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Michael Wolff

Contributor, New York Magazine

Michael Wolff is the author of many books, including most recently The Fall: The End of Fox News and the Murdoch Dynasty. He also wrote a best-selling trilogy about the Trump White House: Fire and Fury, Siege, and Landslide. He has been a columnist for New York Magazine, Vanity Fair, and The Hollywood Reporter, twice winning a National Magazine Award.

  1. Licenses R UsForget about writing that adorable book for your kids. Children aren’t reading kids’ books anymore; now they inhabit personal multimedia theme parks.
  2. The Time of his TimeWalter Isaacson is reinventing his magazine for an era when the news is dead and presidents don’t matter as much as homework.
  3. The Talk of HearstWith our scorecard on Hearst and the magazine business, you will be able to answer the riddle: “What’s Black and Brown and read all over?”
  4. Kennedy With TearsJohn Kennedy seemed to be breaking the family mold. But in our grief, we are discovering what 40 years of public fascination with the Kennedy cl […]
  5. Wolf(f) Like MeIt’s tough being Michael Wolff, but finding out there is another Michael Wolf, who is peddling cheery opinions about the media to CEOs, brings o […]
  6. Eisner Un-Moused?He took Disney from the doldrums to the heart of the Dow, but with the loss of Michael Eisner’s best lieutenants, the magic has evaporated from […]
  7. Tribune and TribulationFor some, summer means Paris, and Paris means the “International Herald Tribune.” But is the paper slowly being submerged by the flood of globa […]
  8. Truman BeingJames Truman is Condé Nast’s international man of mystery. His most visible job now is decorating the new building. But what, exactly, does […]
  9. It’s the ?, Stupid!Before the candidates can compete for votes, they need themes (that’s where the media comes in) and public personalities (come in, Al Gore).
  10. The Website of RecordThe Times’ highly successful Internet division might, in an IPO, be worth considerably more than the paper itself – a recipe for a titan […]
  11. Auld Lang Old MediaKurt Andersen’s “Turn of the Century” is an insider’s guide to the increasing irrelevance of the media insider – as the insiders who attended h […]
  12. The Last Action MogulBarry Diller’s lone-gunslinger style and his frenetic deal-making pace make him a role model for other media tycoons. But what does his empire r […]
  13. Why Your Kids Know More About the Future Than You DoIs the Internet changing kids in mysterious, potentially dangerous ways? Certainly. And soon enough, it will change you, too.
  14. Why Your Kids Know More About the Future Than You DoIs the Internet changing kids in mysterious, potentially dangerous ways? Certainly. And soon enough, it will change you, too.
  15. Are These People Really Worth $200 Million?…and other Silicon Alley mysteries debated – like what it takes to be wildly successful, why profits don’t matter (yet), and what happens whe […]
  16. Book ‘EmGot an opinion about the war? Clinton? The Jenny Jones trial? Or…pets? You too could be a TV star – provided a desperate booker discovers you.
  17. The UninvitedLow-rent media critic Russ Smith – that’s “Mugger” to you – is repulsed by the exclusionary liberal New York media Establishment. The feeling […]
  18. Judith’s Untold StoryMonica-bashing book editor Judith Regan doesn’t feel your pain – or anyone else’s, for that matter. She feels her own pain! And therein lies th […]
  19. MediaticiansPolitical career begets media career begets political career. For today’s breed of personal-identity professionals, public office and punditry a […]
  20. Dinner-Party HacksFor those who need to know – and need you to know that they know – there are two A-list options: dinner with Ed or with Hitch. (Well, be caref […]
  21. He’ll ManageMike Ovitz, former superagent, has rankled all of Hollywood in his new bid to be … Leonardo DiCaprio’s water boy? Sure, if he can own the t […]
  22. Brand MonicaThe intern formerly known as a little nutty and a little slutty is now, suddenly, media queen of the moment. And she hasn’t even gotten her Barb […]
  23. Must-See PCNever mind cybersex; the Web gets seriously intimate with Webcams, those teeny computer eyeballs that strip away all pretense and seduce with ar […]
  24. Virtual ReportingMedia coverage of Clinton’s trial is actually, mostly, media coverage of CNN – with even R. W. Apple Jr. writing his “In the Chamber” reports f […]
  25. Lady LibertiesFor “panting puppy” Bill Clinton, “helpless victim” Ken Starr, and even our entire “soft-porn nation,” Maureen Dowd has one message: She’s angry […]
  26. All Talk?Countdown to Tina Brown’s own Y2K problem: On the eve of the millennium, she’s somehow supposed to get ‘Talk’ off the ground – while everyone r […]
  27. Atlas ShrugsSign of the times: Tweedy Upper West Side literary lion teams up with Wall Street mogul to launch multimedia content “brand.” Synergy for the el […]
  28. No Sex, PleaseSenatorial sexcapades (and rumors thereof) continue to roil impeachment-happy Washington, but the ‘Times’ refuses to pursue the whole story. Hel […]
  29. You’ve Got MergerAOL owns the Internet, has an absurd valuation (bigger than Viacom’s!), and has media-company wannabes running the show. Guess what? Netscape’s […]
  30. The Me in MediaWhy has Mort Zuckerman grafted a glittery, high-profile head to the working-class body of the “Daily News?” The answer has to do not with busine […]
  31. Bad News for the Media EliteThe national press, among the most knowledgeable and powerful (and self-important) people in the country, ended up out of the loop about the Mo […]
  32. Bad News for the Media EliteThe national press, among the most knowledgeable and powerful (and self-important) people in the country, ended up out of the loop about the Mo […]
  33. Gates UnhingedSure, Microsoft’s a monopoly, but the government’s attack is pitched at something larger: hubris. As Bill Gates’s deeply weird video testimony s […]
  34. I Want My ImpeachTVOur congressmen are so busy getting ready for their career-making close-ups, they’ve hardly noticed that TV, in this age of cable and Internet, […]
  35. Review ReviewIt’s Oprah’s world and we all just live in it – except, of course, for the editors of the “Times Book Review,” who cling, a bit nostalgically, […]
  36. Something About BillThe talking heads are collectively outraged, but somebody needs to let them in on this dirty little secret: Bill Clinton’s sex life is deeply (a […]
  37. Something About BillThe talking heads are collectively outraged, but somebody needs to let them in on this dirty little secret: Bill Clinton’s sex life is deeply (a […]
  38. Sigh, NewhousePost-Tina, the cash-hemorrhaging “New Yorker” may have lost the affection Of its billionaire owner. Would somebody be so kind as to take it off […]
  39. Wolff’s Brill’s ContentWhen Steve Brill decided to investigate me, I decided to investigate him back – and therein discovered the “true” nature (more or less) of his […]
  40. Wolff’s Brill’s ContentWhen Steve Brill decided to investigate me, I decided to investigate him back – and therein discovered the “true” nature (more or less) of his […]
  41. Fox Family ValuesAs his marriage to Anna unravels and his children sort out their allegiances (and News Corp. roles), will consummate control freak Rupert Murdoc […]