Friends, Colleagues Remember New York Observer Editor Peter Kaplan
As the sad news of the passing at age 59 from cancer of Peter Kaplan spread Friday, current Observer senior editor Colin Campbell suggested “there’s no better source on Mr. Kaplan than the editor himself.” And so, Campbell for his first piece chose to republish Kaplan’s 2008 tribute to New York magazine founder Clay Felker.
BuzzFeed’s Doree Shafrir meanwhile led off her memories with what she deemed a typically “quirky” Kaplan hiring experience:
In July 2007, when I was a writer for Gawker, I got an email from Nikki Finke that said in the subject line: “Peter called and asked who to hire as his media writer/editor.
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