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Six profiles spanning 34 years in the life of our favorite media villain.

Who would have thought that the man who started with a single Australian newspaper in 1953 would end up being hit with a pie while appearing before British Parliament in 2011? A look back at a career that has had an unparalleled influence on the media.
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PUBLISHED: July 23, 2011
LENGTH: 4 minutes (1110 words)

Up All Night With Amy Winehouse: Rolling Stone's 2008 Story

Amy Winehouse stands in the doorway of her home in North…
PUBLISHED: July 23, 2011
LENGTH: 2 minutes (542 words)

How to Turn Republicans and Democrats Into Americans

Angry and frustrated, American voters went to the polls in November 2010 to take back their country. Just as they had done in 2008. And 2006. And repeatedly for decades,…
LENGTH: 3 minutes (915 words)

10 Essential Books for Thought-Provoking Summer Reading

Everything from cutting-edge scientific ideas to a new philosophy of learning to art that honors living in the momentMemorial Day weekend has come, which mea
PUBLISHED: May 31, 2011
LENGTH: 10 minutes (2502 words)

What does Bob Dylan's music owe to his fans?

See our Magnum Photos gallery on Bob Dylan.Bob DylanBob Dylan is turning 70, and here we all come: the writers, the critics, the biographers, the song-quote
PUBLISHED: May 23, 2011
LENGTH: 8 minutes (2170 words)

Nearly 100 Fantastic Pieces of Journalism

These must reads are my personal picks for the best nonfiction of 2010 Awards season in journalism is almost over: David Brooks has long since handed out the Sidneys, the…
PUBLISHED: May 4, 2011
LENGTH: 14 minutes (3716 words)

10 Essential Longreads on Bin Laden, Al Qaeda, and The War on Terror

With news of Osama bin Laden's death ricocheting around the Web, we dove into The Atlantic's archives to find the most interesting, engaging, and thoughtful pieces on bin Laden,…
PUBLISHED: May 3, 2011
LENGTH: 1 minutes (393 words)

“Mollie” for Memorial Day

Obviously, there was a good story in Mollie, but he was not available for an interview. A. J. Liebling wrote, in the June 2, 1945, issue of The New Yorker (it would have been on the newsstands on…
PUBLISHED: May 27, 2011
LENGTH: 2 minutes (641 words)
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