Art Cooper (October 15, 1937 – June 9, 2003) was an American journalist and magazine editor, the longtime editor of GQ .
GQ is an international monthly men's magazine based in New York City and founded in 1931. The publication focuses on fashion, style, and culture for men, though articles on food, movies, fitness, sex, music, travel, sports, technology, and books are also featured.
Cooper was born in New York City and educated at Pennsylvania State University. [1] [2] In 1964 he became a reporter at The Harrisburg Patriot ; he was later a correspondent for Time and from 1967 to 1976 was an editor and cultural critic at Newsweek , then from 1976 to 1978 edited Penthouse . In 1978 he became editor of Family Weekly , and then in 1983 of GQ, [1] [2] [3] [4] where his first cover featured Joe Theismann. [5] He announced his retirement in February 2003. [1]
The Pennsylvania State University is a state-related, land-grant, doctoral university with campuses and facilities throughout Pennsylvania. Founded in 1855 as the Farmers’ High School of Pennsylvania, the university conducts teaching, research, and public service. Its instructional mission includes undergraduate, graduate, professional and continuing education offered through resident instruction and online delivery. Its University Park campus, the flagship campus, lies within the Borough of State College and College Township. It has two law schools: Penn State Law, on the school's University Park campus, and Dickinson Law, located in Carlisle, 90 miles south of State College. The College of Medicine is located in Hershey. Penn State has another 19 commonwealth campuses and 5 special mission campuses located across the state. Penn State has been labeled one of the "Public Ivies," a publicly funded university considered as providing a quality of education comparable to those of the Ivy League.
The Patriot-News is the largest newspaper serving the Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, metropolitan area. In 2005, the newspaper was ranked in the top 100 in daily/Sunday circulation in the United States. It has been owned by Advance Publications since 1947.
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At both Family Weekly and GQ Cooper was known for nurturing writers. [5] He broadened the scope of GQ, which had been focused on fashion. [1] [2] [4] He was named Adweek magazine's editor of the year in 1985, [4] was nominated for 27 National Magazine Awards and won three, was inducted into the American Society of Magazine Editors Hall of Fame in January 2003, and was given the Henry Johnson Fisher Lifetime Achievement Award the following month. [2] Under him GQ was the first of a new wave of men's lifestyle magazines, and Cooper himself became a fashion leader. [2] [3]
Adweek is a weekly American advertising trade publication that was first published in 1978. Adweek covers creativity, client–agency relationships, global advertising, accounts in review, and new campaigns. During this time, it has covered several notable shifts, including cable television, the shift away from commission-based agency fees, and the Internet.
The National Magazine Awards, also known as the Ellie Awards, honor print and digital publications that consistently demonstrate superior execution of editorial objectives, innovative techniques, noteworthy enterprise and imaginative design. Originally limited to print magazines, the awards now recognize magazine-quality journalism published in any medium. They are sponsored by the American Society of Magazine Editors in association with Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and are administered by ASME in New York City. The awards have been presented annually since 1966.
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Cooper was Jewish. [5] He was married to Amy Levin Cooper, who became editor of Mademoiselle ; [1] [4] Condé Nast, the publisher of their two magazines, had previously had a policy against nepotism. [2]
Mademoiselle was a women's magazine first published in 1935 by Street and Smith and later acquired by Condé Nast Publications.
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Nepotism is the granting of favour to relatives in various fields, including business, politics, entertainment, sports, religion and other activities. The term originated with the assignment of nephews to important positions by Catholic popes and bishops. Trading parliamentary employment for favors is a modern-day example of nepotism. Criticism of nepotism, however, can be found in ancient Indian texts such as the Kural literature.
In June 2003, shortly after his retirement, he suffered a stroke at The Four Seasons Restaurant in Manhattan while lunching with David Zinczenko, the editor of Men's Health , and died four days later at age 65 at New York Hospital. [3] [6]
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