/conservative-think-tank-adjusts-to-tough-times |date=2009-06-19 }}," The Washington Independent, March 13, 2009</ref>
The magazine replaces the public affairs journal '']''.<ref name=Warren/>
<ref name=USNWR>{{cite news
|author=Ron Bedard
|title=Washington Whispers
|publisher='']''
|date=2006-11-27}}</ref> "Our perspective," says Glassman, "is not partisan, but it is rooted in liberal, free-market economics."<ref name=USNWR/> Glassman states that he thinks "the three major business magazines have, in an attempt to get a broader audience, gone downscale," creating a "big opening" for an intellectual magazine about business that is "absolutely not partisan or ideological - mainly a reported magazine rather than a magazine of opinion."<ref name=WWD/>


==Content==
The American is published six times a year. Its other editors are David Robinson and Marianne Wasson. Its publishing director is Sam Schulman, formerly publisher of ]. Alexander Isley, the former art director for ], designs the ] magazine.<ref name=WWD/><ref name=Blyth>{{cite web
|author=Myrna Blyth
|publisher='']''
|date=2006-12-13
|url=http://www.nysun.com/article/45118
|accessdate=2007-08-08
|title=Money Magazines Get Smart}}</ref>


The magazine published articles and book reviews—some topical, some reported, some analytical—on subjects at the intersection of economics, business, politics, and American public policy.<ref name=archive>"" at American.com, accessed January 19, 2009.</ref> Current online content includes articles similar to those in the print version, traditional op-eds, "DataPoints" on public opinion (compiled by ]), and, since May 2009, the , which features contributions from AEI scholars and staff members.
The first issue was delayed until after the November 2006 election to include election results.<ref>{{cite news
|publisher=Media Industry Newsletter
|title=November 6, 2006
|date=2006-11-06}}</ref>


==Editorial stance==
Luke Mullins's interview of a ] who spent time in a minimum-security prison, which stated that minimum-security prisons were no longer "country-club prisons,"<ref>{{cite web

|publisher='']''
"Our perspective," Glassman said at the magazine's launch, "is not partisan, but it is rooted in ], ]."<ref name=USNWR/> Glassman said in 2006 that he believed "the three major business magazines"—that is, '']'', '']'', and '']''—"have, in an attempt to get a broader audience, gone downscale," creating a "big opening" for an intellectual magazine about business that is "absolutely not partisan or ideological—mainly a reported magazine rather than a magazine of opinion."<ref name=WWD/>
|date=May/June 2007

Liberal writer ] remarked in '']'' (which Glassman had published from 1981 to 1984) that ''The American'', in replacing '']'', "seems less dewy-eyed about the virtues of democracy and far more dewy-eyed about the virtues of the bottom line. Out is the conservatism of ]. In is the conservatism of ]."<ref name=Chait>, Jonathan Chait, '']'', May 31, 2007.</ref>

==Contributors==

Among the noteworthy contributors to ''The American'' have been:<ref name=archive/>
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==Notable stories==

Luke Mullins's interview of a ] who spent time in a minimum-security prison, which stated that minimum-security prisons were no longer "country-club prisons,"<ref>{{cite magazine
|magazine=The American
|date=May–June 2007
|author=Luke Mullins |author=Luke Mullins
|title=Enter a 'Hellish Place' |title=Enter a 'Hellish Place'
|quote="The Bureau of Prisons is incredibly sensitive to accusations that they are coddling white-collar offenders," Novak said. “They are very sensitive to the 'Club Fed' mythology." |quote="The Bureau of Prisons is incredibly sensitive to accusations that they are coddling white-collar offenders," Novak said. “They are very sensitive to the 'Club Fed' mythology."
|accessdate=2007-08-08 |access-date=2007-08-08
|url=http://www.american.com/archive/2007/may-june-magazine-contents/enter-a-2018hellish-place2019/?searchterm=white%20collar}}</ref> |url=http://www.american.com/archive/2007/may-june-magazine-contents/enter-a-2018hellish-place2019/?searchterm=white%20collar}}</ref>
prompted sarcastic criticism by Peter Carlson in a column in the '']''.<ref>{{cite news prompted criticism by Peter Carlson in a column in '']''.<ref>{{cite news
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|author=Peter Carlson |author=Peter Carlson
|title=Bemoaning the Commoners at Club Fed |title=Bemoaning the Commoners at Club Fed
|date=2007-05-15 |date=2007-05-15
|quote=Country club prisons just aren't the same since they started letting the riffraff in.}}</ref> |quote=Country club prisons just aren't the same since they started letting the riffraff in.}}</ref>

The magazine publishes additional content at its website, including book reviews and its "American Conversation" ] interviews, whose subjects have included ] and ].


