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The Consiglieri of the Magazine World

This morning, New York editor Adam Moss lost deputy editor Hugo Lindgren to Bloomberg BusinessWeek. He's certainly not the only magazine-world EIC to have a trusted confidante on staff. But they're a dying breed. More »

01/29/10

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By Doree Shafrir

#beforetheywerestars

Childhood Friend: Graydon Carter Was Once Just a Little Canadian Punk

Before Graydon Carter was the editor of Vanity Fair who jets to Bermuda while his magazine's staff is laid off, he was just a young Canadian with a penchant for ice-skating and an out-sized ego. So says a childhood friend! More »

11/17/09

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By Adrian Chen

#gossiproundup

Paris Hilton Gets Halloween Scare from Violent Boyfriend

Like the Tim Curry song says, anything can happen on Halloween. Paris Hilton can get choked, Real Housewives can bury the hatchet, Tinsley Mortimer can tape a reality show, Elton John can get sick. It's Monday morning's leftover gossip candy. More »

11/02/09

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By Brian Moylan

#rumormonger

Click here to read Laid-Off <em>Vanity Fair</em> Staffers Can Clean Graydon Carter's Stockroom

Laid-Off Vanity Fair Staffers Can Clean Graydon Carter's Stockroom

Graydon Carter—the George Washington of Vanity Fair—was (allegedly) on a jet to Bermuda when layoffs hit the magazine last week. That's okay! Graydon (allegedly) has a very generous way of making it up to the layoff victims. More »

10/30/09

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By Hamilton Nolan

#condenast

Graydon Carter Jets to Bermuda While Layoffs Hit Vanity Fair?

Click here to read Graydon Carter Jets to Bermuda While Layoffs Hit <em>Vanity Fair</em>?

Amid all of the carnage at Conde Nast this month, rumors were floating that Si Newhouse was sheltering his three most precious magazines: the New Yorker, Vogue, and Vanity Fair. Well; the part about Vanity Fair, at least, was wrong. More »

10/23/09

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By Hamilton Nolan

#brightideas

That's What She Said

Vanity Fair contributing editor and Graydon Carter pal Fran Lebowitz has some words of advice for a certain similarly named colleague. Annie Leibovitz, your ears are burning. More »

09/10/09

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By John Cook

#wasillaalaska

Why Sarah Palin Needs Levi Johnston

The PR push for Johnston's article in Vanity Fair started yesterday and people are already hating America's babydaddy and rooting for Sarah Palin. But her reality-television-turned-politics spectacle was getting stale and nothing reinvigorates an aging soap like a good rivalry. More »

09/03/09

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By Brian Moylan

#mediacrack

Click here to read Hobo <em>New York Times</em> Cafeteria: Almost as Good as Popeye's

Hobo New York Times Cafeteria: Almost as Good as Popeye's

In your buttermilk-battered Wednesday media column: the NYT cafeteria gets a sterling review, Jack Shafer is a night-wandering insomniac, Graydon Carter blackballs restaurateurs, and citizen journalism pays off (for somebody), and Hearst rents a fresh bachelor pad. More »

09/02/09

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By Hamilton Nolan

#powerplayers

Breaking Down The New Establishment, 2009

Vanity Fair's annual "New Establishment" list is out—the highly subjective guide to the 100 most important people in Graydon Carter's world. We bring you the highlights, below. More »

09/01/09

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By Hamilton Nolan

#nightlife

LA and NYC Find More Common Ground: Hatred Of Insipid Nightlife

Is two a trend? Today, in the NY Times: Greenwich Village residents who hated Paul Sevigny's uber-hip nightlife destination/coke den, The Beatrice Inn. And in the LA Times: residents speculatively hating the forthcoming Sunset Strip outpost of SoHo House. Viva! More »

08/15/09

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By Foster Kamer

#downturns

This Is the Way Condé Nast Ends, Not with a Bang But with Tap Water

While the dreaded McKinsey recommendations are still weeks away, Conde Nast is in full cost-cutting mode. Examples: Graydon Carter is now lunching in the cafeteria with commoners and the free Fiji water will soon be replaced by tap water. Yeah. More »

08/11/09

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By The Cajun Boy

#mediaelite

Graydon Carter's Monthly Mortgage Payment Is Probably Less Than Your Rent

Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter has an interest-free $5.3 million mortgage on his four-story greek revival townhouse in Greenwich Village, courtesy of his sweetheart deal with Condé Nast. What's he pay? Oh, $2,083 a month. More »

08/10/09

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By John Cook

#debt

NYT Styles Profiles Annie Leibovitz's Financial Problems And Enablers

You know the Times' Styles section was eventually going to pitch in on the fiscal trials and tribulations of Annie Leibovitz. They delivered, filing a quote-happy roundup on the matter, starring Tina Brown and Graydon Carter, defending their friend. More »

08/01/09

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By Foster Kamer

#socialism

Vanity Fair Lukewarm on Graydon Carter's Joints

"Socialitopoly," from Vanity Fair. Its unbiased rankings: Graydon Carter's Monkey Bar has above-average prestige, but the disgustingly easy-to-enter Waverly Inn is nowhere to be found. Take heed, board game-playing social climbers. Click to enlarge. [VF]

07/31/09

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By Hamilton Nolan

#revolutionarystudies

Is Levi Johnston The Missing Link Between Graydon Carter and Mere Monkey (Bar)?

Monkey Bar is Graydon Carter's Exclusive Lair of the Famous and Awesome. It's so exclusive, even NY Times dining critic Frank Bruni had a tough time getting in. You know who didn't? Levi Johnston. And two of his bodyguards. More »

07/25/09

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By Foster Kamer

#birthdayditties

'A Few of My Graydonish Things'

Vanity Fair overlord Graydon Carter just turned 60, and his staff rewarded him with a positively Vanity Fair-ish birthday party! The highlight was sung to the tune of 'A Few of My Favorite Things'... More »

07/16/09

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By Hamilton Nolan

#therich

Graydon Carter Wields a Pink Pencil When Filling Out His Seating Chart

Caricature-coiffed Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter co-owns two restaurants where Manhattan's most insufferable douchebags go to get their "look at me" on. Each day these establishments field "thousands" of table requests and Graydon alone decides where the arses will park. More »

07/02/09

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By The Cajun Boy

#orators

Graydon Carter: Scandalously scant honoree introducer.

06/17/09

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#summer

Vanity Fair Can Offer You Nothing

Ha, Vanity Fair just put out their NYC summer guide, but hey—don't ask them for a reservation at Monkey Bar! Owned by Vanity Fair's Graydon Carter! Because they can't get you one! Eh? Their guide also features errors: More »

06/10/09

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By Hamilton Nolan

#printisdead

Graydon Carter's Fool-Proof Plan to Save Newspapers

Newspapers have been having problems, and whatnot. Why have they not asked Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter's advice sooner? Despite this error, Carter has deigned to stop having amazing sex for a few minutes to tell you how to save newspapers: More »

06/03/09

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By Hamilton Nolan

#requiemforaneditor