New Yorker publication schedule

November 30, 2013 6:29 PM

I know that the New Yorker Magazine publishes 47 times per year. But what weeks does it skip? There doesn't seem to be calendar of publication/non-publication weeks. I have a recurring fear of finishing an issue at the end of a week only to find that I have to wait 7 more days for another one. (the horror!)
posted by schrodycat to Media & Arts (5 answers total)

Best answer: It's normally pretty easy to tell when you have two weeks to read an issue - the date at the top of the cover will have two dates instead of one. Also, they're usually special issues that are perfect bound (?) instead of stapled, and they normally come in times when you'd expect that the writers and production staff would need time off - winter holidays, maybe a couple times during the summer, etc.
posted by LionIndex at 6:47 PM on November 30, 2013

LionIndex is right. Plus when you look at the Table of Contents for those issues, they usually have a theme printed across the top: The Technology Issue; The Food Issue; etc. I think the theme name is also usually printed on the binding, since it's a thicker issue that can accomodate it.

I'm pretty sure this week's is a two-weeker themed on Tech, right? (Don't have it in front of me.)
posted by BlahLaLa at 7:01 PM on November 30, 2013

Actually, checking the link lalex gave, there are plenty of perfect-bound theme issues that are just one week issues, and a couple two-weekers that are stapled, so that's not always the best indicator.
posted by LionIndex at 7:05 PM on November 30, 2013

Response by poster: I normally read the Magazine on my kindle, and I just zoomed into the cover image and I can indeed see that the double-issues have 2 dates. Easy to miss in that small screen.

Thanks to all.
posted by schrodycat at 7:06 PM on November 30, 2013

This question made me giggle because I'm the opposite. I'm always so behind on my New Yorkers that I'm tickled when there's a one-week break between issues! :)
posted by Wet Hen at 5:47 AM on December 1, 2013