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The American: A Magazine of Ideas, was founded in November 2006 by James K. Glassman, the former publisher of The Atlantic Monthly, as a project of The American Enterprise Institute, a conservative think tank. Writers include Amity Shlaes and Victor Davis Hanson.

The magazine "seeks 'to pick up' where the original Fortune magazine left off when started by Henry Luce in 1930."

Initial circulation is just over 50,000, with half paid, half controlled, with some copies available at airports and newsstands.

The magazine replaces the public affairs journal The American Enterprise. "Our perspective," says Glassman, "is not partisan, but it is rooted in liberal, free-market economics." 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."

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 Wigwag. Alexander Isley, the former art director for Spy, designs the glossy magazine.

The first issue was delayed until after the November 2006 election to include election results.

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.

The magazine publishes additional content at its website, including book reviews and its "American Conversation" podcast interviews, whose subjects have included Tyler Cowen and Tim Ryan.

Notes

1. ^ James Warren (2006-11-27). "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.
2. ^ Irin Carmon; et al. (2006-11-27). "Memo Pad". Women's Wear Daily. {{cite news}}: Explicit use of et al. in: |author= (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
3. ^ Myrna Blyth (2006-12-13). "Money Magazines Get Smart". New York Sun. Retrieved 2007-08-08. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
4. ^ Ron Bedard (2006-11-27). "Washington Whispers". US News & World Report. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
5. "November 6, 2006". Media Industry Newsletter. 2006-11-06.
6. 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. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
7. Peter Carlson (2007-05-15). "Bemoaning the Commoners at Club Fed". Washington Post. Country club prisons just aren't the same since they started letting the riffraff in. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

External links

• The American website

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