What Is Town & Country? (thepoliticker.observer)
What is this? We've never understood who the target demographic of Hearst's _Town & Country_ were supposed to be. Certainly not people who actually live in a town or countryside, but perhaps those who can afford to have a summer home in a grassy estate? Cafe society and young socialites, ostensibly, but are those people really subscribing to "old media" anymore? And isn't cafe society as antiquated as print, anyhow? Adding to this confusion is the strange hodge-podge of articles that are thrown into the magazine helmed by Jay Fielden. At times, the entirety of T&C is seemingly comprised of an island of misfit articles; rejects from other Hearst publications for one reason or another. Since _Town & Country_ still needs to keep up the pretense of being a monthly glossy in order to keep the brand alive (the Wedding and Homes editions are still lucrative, and let's not forget that it's the oldest magazine in America!) we end up with a subscription that puts Greta Gerwig and Audrey Plaza on the cover one month, and summer camp fun the next. Unfortunately, _Town & Country_ is not online for us to link to articles, so here are ...
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