MEDIA MELTDOWN: Vanity Fair Chaos, Pink Paper Obsession & the $500K Article Era

This week on Breaker, Lachlan Cartwright and Ravi Somaiya expose the strange and shifting dynamics of legacy media — from the chaotic search for a new editor at Vanity Fair, to journalists stalking sources for book deals, to the absurdity of The Financial Times being both a calming influence and a fashion statement. Plus: 💥 What it really costs to write three stories for half a million dollars 💥 Why the next great media mogul might be on YouTube, not in Condé 💥 How a chef who “doesn’t give a flying f***” became a hero 💥 And the truly unlikely friendship between Tom Hardy and the Wu-Tang Clan 🔥 Topics Covered: The Vanity Fair editor search no one wants to win How Anna Wintour still runs the show Ravi’s obsession with the pink pages of the FT Mary Trump, book deals, and rogue journalists Private members clubs and the death of downtown cool Why outdoor dining in NYC is a bureaucratic nightmare 🎧 Subscribe for weekly scoops, media gossip, Lower Manhattan glamor, and very unfiltered commentary: 👉 / @breakermedianyc #BreakerPodcast #VanityFair #FinancialTimes #TomHardy #WuTangClan #AnnaWintour #MediaNews #Gossip #Journalism #Substack #BookDeals #CondéNast #PinkPaper #NewYorkCity