In 1925, Harold Ross, The New Yorker’s founding editor, envisioned a magazine of wit, reporting, fiction, art, and criticism—“a reflection in word and picture of metropolitan life.” A century later, The New Yorker is still known for its capacity to surprise, delight, and inform with accuracy and depth. In 2025, please join us in celebrating a hundred years of The New Yorker, and enjoy the host of special issues, festivals, exhibits, events, and more to come. [David Remnick, editor]
The New Yorker, the magazine begun as a “fifteen-cent comic paper,” is now known for its definitive reporting and commentary on politics, culture, and the arts, along with its award-winning audio and film divisions and the annual New Yorker Festival.
It is celebrating its 100th birthday with a gala – of special programming. Highlights include four centenary issues, exclusive digital projects, new anthologies of fiction and poetry, the digitisation of the New Yorker’s complete archive, celebrations around New York and beyond: a landmark exhibition at the New York Public Library, a Netflix documentary about the magazine’s history and present, a two-week film festival, and more.
Le Truc is promoting this year of The New York at centre stage with a visually exquisite film in which 700 of the magazine’s covers underline an evocative narration that describes its credentials – and its point of difference.
Nearly 700 of 5000 of The New Yorker’s cover artworks were selected by the New Yorker team to be featured in the film. No covers were manipulated in any way. Le Truc made a point to respect the legacy and integrity of the creators, including the most famed illustrators and artists from the last 100 years, such as Kadir Nelson, David Hockney, Art Spiegelman, Maira Kalman…
The work also honours The New Yorker’s current editorial staff. The script was written in partnership with editor, David Remnick, and the voiceover is by staff writer, Jia Tolentino.
The soundtrack is an interpretation of Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue, which also just celebrated a 100th anniversary.
The film deeply honours the impact that the magazine has had on culture for the past century, and is a nod to what’s next – a call to action, that underlines the magazine’s clarity and integrity in journalism, and encourages people to subscribe and support The New Yorker as an institution with a promising future ahead.
“In an era of misinformation and clickbait journalism, The New Yorker has remained an antidote by challenging readers to think deeper, to embrace complexity, and to earn their cultural rewards – and in a world that demands more, that’s exactly why it matters. The film underscores The New Yorker’s status as a badge of intellect to its readers,” stated Marcos Kotlhar, partner and chief creative officer, Le Truc.
