Tina Brown’s Time at New Yorker Was Up

That old line from the past, “Too hep, gotta go,” ran through my mind as I canceled my subscription to the New Yorker recently. Ads were too hep, some of the writing too hep, but the cartoons remained priceless. I sought the cartoon books.

And perhaps it was time for the too-hep Tina Brown to go [“Tina Brown Unexpectedly Resigns as New Yorker Editor,” July 9]. Did she ever live up to the magazine’s serious reputation? Or is it that today’s readers clamor for “hepness” above all?

MARY MEYER

Pasadena