Vanity Fair (magazine) the Great Depression and declining advertising revenues, although its circulation, at 90,000 copies, was at its peak. Condé Nast announced in December 1935 that "Vanity Fair" would be folded into "Vogue" (circulation 156,000) as of the March 1936 issue. Condé Nast Publications, under the ownership of S.I. Newhouse, announced in June 1981 that it was reviving the magazine. The first issue was released in February 1983 (cover date March), edited by Richard Locke, formerly of "The New York Times Book Review". After three issues, Locke was replaced by Leo Lerman, veteran features editor of "Vogue". He was followed by editors
Vogue (magazine) influencer that introduces new artists to the scene such as Suzi Analogue in 2017. As Wintour came to personify the magazine's image, both she and "Vogue" drew critics. Wintour's one-time assistant at the magazine, Lauren Weisberger, wrote a "roman à clef" entitled "The Devil Wears Prada". Published in 2003, the novel became a bestseller and was adapted as a highly successful, Academy Award-nominated film in 2006. The central character resembled Weisberger, and her boss was a powerful editor-in-chief of a fictionalized version of "Vogue". The novel portrays a magazine ruled by "the Antichrist and her coterie of fashionistas, who exist