Career
A graduate of Bowdoin College, Farnham had worked for several publications, including New York Magazine, before becoming the editor in chief of Time-Out New York in 2006. In his short term as editor (2006–2008), Farnham saw the median age of magazine subscripters decline from 38 years to 22.8 years and their average income decline from $103,000 a year to $93,000 per year. Additionally, Farnham had stirred quite a lot of controversy, most notably when he stated about Time-Out's 2007 sex issue, "If you do a sex issue and no one cancels, you're not doing your job."
On January 29, 2008, Farnham announced that he was resigning his post to his deputy editor, Michael Freidson, to found an internet start-up magazine.
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