Steve Florio
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Mariann Florio, widow of former Condé Nast C.E.O. Steve Florio, is reportedly in a dispute with the company over payouts following her husband's death last December. [P6]
Gossip Girl had a casting call in Southampton this past weekend and no one showed up. [Daiyl Intel]
Jay-Z dined with Governor Paterson at the Spotted Pig. [P6] read more »
Magazine Honchos Remember Steve Florio
Ron Galotti, the old Vogue, GQ and Vanity Fair publisher, was speaking on the phone from his home in the woods of eastern Vermont.
“I have the most spectacular candles sitting on my fireplace right now. We put them out every Christmas and they are just magnificent. I’m going to holler at my wife right now and ask her what they’re called. What are those big candlesticks that Steve got us called? What? Aah, hurricane lamps. They are these crystal hurricane lamps that he bought for me: a pair of candleholders.” read more »
Former Conde Nast President Steven Florio Dead at 58
Steven Florio, former C.E.O. and president of Conde Nast, died yesterday after a heart attack. He was 58.
Vogue editor Anna Wintour described the Conde Nast landscape under Florio's reign like this to WWD: "It was a smaller world. It was much less involved in the Internet. The company wasn't as large as it is now, and he ran it based on relationships he had. It was more like an old boys' network." read more »
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