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November 16, 2009

Cover Story

Brooklyn’s Sonic Boom

How New York became America’s music capital again.

Plus: Lizzy Goodman picks the top 40 songs of the Brooklyn sound and the best local venues.

By Hugo Lindgren

On the Cover: Photographs for New York Magazine by Mads Perch (Grizzly Bear), Pej Behdarvand (Dirty Projectors), and Jake Chessum (MGMT).

Features

The Information Broker

32-year-old Andrew Ross Sorkin has thrived by understanding the psyches of big players under attack.
Will Somebody Please Save NBC?

The beleaguered and tattered Peacock Network deserves better than Jeff Zucker, Jay Leno, and maybe even Comcast.

Intelligencer

Culture

Columns

The New Power Generation

Bloomberg may have squeaked back in as king—but now he has two ambitious princes to contend with.

Agenda

How Un-Continental

The full English breakfast has become all the rage.

Strategist

Departments

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