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Deborah Needleman
BornNovember 23[1]
Alma materGeorge Washington University
OccupationEditor
SpouseJacob Weisberg
Children2

Deborah Needleman is an American editor and writer. She was editor-in-chief of T: The New York Times Style Magazine[2] and WSJ.. She was also the creator of the paper's weekend lifestyle section[3] and the founding editor-in-chief of Domino magazine.[4]

Early life

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Deborah Needleman grew up in Cherry Hill, New Jersey[5] and graduated from George Washington University where she studied philosophy and art history.[1][6]

Career

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Needleman worked as a photographer's assistant before becoming the photo editor at The Washington Post Sunday magazine. She wrote about gardens and design for The New York Times, Slate, and House & Garden, where she was an editor.[1]

T Magazine

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In 2012, Needleman was named editor of T: The New York Times Style Magazine.

The first issue of T under her featured Lee Radziwill on the cover, for which she and Sofia Coppola produced a short film.

In October 2015, Needleman was sharply criticized by T Magazine readers and then-New York Times Public Editor Margaret Sullivan for conflicts of interest created by her assignment of Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen—wife of billionaire Marc Andreessen—to a feature that appeared in the Oct. 12, 2015 issue titled "Five Visionary Tech Entrepreneurs Who Are Changing the World." The criticism mounted around the lack of disclosure that Arrillaga-Andreessen was "not only married to a major player in the tech world, but one who is a major investor in one of the companies she featured."[7][8] Needleman, when asked to respond to the controversy by Sullivan, admitted to the error.[8]

Washington Post media critic Erik Wemple criticized Needleman and T Magazine for having "disappeared tech entrepreneur Elizabeth Holmes" from the Oct. 12, 2015 feature on tech visionaries after the Wall Street Journal reported that Holmes and Theranos—the blood testing company Holmes founded and was then chief executive of—appeared to be misleading consumers and investors. Holmes was subsequently charged with perpetrating "massive fraud" by the Securities and Exchange Commission and resigned in disgrace.[9]

One of Needleman's last issues, in October 2016, was themed 'The Greats' and had 7 different covers featuring [citation needed] Michelle Obama, Zadie Smith, William Eggleston, Kerry James Marshall, Junya Watanabe, Lady Gaga and Massimo Bottura.

WSJ

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The newspaper section Needleman created was called 'Off Duty'. It published on Saturdays, covering fashion, tech, design, and food. The name was suggested by her husband. While launching the section for the paper, in 2010, Needleman agreed to become the editor in chief of WSJ. magazine.[10]

domino magazine

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Launched by Condé Nast Publications in Spring 2005, domino was a decorating style magazine centered on the home. In its first year, domino was honored with [citation needed] The Hot List Startup of the Year by Adweek, Top Launch of the Year by Media Industry Newsletter and The A-List 10 under 50 by Advertising Age. In its third year, the magazine grew to a rate base of 800K[11] by the time of its closing, it reached a circulation of 1 million.[12] The magazine received two 2008 National Magazine Award nominations from the American Society of Magazine Editors (ASME).[13]

Personal

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Needleman lives in Manhattan with her husband, Jacob Weisberg, the co-founder with Malcolm Gladwell of Pushkin Industries, a podcasting and audio production company, and their two children. She is the author of The Perfectly Imperfect Home,[14] an illustrated treatise on home decorating; and co-author of Domino: The Book of Decorating.[15] She is on the board of the National Book Foundation[16] and the Modernism Advisory Council of the World Monument Fund.

References

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  1. ^ a b c Ernst, Amanda (April 27, 2011). "SO WHAT DO YOU DO, DEBORAH NEEDLEMAN, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF OF WSJ.?". Mediabistro. Retrieved October 18, 2014.
  2. ^ "A Note from Dean: Deborah Needleman Is Departing". The New York Times Company. 2016-11-21. Retrieved 2019-09-26.
  3. ^ Company, Dow Jones & (2010-07-27). "Wall Street Journal Appoints Deborah Needleman as Editor of WSJ. Magazine, New Lifestyle Section". GlobeNewswire News Room. Retrieved 2019-09-29.
  4. ^ Colman, David (13 May 2007). "The Next 'House & Garden'". The New York Times Magazine. Retrieved 18 November 2010.
  5. ^ Staff. "Good Life: The Mix: Tastemaker: Jersey Girl", Philadelphia (magazine), October 20, 2008. Accessed January 2, 2018. "Who would have guessed that the glam pioneer of post-Martha dwelling-chic would be from our very own, very beloved Cherry Hill? Deborah Needleman, editor in chief of Conde Nast’s fashionable shelter pub Domino, grew up in suburban South Jersey, worked one of her first jobs at the Merry-Go-Round shop, and even idolized a writer from this very magazine."
  6. ^ "The New York Times Names Deborah Needleman Editor of T Magazine". The New York Times Company. September 27, 2012. Retrieved October 18, 2014.
  7. ^ "NYT Public Editor Blasts Arrillaga-Andreessen Magazine Feature for 'Clear' Conflict of Interest". Recode. Retrieved 2018-11-14.
  8. ^ a b Sullivan, Margaret. "Conflict of Interest in T Magazine's Tech Article". Public Editor's Journal. Retrieved 2018-11-13.
  9. ^ Solon, Olivia (2018-06-15). "Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes charged with criminal fraud". the Guardian. Retrieved 2018-11-14.
  10. ^ Peters, Jeremy W. (27 July 2010). "Deborah Needleman Takes Over WSJ Magazine". The New York Times. Retrieved 18 November 2010.
  11. ^ David Colman, "The Next 'House & Garden,'" New York Magazine, May 13, 2007.
  12. ^ Chaey, Christina (2013-10-09). "How Domino Magazine Resurrected Itself As An E-Commerce Startup". Fast Company. Retrieved 2019-09-29.
  13. ^ "American Society of Magazine Editors, 2008 National Magazine Award Finalists". Archived from the original on 2012-03-21. Retrieved 2012-01-15.
  14. ^ "The Perfectly Imperfect Home by Deborah Needleman". PenguinRandomhouse.com. Retrieved 2018-11-13.
  15. ^ Needleman, Deborah; Caponigro, Dara; Costello, Sara Ruffin (2008-10-14). Domino: The Book of Decorating. ISBN 9781416575467.
  16. ^ "Board of Directors - National Book Foundation". National Book Foundation. Retrieved 2018-11-13.
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