Andrew Adam Newman

Freelancer, frequent contributor to The New York Times. andrewadamnewman[AT]gmail[DOT]com

New York City

More than 500 articles in The New York Times in numerous sections including Business, Style and Arts. Other outlets include New York magazine, Salon, Adweek and Studio 360. Previously served as editor for alternative newspapers in Pittsburgh, Maine and Boise.

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Nytimes

10/01/2015

Baby-Faced Men Opt for Beard Transplants

Thanks to better procedures with more natural-looking results, beard transplants are on the rise.

New York Times

07/14/2015

Women Who Dye Their (Armpit) Hair

The Internet is up to its armpits with women who dye their armpit hair, including Miley Cyrus, who displayed her pink underarms in a photo posted on Instagram.

New York Times

06/09/2015

Sometimes, Even Women Need a Smoothly Shaved Face

More women are face-shaving, and fears that it will turn them into Zach Galifianakis are unfounded.

New York Times

04/20/2015

Shoe Polish Worthy of Wall Street

About 30 men gathered at the Wall Street Humidor, a cigar shop. They had come to shine their shoes.

New York Times

04/01/2015

Looking for Cheaper Skin-Care Products? Borrow From the Men

A couple of decades ago, men were reduced to borrowing products from women, but now the shoe is on the other well-pumiced foot.

Barron's

04/02/2015

How to Pick A Shaving Brush

Shaving brushes are soaring in popularity, part of a broader resurgence in traditional shaving practices.

New York Times

07/24/2013

For Men, a Gluteus More Maximus

Why men increasingly are getting butt-enhancement surgery and wearing shapewear.

Advertising and Media

Adweek

06/07/2015

Ain't No Topping Us Now

The hottest trend within the fast-casual segment: build your own. The format was up 22 percent in sales in 2014, compared to 11 percent for made to order.

Adweek

05/11/2015

How Mad Men, by Looking Back, Changed the Future of Advertising

It made the industry sexier, but also made us question how far we'd come

Adweek

02/24/2015

With Ebola Scare, Hand Sanitizer Cleans Up

Sales of hand sanitizer surged during the Ebola scare, increasing about 56 percent in October 2014 over the previous year. And a hand-sanitizer billboard company soared.

Adweek

02/02/2015

More and More, Marketers Venture Into Bathroom Humor

Call it progress, or clutch your pearls. Bathroom humor that would have been rejected by network standards departments in earlier eras is now sailing through-and going viral.

New York Times

11/27/2014

Beauty Brand Creates Campaign to Combat Mental Illness

More Americans commit suicide than die of breast cancer, but corporate support for mental illness is decidedly scant.

New York Times

07/02/2014

For Banana Boat, Epic Battles Between Men and Sun

Banana Boat is introducing what it says is a first in the sun-care aisle, a men's line, and the commercials are no day at the beach.

Social Media

New York Times

09/21/2014

A Thumbs-Up Brings Favorite Artists to Life For Pandora Listeners

How Pandora listeners suddenly got a one-on-one concert.

New York Times

10/03/2013

Fruit of the Loom Sees Workers in Their Underwear

For LinkedIn members who change jobs, a change of underwear.

New York Times

09/06/2011

When Bloggers Don't Follow the Script, to ConAgra's Chagrin

A stunt to pass off frozen meals as restaurant cuisine backfires for a Con Agra brand.

Health

New York Times

11/24/2014

Weight Watchers Serving Up Understanding to Those Who Eat Their Feelings

A celebrity-free departure for relating to the overweight.

New York Times

07/27/2014

Aiming to Reduce a Stigma, Depend's New Pitch Is 'Drop Your Pants'

Imagining a parade of of the pantless in incontinence products.

New York Times

07/24/2014

Hard-to-Watch Commercials to Make Quitting Smoking Easier

More effective than telling smokers that their habit shortens life expectancy: the risk of disfigurement.

pets

New York Times

04/08/2009

Seder Fare for Pets That Keep Kosher

Why kosher pet food is not meshugas.

New York magazine

Meet the Rat Lady

A rat lover explains.

New York Times

04/26/2009

Room at the Inn for Fido, as Long as He's a Lap Dog

Many hotels that claim to be dog-friendly actually shun all but small breeds.

Dating

New York Times

02/12/2014

Laying the Lox on Thick, a Dating Site Focuses on Jewish Humor

Hoping to strike a chord, JDate also strikes a nerve.

New York Times

12/31/2007

A Guide to Embracing Life as a Single (Without the Resignation)

A singles site that skirts dating.

Books and Publishing

New York Times

12/23/2006

Wordsmiths: They Also Serve Who Only Vote on ‘Ain’t’

How a usage panel shapes how we use and pronounce words.

New York Times

08/13/2006

You Say Tom Robbins, I Say Tom Clancy

With audiobooks, couples have to compromise on something else besides pizza toppings: authors.

New York Times

01/20/2006

How Should a Book Sound? And What About Footnotes?

The strange case of how David Foster Wallace's voice sounds in his footnotes for his audiobook.

Public Radio

Studio 360 with Kurt Andersen

Portrait of a Dog

Photographer Amanda Jones takes pictures of dogs - and her work is in high demand.

Studio 360 with Kurt Andersen

02/23/2006

Helms and Stein

What if retired Senator Jesse Helms could recite a lesbian love poem by Gertrude Stein?

Studio 360 with Kurt Andersen

10/20/2006

American Standard

A a new film currently in production called American Standard takes place entirely in New York bathrooms, public and private.