New York Review of Magazines's Web Site Fail

Last week, we hit the New York Review of Magazines‘ launch party, where the Columbia School of Journalism-produced publication’s advisor, Victor Navasky, talked to us about the importance of the Web to the success of magazines.

But when NYRM‘s articles were posted on its Web site yesterday, bloggers like Deadspin’s Tommy Cragg were frustrated by the fact that you can’t link directly to anything on the site.

We reached out to the journalism students who produced the annual magazine to see if they could explain the thinking behind the Web site’s development.

According to NYRM‘s publicist China Okasi, the site’s designer Jacquelyn Kasuya — who is also a Columbia student — wanted to make visiting NYRM‘s site an experience.

“We

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