Good, the do-gooder magazine founded by a rich young trust funder in order to raise money for charity, is, of course, a business failure. Because who wants to read that kind of magazine, really? Last time we pointed this out, angry commenters said we should give props to Good founder Ben Goldhirsh for putting his…
Two years ago, 26-year-old publishing heir Ben Goldhirsh withdrew $2.5 million from his trust fund and exuberantly started Good, which was going to change the world by donating subscription revenues to charity, employing Al Gore's kid and writing all sorts of obnoxiously altruistic stories. Goldhirsh, who threatened…
Earlier today, we took note of the lack of women-type people on the masthead of Good magazine. But one reader thought we were barking up the wrong tree. His name is Alexander Hamilton. His letter, in all of its white male privilege-defending glory, confusing politics and sometimes demonstrable untruthfulness, follows.
The new issue of earnest (bordering-on-sanctimonious!) magazine Good has arrived! It's the first anniversary issue, so there's a bit of self-congratulatory back-thumping and tabulations of how much money the magazine and its readers have donated to charity. That part is nice. There's also a charticle, "Girl Power,"…
When you're covering a well-mannered affair like the Good #2 launch party, there's really not much for the camera to see. Really, how many times can you record the compelling "people talking" scene? Sometimes the only alternative is to make people react to the camera itself, with positive, negative, and indifferent…
By now you know we have a slight fascination with Good, the magazine started by Inc. heir and man-about-town Ben Goldhirsh and backed by two generations of the Gore dynasty. Word on the street is that hotelier Andre Balazs finds Good to be "inspirational," and this is why he lent his coveted Beaver Bar for their…
Who knew that doing good could also mean doing well? Hot on the heels of our flood-the-zone Good coverage comes word of Benefit, "a new San Francisco-based magazine, which concentrates on local philanthropy and the lifestyle of giving." And they're going to be profitable in "a few months - likely early 2007!" Or at…
And here's the full-court-press Good experience at last. The philanthropically minded mag venture celebrated its birth last night at Chelsea's Emergency Arts, and Gawker was there, and there. But wherever there is an open bar and tragically vulnerable boldface names, you can surely find Intern in Perpetuity Neel Shah.…
In part the second of our efforts to flood the zone known as last night's Good magazine launch party, enjoy this more comprehensive clip documenting a little bit of Al Gore boogie, a smidge of Matthew Modine, a wodge of Demetri Martin, and a good bit of "Hey" almost immediately followed by the requisite "Ho." Early…
So last night was the Good gig. What can one say about a party where attendees included a former vice president of the United States, an iconic figure in the history of hip hop, and Amanda Congdon's boobs? Plenty, and we'll be saying it later today. For now, we'd like to cede the floor to Good founder Ben Goldhirsh, a…
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So we finally took a good look at Good, the magazine founded by Inc. heir Ben Goldhirsh in an attempt to do something entrepreneurial with his cash. The magazine starts of with a spread containing the message "America, love it or..." Barely able to hold our anticipation in check, we skipped to the next spread, which…
We just received a copy of Good, the new magazine on how to give away your money. There's too much to digest all at once, but we were drawn to the portrait of former Rocketboom (remember July?) anchor Amanda Congdon. What especially moved us was the pullquote:
Earlier today we told you about Good, the new magazine on how to give away your money, written by rich kids for rich kids. Fortunately we've been able to obtain a copy of the first issue. We bring you the cover after the jump.
Say hello to Ben Goldhirsh, son of the founder of Inc. magazine. Ben inherited a large chunk of change from his pop with the intention that he do something entrepreneurial. Ben's come up with Good, a magazine for rich kids who've inherited large chunks of change and need help in figuring out how to give it away.…
