Empire of the Elite Captures Condé Nast’s Enduring Legacy

Empire of the Elite Captures Condé Nast’s Enduring Legacy

A new book captures the enduring cultural legacy of Condé Nast.

Book Review: Michael M. Grynbaum, ‘Empire of the Elite: Inside Condé Nast, the Media Dynasty that Reshaped America’

As much as it pains me to use a cliché, it does, at times, feel like I was “born in the wrong generation.” Making it as a writer seems near-impossible in the 2020s, where your personal identity, self-promotion, and internet presence matters as much as your work does — probably even more. Raised on Carrie Bradshaw’s modern dating column and Hannah Horvath’s irreverent blog-hopping, writing as a career seemed admirable and worthy, perpetually in v…