Perfil: Publisher Of The Believer Raises $300,000, Exceeding Goal

<p>NEW YORK (AP) - McSweeney's has raised just over $300,000 - exceeding its goal by $25,000 - in the two months since announcing it was buying back The Believer, the acclaimed literary publication that nearly went out of business last year.</p> <p>Around 1,500 people gave money for the Kickstarter campaign, averaging roughly $200 per contribution.</p> <p>"Work like ours requires an engaged group of supporters and readers who believe in what we're doing and stand behind it," McSweeney's' publisher and executive director, Amanda Uhle, said in a statement Wednesday.</p> <p>The money will help McSweeney's, an independent publisher based in San Francisco, pay for <a href="https://Pastelink.net/xpdpxjpj" rel="dofollow">twofistedhistory</a> staffing, operations and contributing writers, according to Uhle.</p> <p>The Believer, launched by McSweeney's in 2003, has published works by Anne Carson, Nick Hornby, Leslie Jamison and many others.<p> </p><p> </p>
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After McSweeney's sold the magazine in 2017 to the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), The Believer endured financial struggles, an editor-in-chief's departure amid allegations that he <a href="https://www.Hometalk.com/search/posts?filter=exposed" rel="dofollow">exposed</a> himself, its near closure in 2021 and the sale to a digital marketing company, that at one point included an article - the subject of much internet anger - titled "25 Best Hookup Sites for Flings, New Trysts, and Casual Dating" on The Believer´s website.</p> <p>In May, McSweeney´s repurchased the magazine from Paradise Media and its CEO Ian Moe.</p></div><p> </p><p> </p>
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