Spy magazine

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Spy magazine was a satirical and investigative American magazine known for its sharp, irreverent coverage of media, politics, and high society in the 1980s and 1990s.

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Spy magazine canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American magazine ⓘ
magazine ⓘ
basedIn New York City ⓘ
circulationArea United States ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
coveredTopic American politics ⓘ
New York high society ⓘ
celebrity culture ⓘ
mass media ⓘ
dissolutionDate 1998 ⓘ
foundedBy Graydon Carter ⓘ
Kurt Andersen ⓘ
Thomas Phillips ⓘ
genre cultural criticism ⓘ
investigative journalism ⓘ
media criticism ⓘ
political commentary ⓘ
satire ⓘ
hasFormat cartoons ⓘ
columns ⓘ
feature articles ⓘ
photo-based satire ⓘ
hasNotableEditor Graydon Carter ⓘ
Kurt Andersen ⓘ
hasReputation sharp and irreverent ⓘ
inception 1986 ⓘ
influenced Gawker ⓘ
linked to: Gawker Media

The Onion ⓘ
Vanity Fair (editorial tone under Graydon Carter) ⓘ
modern American media satire ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mediaType print ⓘ
notableFor acerbic tone ⓘ
detailed investigative features ⓘ
influencing later satirical media outlets ⓘ
irreverent coverage of media, politics, and high society ⓘ
publicationFrequency monthly ⓘ
publisher Condé Nast Publications ⓘ
linked to: Condé Nast
style mock-serious reporting ⓘ
satirical exposé ⓘ
subjectOf media studies on late-20th-century American satire ⓘ
targetAudience educated adult readers ⓘ
media-savvy urban readers ⓘ
timePeriod 1980s ⓘ
1990s ⓘ

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Mad magazine → influenced → Spy magazine ⓘ
Graydon Carter → coFounded → Spy magazine ⓘ
Larry Doyle → wroteFor → Spy magazine ⓘ