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In Michael Grynbaum's new book, magazine moguls Si Newhouse Jr. and Alexander Liberman preside over the creation of a tastemaking empire
In Michael Grynbaum's new book, magazine moguls Si Newhouse Jr. and Alexander Liberman preside over the creation of a tastemaking empire
S.I. Newhouse Jr., the billionaire owner of the publishing company that owns some of America’s most important magazines, died Sunday at the age of 89. Newhouse inherited the Conde Nast publishing company in 1975 and grew it into a multi-billion dollar business. Among the magazines in that umbrella include The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, Vogue,…
He gave chic new definition, boosted the New York art scene, and went to such brazen lengths as to deliver artwork unrequested to the Museum of Modern Art and simply send a bill. He was known to have commandeered a gondola with his pals to transport art in time to compete in the Venice Biennale….
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