Empire of the Elite: Inside Condé Nast, the Media Dynasty That Reshaped America

“Aside from the fact that the description of the Condé Nast lunchroom seating chart gave me literal heart palpitations, this read was a true delight. It even inspired me to make a decades spanning playlist from the heyday of elite curation, with a few needle drops from the book itself: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7lMIhAPaxUazrHegpnzDWj?si=kcuOPPHPRe6hYbj0Mvb5-Q&pi=te0mDgpYR7WVH”

“I’m romping through my library copy of Empire of the Elite like it’s a Four Seasons martini lunch. I will never tire of reading about how the problematic sausage of culture is made!!”

“If you love Devil Wears Prada, you’ll love this. You’ll realize most of the major moments from the past few decades involved Condé.”