‘The New Yorker’ turns 100: Here’s how it started with a poker game

To start The New Yorker, Ross’ poker partner Fleischmann was willing to stake him US$25,000—roughly $450,000 in today’s dollars.

Literate in tone, far-reaching in scope, and witty to its bones, The New Yorker brought a new—and much-needed—sophistication to American journalism when it launched 100 years ago this month.