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Reeves Wiedeman

Features Writer, New York Magazine
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Reeves Wiedeman, a features writer at New York Magazine since 2016, has also written for The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, Harpers, Rolling Stone, and other publications. He is the author of Billion Dollar Loser: The Epic Rise and Spectacular Fall of Adam Neumann and WeWork.

  1. the money game
    Bill Ackman Strikes BackHis fight has made him the public face of a billionaire class anxious it no longer rules the world.
  2. wework
    What Killed WeWork?In retrospect, it’s surprising that it took this long.
  3. scene report
    31 Days of Taylor Swift–Travis Kelce Mania in Kansas CityMy hometown is enjoying its time at the center of the universe.
  4. the media
    Shams Charania’s Scoop DreamsHe tweeted his way to the top of the NBA reporting world. He might be the future of sports journalism.
  5. street fights
    The IHOP Kingpin vs. the American RevolutionariesWhen Domenic Broccoli set out to expand his pancake empire to upstate New York, he didn’t expect to find a grave site — or start a war.
  6. the law
    Alec and Hilaria Baldwin Against the WorldThe actor is back on the Rust set. Since the fatal shooting of Halyna Hutchins, the Baldwins’ marriage has taken on a starring role.
  7. books
    The Spine CollectorFor five years, a mysterious figure has been stealing books before their release. Is it espionage? Revenge? A trap? Or a complete waste of time?
  8. the spine collector
    Filippo Bernardini Gave the Publishing World Something to Write AboutAnd received no jail time in the end.
  9. the group portrait
    ‘This War Stole a Year of My Life’Bombings, blackouts, exodus: How sixteen young Ukrainians have survived.
  10. the industry
    The Documentary World’s Identity CrisisThe boom — or glut — in streaming documentaries has sparked a reckoning among filmmakers and their subjects.
  11. the spine collector
    At Court for the Spine Collector’s Final ChapterFilippo Bernardini pleaded guilty and may face up to 21 months of prison time after a yearslong publishing fraud.
  12. sbf: the virtue was the con
    How Did SBF Convince West Africans Crypto Was Their Future?At least Madoff’s clients were rich.
  13. mysteries
    The Haunting of a Dream HouseA New Jersey family bought their ideal home. But according to the creepy letters they started to get, they weren’t the only ones interested in it.
  14. mysteries
    What We Know About ‘The Watcher’ Case Four Years LaterRevisiting the investigation on the eve of the Netflix series.
  15. business
    Milk Money: The Start-Ups Racing to Shake Up the Baby Formula IndustryThe national shortage that wreaked havoc for parents created an opening in the $4 billion market.
  16. getting around
    Who’s Afraid of the Subway?Riding every line in the days after the Sunset Park shooting.
  17. war diary
    The Ukrainian Soldier From New York Magazine’s March Cover Got MarriedAnd other updates from the authors of our oral history of the war.
  18. mysteries
    The Talented Mr. BernardiniIs this man the notorious Spine Collector?
  19. books
    The Spine Collector Saga Isn’t Over YetBernardini’s arrest is certainly the latest plot twist.
  20. media
    The Dave Portnoy PlaybookOn the precipice of sports-gambling riches — and facing sexual-misconduct allegations — Barstool Sports’ founder doubles down on the culture war.
  21. the real estate
    What If Compass Is Basically Just Like Every Other Real-Estate Brokerage?Except with a nicer logo and an over-leveraged IPO.
  22. environment
    The Magic MolekuleThere has never been a better business (or planetary) climate in which to sell a product designed to calm and stoke your anxieties about dirty air.
  23. reasons to love new york
    Farewell to the Places I Took My Dates and Old FriendsSaying good-bye to the Mermaid Inn, Rose’s Brooklyn, Pegu Club, and more.
  24. media
    Inside the New York Times’ Heated Reckoning With ItselfThe paper has evolved during the Trump years: less dispassionate, more crusading. This has sparked a raw internal debate over its mission and future.
  25. the real estate
    WeWork Didn’t Blow Up Without HelpSoftBank’s reckless $10 billion bet on what became the city’s biggest landlord won’t be the last of its kind.
  26. tourism
    Where Aren’t Rich New Yorkers Hiding Out? Tulum.“We’re gonna go from a health pandemic to economic pandemonium,” said Tulum’s tourism minister.
