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Tablet (magazine)

Wikipedia's first sentence called it “american jewish general interest online magazine sponsored by nextbook”. Today it says “american magazine focused on jewish news and culture”.
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The opening as it read in 2010

Tablet Magazine is an American Jewish general interest online magazine sponsored by Nextbook . Launched in June 2009, it is the successor magazine to Nextbook (2003-2009). The editor is Alana Newhouse , the former culture editor of The Forward . Notable contributors include cultural critic Adam Kirsch , novelists Etgar Keret and Shalom Auslander , and food writer Joan Nathan . In addition to running several new pieces each weekday, Tablet also has its own blog, The Scroll , updated each hour. In December 2009, Nextbook, INC, Tablet's parent company, announced a strategic partnership with JDub . According to the JTA: "Under the partnership, the two organizations will remain separate and will still produce their own records and books and cultural materials, but JDub will essentially become Nextbook’s in-house marketing and PR department." In 2010, Tablet won the National Magazine Award for its podcast, Vox Tablet.1

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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “american jewish general interest online magazine sponsored by nextbook”. Today it says “american magazine focused on jewish news and culture”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then

american jewish general interest online magazine sponsored by nextbook

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american magazine focused on jewish news and culture

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