Welcome back to the “Media Front.”
New York Magazine set out this week to document a cultural shift in its city. By Friday, choices about how to document that shift had become a media story of their own.
“Habibi City,” New York’s package on the growing cultural and political influence of New Yorkers with roots in the Middle East and North Africa, explored everything from restaurants and nightlife to comedy and politics. Its centerpiece described a community that has become more visible and interconnected in recent years, particularly amid the war in Gaza and the rise of Mayor Zohran Mamdani…