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Kurt Andersen

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Birth dateAugust 22, 1954(age 56)
Place of birthOmaha, Nebraska
NationalityAmerican
OccupationNovelist, radio host

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Kurt Andersen (born August 22, 1954) is an American novelist who is also host of the Peabody-winning public radio program Studio 360, a co-production between Public Radio International and WNYC. In 1986 with E. Graydon Carter he co-founded Spy magazine, which they sold in 1991; it continued publishing until 1998. Previously he was a writer and columnist for New York Magazine, ("The Imperial City"), and The New Yorker ("The Culture Industry") and Time ("Spectator"), where he wrote on a wide variety of subjects, including the controversial Los Angeles coroner Thomas Noguchi. In 1999 he co-founded with Michael Hirschorn and Deanna Brown an online media news web site called Inside.com, which they sold to Primedia; Primedia closed the site in October 2001.

In 1996, Bill Reilly fired Andersen after two and a half years from his position as editor-in-chief at New York, citing the publication's financial results. Andersen attributed the firing to his refusal to kill a story about a rivalry between investment bankers Felix Rohatyn and Steven Rattner that had upset Henry Kravis, a member of the firm's ownership group.

Andersen was born in Omaha, Nebraska and now lives in Brooklyn, New York with his wife Kreamer and his two daughters, Kate and Lucy.

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WNYC--WNYC's -Kurt Andersen- speaks with Jonathan Franzen on Saturday September 11 about his new novel on Studio 360. Register for your own account so you can vote ... - Date : Tue, 31 Aug 2010 14:14:47 GMT+00:00
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Madison County Courier--(Cazenovia, NY) Best-selling author, editor and radio host -Kurt Andersen- will discuss the recent financial crisis and its impact on our society at the ... - Date : Thu, 26 Aug 2010 17:05:11 GMT+00:00
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mediabistro.com (blog)---...- recently elaborated on the @ as a guest on Studio 360, the nationally-syndicated weekly radio show hosted by the contagiously curious -Kurt Andersen-. ... - Date : Tue, 17 Aug 2010 09:40:15 GMT+00:00

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