''02138'' was an independent magazine founded in 2006 by

Bom Kim Kim Beomseok (; born October 7, 1978), known professionally in the West as Bom Kim, is a Korean-American businessman and internet entrepreneur. He is known for founding Korea's largest e-commerce company Coupang, and serves as its chief executi ...

and Daniel Loss, later purchased by

Atlantic Media Atlantic Media is an American print and online media company owned by David G. Bradley and based in the Watergate in Washington, D.C. It publishes '' The Atlantic,'' a print and online publication that also holds themed events; and offers busines ...

( David Bradley); it featured graduates of

Harvard University Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of high ...

. The publication was, however, not actually affiliated with Harvard. The title refers to the ZIP code of Harvard University's main campus in Harvard Square,

Cambridge, Massachusetts Cambridge ( ) is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. As part of the Boston metropolitan area, the cities population of the 2020 U.S. census was 118,403, making it the fourth most populous city in the state, behind Boston ...

. The owners sold the magazine to the New York City publisher '' Manhattan Media'' in May 2008;Publisher Buys Harvard Alumni Magazine
, Richard Perez Pena, ''New York Times'', May 12, 2008. in October, 2008, ''02138'' ceased publication.

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