Table of Contents
Cast of Characters XI
Preface: The Big Party XV
Chapter 1 Off with Their Heads 1
Chapter 2 The Family Business 7
Chapter 3 A Grand Acquisition-Condé Nast 15
Chapter 4 The Silver Fox 23
Chapter 5 The Newhouse Concept 37
Chapter 6 Reviving the Dead 47
Chapter 7 Blonde Ambition 59
Chapter 8 Exuding Confidence 75
Chapter 9 Anna and the King of Competition 81
Chapter 10 Women in a Man's World 91
Chapter 11 The Fixer 103
Chapter 12 Promotable Women 115
Chapter 13 Vanities 133
Chapter 14 "The Happiest Girl in the Whole U.S.A." 141
Chapter 15 Anna's "Spy" at Vanity Fair 151
Chapter 16 Talk of the Town 161
Chapter 17 Managed Competition 173
Chapter 18 Powerhouse 191
Chapter 19 The Celebrity Culture 203
Chapter 20 "The End of the Age of Irony" 217
Chapter 21 Winners and "Losers" 225
Epilogus: Ad Lectorem 235
Source Notes 239
About the Author 263