Michael M. Grynbaum
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I write for The New York Times. My book about Condé Nast is out July 15. "Juicy, illuminating & relentless in its reporting" -@TandCmag You can preorder below!
New York, NY
Joined January 2009
Anna Wintour is giving up (some) control at Vogue. The days of opulent magazines are over. So why do we keep recreating Condé Nast's status-obsessed world?. Read the 1st excerpt from my new book And you can preorder here!
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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,...
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RT @KuperSimon: New Book Alert: Empire of the Elite, by Michael M. Grynbaum - a journey through the lost Condé Nast magazine empire https:/….
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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...
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RT @grynbaum: OK, this was cool. I talked to Terry Gross @nprfreshair about the legacy & future of Condé Nast. v….
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For decades, Condé Nast publications such as Vogue and Vanity Fair were consequential tastemakers. Writer Michael Grynbaum explores the heyday of these magazines and how they lost their footing.
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OK, this was cool. I talked to Terry Gross @nprfreshair about the legacy & future of Condé Nast. via @SimonBooks.
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For decades, Condé Nast publications such as Vogue and Vanity Fair were consequential tastemakers. Writer Michael Grynbaum explores the heyday of these magazines and how they lost their footing.
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Magazine editors used to be gatekeepers. Do we need them anymore? via @theprophetpizza [gift link].
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Michael M. Grynbaum captures the longing for an earlier, more sparkly zeitgeist in “Empire of the Elite: Inside Condé Nast, the Media Dynasty That Reshaped America.”
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"There is still a desire for figures who can point us, and our attention spans, to what is worth watching, buying, talking about or pondering.". Delighted to have my Condé book considered by one of my favorite critics, @theprophetpizza:.via @washingtonpost.
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Michael M. Grynbaum captures the longing for an earlier, more sparkly zeitgeist in “Empire of the Elite: Inside Condé Nast, the Media Dynasty That Reshaped America.”
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Happy to report that @charlottetklein & I indulged in some Condé nostalgia and got @NYMag to pay for lunch at the old Four Seasons.
Revisiting the Grill Room to talk Condé past and present with @grynbaum .
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RT @charlottetklein: Revisiting the Grill Room to talk Condé past and present with @grynbaum .
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A new book about the magazine conglomerate’s glorious past puts its current predicaments in a fresh light.
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I am talking all things Condé Nast tonight @92ndStreetY with the inimitable @maureendowd. Tix still available & streaming here!
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Michael M. Grynbaum talks to Maureen Dowd about his new book, Empire of the Elite.
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One last book excerpt for pub day: .How Anna Wintour Transformed the Met Gala – and Herself. Thank you to the great @lapresmidi
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In this exclusive excerpt from “Empire of the Elite: Inside Condé Nast, the Media Dynasty That Reshaped America,” Michael Grynbaum explores how Anna Wintour redefined fashion as a pillar of American...
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Fun to talk about the glories of glossy magazines on @Morning_Joe this a.m. "Empire of the Elite" is available everywhere today! .
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Author Michael M. Grynbaum joins Morning Joe to discuss his new book 'Empire of the Elite: Inside Condé Nast, the Media Dynasty That Reshaped America'.
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Broke out the necktie to kick off pub day @SquawkCNBC with @andrewrsorkin, who gave me menswear pointers back when I was a NYT intern.
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Inside the lavish Condé Nast life: Mirrors to make staffers look slimmer, competing for free Hugo Boss suits — and Anna Wintour’s wasteful lunch. Fun peek inside my Condé book from the inimitable @nypost!
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In the late 1990s, when billionaire publisher SI Newhouse decided to move his Condé Nast headquarters from 350 Madison Avenue to 4 Times Square, there were grumblings amongst staffers at Vogue,...
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thanks @adamwren for the write-up
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The full Vogue quiz and the complete backstory is in "Empire of the Elite":
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For decades, Condé Nast and its glittering magazines defined how to live the good life in America. The brilliant, complicated, striving characters behind , , , , , and many other titles manufactured...
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"Could You Have Landed a Job at Vogue in the ’90s?" . Thanks @NYTStyles for this super fun excerpt from my Condé Nast book, which is out today!
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To work for Anna Wintour in Vogue's glory days, you had to know a little bit of everything. Take the quiz to find out if you would have made the grade.
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There's lots more VF Oscar Party lore in the book – like the guy who rented an old Oscar statuette from an L.A. pawn shop and snuck his way in. (He returned the Oscar the next day.)
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For decades, Condé Nast and its glittering magazines defined how to live the good life in America. The brilliant, complicated, striving characters behind , , , , , and many other titles manufactured...
Graydon Carter was banished from Swifty Lazar’s Oscar-night fete. Then he seduced the town, took over the event & turned it into one of the most coveted invites in the world. New excerpt from my Condé Nast book is up now at @THR: . On sale Tuesday!.
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.@latimes: "Will there ever be another editor as powerful as Anna Wintour? ‘Elite’ chronicles a fading empire."
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'Empire of the Elite' reads like an ode to glossy magazines at a time when one of Conde Nast's most powerful remaining editors is reducing her role at Vogue.
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Graydon Carter was banished from Swifty Lazar’s Oscar-night fete. Then he seduced the town, took over the event & turned it into one of the most coveted invites in the world. New excerpt from my Condé Nast book is up now at @THR: . On sale Tuesday!.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
Before he became editor of Vanity Fair, Graydon Carter was banished from Swifty Lazar’s Oscar-night fete. So he seduced the town, took over the event and turned it into one of the most coveted...
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