I write for The New York Times. My book about Condé Nast, Empire of the Elite, is out now. "Juicy, illuminating & relentless in its reporting" –Town & Country
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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 nytimes.com/2025/06/27/busin…
And you can preorder here! simonandschuster.com/books/E…
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On the court at MSG, more than 20 minutes after the buzzer, and no one wants to leave, including celeb row. Just an incredible moment.
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Jun 10
EXCERPT from Regime Change: Inside the Imperial Presidency of Donald Trump, by @jonathanvswan and me, in NYT Magazine today. How the Epstein files crisis paralyzed the Trump White House for the better part of a year nytimes.com/2026/06/10/magaz…
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Jun 9
Watching longtime Bloomberg partner Diana Taylor's reaction here is appointment viewing.
Jose Alvarado crashed into former NYC Mayor Bloomberg sitting courtside at Game 3.
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Jun 4
NEWS: "60 Minutes" EP Nick Bilton emails staff, commits to editorial independence of the program, praises Lesley Stahl, Bill Whitaker and Jon Wertheim.
Full memo:
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"To watch championship basketball with Bill Bradley is to talent-scout at Lincoln Center with Baryshnikov, to hear the whispers of Scorsese at a Sundance screening."
When legends meet: @mattfleg watched Game 1 with Bill Bradley last night.
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🚨 "Actor and longtime Knicks fan Tracy Morgan recently recorded a Knicks-themed announcement for the MTA."
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Jun 3
Our Pool is Bigger than Skyscrapers
Jun 3
President Trump unexpectedly called press into the Oval Office to talk about the reflecting pool project.
Minutes later, he holds up this chart:
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“That’s the path that he chose”: Bari Weiss spoke on Scott Pelley’s firing on a CBS newsroom-wide call this morning.
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Bill Owens, who resigned last year as EP of '60 Minutes,' said in a speech just now that his former colleagues at the program "were fired by people who don’t even know what we do."
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“I have no problem taking a job in a place that I am not welcome in,” Mr. Bilton said to Palley. “You are not going to intimidate me in front of this group of people. I want that to be clear.” This story, by @grynbaum and @BenMullin, defines jaw-dropper. nytimes.com/2026/06/01/busin…
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Jun 1
"Enjoy the bagels." Inside a tumultuous showdown between Scott Pelley and Nick Bilton, the new executive producer of "60 Minutes." w/@grynbaum
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“She is murdering ‘60 Minutes.’ She does not love this place. She was brought in to kill it, and she’s been doing exactly that.”
Scott Pelley laced into Bari Weiss and Nick Bilton at a staff meeting this morning, a fresh wave of turmoil at CBS News.
via @BenMullin & me
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May 29
i regret to inform the democratic political professionals who want to move on from 2024 that joe biden also has a book that's supposed to come out at some point in the next year
May 29
NEW: Jill Biden’s memoir is the latest frustration for Democrats eager to move on from 2024.
Former Biden aide Meghan Hays tells me on @CSPAN’s "Ceasefire" that the book risks reopening debates about age and the election just as Democrats have momentum.
"It is not welcome from Democrats."
Latest w/ @lisakashinsky and @andrewjfhoward
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May 29
CBS News responds: “We respect Ms. Vega and her contributions, but her claims are not based in reality.”
May 28
Cecilia Vega, who was fired today by CBS, tells me: “I very much fear what comes next for and the future of” 60 Minutes.
Her full statement below:
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May 28
Cecilia Vega: “I am far from the only 60 Minutes correspondent who has asked herself, ‘What is my personal red line?’”
May 28
Cecilia Vega, who was fired today by CBS, tells me: “I very much fear what comes next for and the future of” 60 Minutes.
Her full statement below:
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