Photograph by Annie Leibovitz.Given the high calibre of writing at Vanity Fair, I thought that including a profile from Vanity Fair would be a worthy addition to the blog. Another poignant reason for including this profile is that it is about Rupert Murdoch. Since denouncing his citizenship from Australia, I don't really think of him as a "neighbour" but his monopolization of, well...pretty much everything, makes him a most fascinating interview subject. His take on The New York Times is particularly interesting; he must be one of the only people this side of mars who thinks "it's soft stories and newsless front page, has forsaken what a newspaper is". After just attending a talk with the deputy politcal editor of The New York Times, I know of a few people who definitely feel differently!
On another note; the article was written over a series of interviews spanning 9 months. It is a good example of how one feature can take a long period of time to complete (Gay Taleese and Frank Sinatra rings a bell). It also isn't all that favourable to the man himself which in itself in interesting, given what we know about journalists writing unfavourable reports on people in the media. But I guess, Murdoch isn't really in the media so much as he is the media. I'm guessing he doesn't own Vanity Fair?.
On another note; the article was written over a series of interviews spanning 9 months. It is a good example of how one feature can take a long period of time to complete (Gay Taleese and Frank Sinatra rings a bell). It also isn't all that favourable to the man himself which in itself in interesting, given what we know about journalists writing unfavourable reports on people in the media. But I guess, Murdoch isn't really in the media so much as he is the media. I'm guessing he doesn't own Vanity Fair?.
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