NEW YORK (AP) -- Clay Felker, the magazine mogul who revolutionized the city magazine genre as founding editor of New York, died Tuesday. He was 82.Felker died Tuesday morning at his New York City home after a battle with throat cancer, a magazine spokeswoman said.
New York magazine, filled with gossip on the city's social scene, inside knowledge of its business and politics, and endless "best of" lists, was relentlessly imitated following its creation in 1968.
Editors across the country adopted Felker's formula -- co-founder Milton Glaser's bold layout designs and the equally non-traditional "new journalism" writing style of contributors like Tom Wolfe.
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