80 Years of The New Yorker on DVD
June 4th, 2005The New Yorker will publish its entire 80-year archives on searchable computer discs this fall.
Snippets from the New York Times -
“The collection, titled “The Complete New Yorker,” will consist of eight DVD’s containing high-resolution digital images of every page of the 4,109 issues of the magazine from February 1925 through the 80th anniversary issue, published last February. ”
“Included on the discs will be “every cover, every piece of writing, every drawing, listing, newsbreak, poem and advertisement,” David Remnick, editor of the magazine, has written in an introduction to the collection.”
“The collection, which will also include a 123-page book containing Mr. Remnick’s essay, a New Yorker timeline and highlights of selected pages from the magazine, is being published by the magazine and will be distributed to stores by Random House.”
It will have a cover price of $100. There are also plans to issue annual updates to the disc collection. [Found via J-Walk]






