[4] Deborah Needleman grew up in Cherry Hill, New Jersey[5] and graduated from George Washington University where she studied philosophy and art history.
In October 2015, Needleman was sharply criticized by T Magazine readers and then-New York Times Public Editor Margaret Sullivan for conflicts of interest created by her assignment of Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen—wife of billionaire Marc Andreessen—to a feature that appeared in the Oct. 12, 2015 issue titled "Five Visionary Tech Entrepreneurs Who Are Changing the World."
Holmes was subsequently charged with perpetrating "massive fraud" by the Securities and Exchange Commission and resigned in disgrace.
[9] One of Needleman's last issues, in October 2016, was themed 'The Greats' and had 7 different covers featuring [citation needed] Michelle Obama, Zadie Smith, William Eggleston, Kerry James Marshall, Junya Watanabe, Lady Gaga and Massimo Bottura.
[13] Needleman lives in Manhattan with her husband, Jacob Weisberg, the co-founder with Malcolm Gladwell of Pushkin Industries, a podcasting and audio production company, and their two children.