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David Hershkovits is an American writer and publisher. He was the co-founder of ''
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'' magazine and is now president of Cultural Content Consultancy.


Biography

Hershkovits was raised in Brooklyn, New York, and graduated with a BA in literature from
Yeshiva University Yeshiva University is a Private university, private Modern Orthodox Judaism, Orthodox Jewish university with four campuses in New York City.
and an M.A. from
Penn State University The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State or PSU) is a Public university, public Commonwealth System of Higher Education, state-related Land-grant university, land-grant research university with campuses and facilities throughout Pennsyl ...
. While living in New Orleans, he taught at the
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, and wrote for the ''New Orleans Courier'' and ''New Orleans Magazine.'' He then returned to New York, and worked in various editorial roles including Assistant Managing Editor of the ''
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.'' In 1984, together with fellow ''
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'' editor Kim Hastreiter, Hershkovits co-founded ''
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'' magazine which started out as a black and white fold-out poster. He served as Editor In Chief and CEO until 2017 when Paper was acquired by EntTech Media. Hershkovits has published articles on pop culture and politics in numerous newspapers and magazines, including ''GQ,'' ''Vanity Fair,'' the German magazine ''Max,'' ''High Times,'' ''The New York Post,'' ''The Daily News'' and ''Newsday.'' He currently writes a monthly column in ''
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'' called "Eyespy." Since 2019, Hershkovits has been the host of the podcas
Light Culture
focusing on the cultural, artistic and public influence of
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.


References

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