Edward Kosner was born on July 26,1937 and is an American journalist and author who served as the top editor of Newsweek, New York and Esquire magazines and the New York Daily News.
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Edward Kosner is the author of a memoir, It's News to Me, published in 2006, and is a frequent book reviewer for The Wall Street Journal.
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On graduation from CCNY in 1958, Edward Kosner joined the New York Post, then a liberal tabloid owned by Dorothy Schiff.
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Edward Kosner spent five years at the paper, working on night rewrite, as a series writer, and as an assistant city editor.
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Edward Kosner's first cover story was on Jacqueline Kennedy's new life after the assassination of her husband.
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Edward Kosner directed the magazine's extensive coverage of the Watergate scandal.
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Early in 1980, Rupert Murdoch hired Edward Kosner to edit New York magazine, which he had taken over from founder Clay Felker three years earlier.
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Edward Kosner ran New York for thirteen years, being responsible for the business side of the publication as well as the editorial side for the second half of his tenure.
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Two years later, Edward Kosner left to take the editorship of Esquire, the men's magazine, which he ran until 1997.
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The next year, Edward Kosner joined the New York Daily News, the largest tabloid in the US, to create and edit a new Sunday edition.
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Edward Kosner retired from the News in 2004 after a falling out with Zuckerman.
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Edward Kosner began reviewing books for The Wall Street Journal in 2007.
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Since 1978, Edward Kosner has been married to Julie Baumgold, a novelist and magazine writer.