Empire of the Elite
Inside Condé Nast, the media dynasty that reshaped the world
Author: Michael M. Grynbaum
From a New York Times media correspondent, a dishy history of the Condé Nast magazine empire, home of Vogue, Vanity Fair, the New Yorker and more, focusing on its glitzy heyday from the 1980s through to the 2000s.
13th October 2025
Hardcover
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From a New York Times media correspondent, a dishy history of the Condé Nast magazine empire, home of Vogue, Vanity Fair, the New Yorker and more, focusing on its glitzy heyday from the 1980s through to the 2000s.
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'Glamour! Taste! Prestige! Monsters! I loved this gorgeous romp through a lost world' MARINA HYDE
For decades, one company in New York told the world what to buy, value, wear, eat, and even what to think. From its glitzy heyday in the 1980s through to the 2000s, American publishing empire Conde Nast and its magazines - including Vogue, Vanity Fair, the New Yorker and GQ - defined how to live the good life, with its editors and writers creating a vision of luxury and sophistication that shaped cultural and consumer trends, intellectual attitudes and political beliefs the world over.They were the ultimate influencers - before the internet changed everything. Conde Nast had amassed great power and influence, but failed to foresee and keep up with the digital revolution that would reduce it to a shadow of its former self.Full of fresh insider reporting, venerated and feared names like Anna Wintour, Tina Brown and Graydon Carter who became celebrities in their own right, Empire of the Elite is a groundbreaking exploration of how Conde Nast established itself as a global authority in taste and prestige. It is also a cautionary tale, exposing how class, hubris and technological change shook the dominance of the old media gatekeepers, even as Conde Nast's aesthetic and status-conscious ethos remains undeniably influential to this day.About the Author
Michael M. Grynbaum is a correspondent for The New York Times, where he covers media, politics, and culture. Since joining the newspaper at age twenty-two, he has reported on three presidential campaigns and the transformation of the media world in the Trump era. He graduated from Harvard with a degree in history and literature, and lives in Manhattan. This is his first book.
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13th October 2025
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