  27. sports
    The Most Famous High School Basketball Team in the WorldThe children of LeBron James and Dwyane Wade play for the same L.A. prep school — and they’re not the only future first-round picks.
  28. intelligencer chats
    Will Condé Nast As We Know It Exist in a Decade?Intelligencer staffers discuss the prognosis for the diminished but still powerful magazine empire.
  29. media
    After the Fall of the Glossy Magazine, What’s Left of Condé Nast?Two years after Si Newhouse died (and Graydon Carter left), Anna Wintour and a new CEO map out the future they can afford.
  30. wework
    How WeWork Went from Unstoppable Unicorn to Postponing Its IPOFive months ago, WeWork CEO Adam Neumann was riding a unicorn to riches. Now his company has postponed its IPO. What happened?
  31. media
    Vice’s Race to Save Itself“Making do with less” has become a theme at the once-swaggering youth-media company, as executives try to find a willing buyer.
  32. encounter
    A Tennis History Lesson With the Oldest Living Grand Slam Champ“You could travel the world and live like a king. And you didn’t make any money,” says 95-year-old Vic Seixas.
  33. business
    How Did WeWork’s Adam Neumann Build a $47 Billion Company?Not by sharing.
  34. travel
    Who Killed Tulum?Greed, gringos, diesel, drugs, shamans, seaweed, and a disco ball in the jungle.
  35. my favorite places
    74 of Our Favorite New Yorkers on Their Favorite Places in New YorkFrom a 24-hour Ukrainian restaurant to biking in the Rockaways.
  36. media
    Shane Smith, Focus Magazine, March 17, 2014
    Vice Media Was Built on a Bluff. What Happens When It Gets Called?For almost 25 years, Shane Smith’s plan was that, by the time the suckers caught on, he’d never be stuck owning the company he co-founded.
  37. political games
    If These NBA Coaches Ran for President, Their Stump Speeches Would Be Slam DunksWe’ve condensed, combined, and lightly edited comments made by Kerr and Popovich, respectively, into speeches ready for the campaign trail.
  38. select all
    Does a Hacker Hero Always Have to Have a Past?Marcus Hutchins single-handedly stopped one of the most dangerous cyberattacks ever. Then the FBI arrested him.
  39. climate change
    The Rockefellers vs. Exxon, the Company That Made Them the RockefellersThe family that pioneered the oil industry in America wants to expose what Exxon hid from the public about climate change.
  40. encounter
    Touring ESPN With Jemele Hill, SportsCenter Anchor Turned Liberal Hero“There are times when certain things are happening in this world and I truly couldn’t care less about Jerry Jones’s fight with Roger Goodell.”
  41. music
    Justin Bieber Made a New Jersey Suburb Lose Its Mind This SummerHere’s what happened when the pop star showed up in Montclair.
  42. select all
    What Travis Kalanick Leaves Behind at UberUber may well be a more stable company without Travis Kalanick. Kalanick without Uber is another story.
  43. select all
    Can the New, Cuddly Uber Survive?Uber is going to be nicer to its employees. Is it going to be nicer to cities, too?
  44. select all
    Can Uber Fix Itself When Silicon Valley Won’t?Uber is “20 assholes lighter.” Will that be enough to change its culture?
  45. select all
    Is Uber Evil, or Just Doomed?Sexual harassment, corporate-espionage charges, taking advantage of drivers: The company that practically courts bad PR is in an existential crisis.
  46. PissPigGrandad Is No MoreBrace Belden, back from Syria and readjusting to life in the Bay Area, has a new Twitter handle.
  47. alt-right
    Why Richard Spencer Wants to Ban Football“If I could wave a magic wand, I would absolutely,” the self-avowed white nationalist told a crowd at Auburn U.
  48. ideology
    The Duke Lacrosse Scandal and the Birth of the Alt-RightTen years later, the case looms large in U.S. political culture. For starters, it launched the careers of Richard Spencer and Stephen Miller.
  49. feature
    PissPigGranddad, the Punk-Rock Florist Who Fought ISIS in Syria, Is Coming HomeBrace Belden became a radical icon when he went to take up arms against terrorists, build a socialist utopia, and tweet jokes about the revolution.
  50. sports
    Sports May Never Be a Politics-Free Zone AgainPatriots shun the White House. Sports stars turn ESPN into MSNBC. And brands smell the commercial potential in political rage.
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