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GQ

In many ways, VF’s Hollywood Issue is the sort of cultural chew toy that delights and reviles Condé Nast staffers and veterans, alike, but isn’t really all that economically significant. These days, Condé C.E.O. Roger Lynch has more pressing issues.
Lauren Sherman • November 18, 2024

Vanity Fair’s Hollywood Issues

The decision to release VF’s annual star-packed Hollywood issue three months early—before Thanksgiving!—did little to quiet speculation about Roger Lynch & Co’s strategy to grapple with Condé’s rough ’24, an ongoing China problem, and expected layoffs.
Lauren Sherman • September 12, 2024
I Get Letters! A Look Inside the Fashion Week Mailbag
cathy horyn
In which I try my best to answer all your questions about Beyoncé’s weird whiskey-a-go-go GQ cover, Ozempic’s impact on the fashion industry, Cathy Horyn’s future, JCPenney’s long goodbye, and much more.
Lauren Sherman • July 11, 2024
Roger of Arabia
Roger Lynch
Discerning Condé Nast’s latest moves, entanglements, and disentanglements in the Middle East and China.
EBITDA positive or not, it’s estimated by some executives at the company that Condé Nast has lost significant sums during Lynch’s four and a half years at the helm, albeit for some decisions made before his time.
Lauren Sherman • December 7, 2023
Slouching Toward One World Trade
A prolonged and botched layoff cycle has called attention to the financial engineering and further brand dilution of Si Newhouse’s former empire. As usual, the chorus of discontent appears to be a mixture of agita and inevitability, along with typical finger-pointing.