New York Celebrates 40 Years, We Talk PR

PRNewser was on hand at last Friday’s New York magazine 40th Anniversary party at the Hammerstein Ballroom, which featured sets from local indie sensations Grizzly Bear and the National, and hosts Michael Ian Black, Michael Showalter, and David Wain.

Check out the magazine’s 40th Anniversary special issue here.

Joining New York editor-in-chief Adam Moss, publisher Larry Burstein and seen among the crowd were NYC Police Commissioner Ray Kelly, 30 Rock’s Katrina Bowden and Lonny Ross, City Council Member Eric Gioia, MSNBC’s Dan Abrams, Burn After Reading’s Matt Walton, and members of indie bands Vampire Weekend and Beirut.

PRNewser caught up with New York Media Communications Manager Lauren Starke who told us that the event did serve as an attempt to reach a younger audience: “The 40th event was modeled on our popular New York by New York series, now in its second year, which is an exciting initiative of our circulation department to...

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