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Online magazine published by the American Enterprise Institute For the print magazine published 1906–1956, see The American Magazine.
The American
EditorNick Schulz
First issueNovember 2006 (2006-November)
Final issueDecember 2008 (print)
CompanyAmerican Enterprise Institute
CountryUnited States
Based inWashington, D. C.
LanguageEnglish

The American was an online magazine published by the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), a conservative think tank in Washington, D.C. The magazine's primary focus was the intersection of economics and politics. Previously known as The American: A Magazine of Ideas, it was published six times annually from November 2006 to December 2008.

Origins and editorship

The American was founded in November 2006 by James K. Glassman, the former president of The Atlantic Monthly and former publisher of The New Republic, as an AEI project. It replaced the previous public-affairs magazine published by AEI, The American Enterprise. Publication of the first issue was delayed until after the November 2006 election to include election results.

In late 2007, Glassman left The American to serve as undersecretary of state for public diplomacy in the George W. Bush administration; he was succeeded as editor-in-chief by Nick Schulz, who had served as a senior editor of the young magazine since its founding; the first issue edited by Schulz was labeled March/April 2008. (Glassman and Schulz had previously collaborated on TCS Daily.) Schulz is also the DeWitt Wallace Fellow at AEI.

In November 2008, AEI ended the print version of the glossy magazine due to its "'hemorrhaging' cash."

Content

The magazine published articles and book reviews—some topical, some reported, some analytical—on subjects at the intersection of economics, business, politics, and American public policy. Current online content includes articles similar to those in the print version, traditional op-eds, "DataPoints" on public opinion (compiled by Karlyn Bowman), and, since May 2009, the Enterprise Blog, which features contributions from AEI scholars and staff members.

Editorial stance

"Our perspective," Glassman said at the magazine's launch, "is not partisan, but it is rooted in liberal, free-market economics." Glassman said in 2006 that he believed "the three major business magazines"—that is, Forbes, Fortune, and BusinessWeek—"have, in an attempt to get a broader audience, gone downscale," creating a "big opening" for an intellectual magazine about business that is "absolutely not partisan or ideological—mainly a reported magazine rather than a magazine of opinion."

Liberal writer Jonathan Chait remarked in The New Republic (which Glassman had published from 1981 to 1984) that The American, in replacing The American Enterprise, "seems less dewy-eyed about the virtues of democracy and far more dewy-eyed about the virtues of the bottom line. Out is the conservatism of Paul Wolfowitz. In is the conservatism of Montgomery Burns."

Contributors

Among the noteworthy contributors to The American have been:

Notable stories

Luke Mullins's interview of a white-collar criminal who spent time in a minimum-security prison, which stated that minimum-security prisons were no longer "country-club prisons," prompted criticism by Peter Carlson in a column in The Washington Post.

Notes

  1. "The 30 Most Notable Launches of 2006". Mr. Magazine. Retrieved August 19, 2015.
  2. James Warren (November 27, 2006). "Dobbs' secret life, and more, in The American's debut issue". Chicago Tribune. he November–December inaugural issue of the renamed and re-engineered publication of the right-leaning American Enterprise Institute is rife with promise.
  3. ^ Irin Carmon; et al. (November 27, 2006). "Memo Pad". Women's Wear Daily.
  4. ^ Ron Bedard (November 27, 2006). "Washington Whispers". U.S. News & World Report.
  5. "Election results". Media Industry Newsletter. November 6, 2006.
  6. Press release titled "Nick Schulz Named Editor-in-Chief of The American Magazine" American Enterprise Institute, April 28, 2008.
  7. Brendan Conway, "What's Your Story?," Doublethink magazine, Winter 2007.
  8. Nick Schulz, "Something Old, Something New," TCS Daily, September 19, 2006.
  9. Bio page for Nick Schulz on the AEI Web site, Retrieved January 20, 2009.
  10. David Weigel, "Conservative Think Tank Adjusts to Tough Times Archived 2009-06-19 at the Wayback Machine," The Washington Independent, March 13, 2009
  11. ^ "Archives" at American.com, accessed January 19, 2009.
  12. American Pie, Jonathan Chait, The New Republic, May 31, 2007.
  13. Luke Mullins (May–June 2007). "Enter a 'Hellish Place'". The American. Retrieved 2007-08-08. The Bureau of Prisons is incredibly sensitive to accusations that they are coddling white-collar offenders," Novak said. "They are very sensitive to the 'Club Fed' mythology.
  14. Peter Carlson (2007-05-15). "Bemoaning the Commoners at Club Fed". The Washington Post. Country club prisons just aren't the same since they started letting the riffraff in.

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