<P> The first version of Vanity Fair was published from 1913 to 1936 . The imprint was revived in 1983 and currently includes five international editions of the magazine . The current Editor - in - Chief is Radhika Jones . </P> <P> Condé Montrose Nast began his empire by purchasing the men's fashion magazine Dress in 1913 . He renamed the magazine Dress and Vanity Fair and published four issues in 1913 . It continued to thrive into the twenties . However, it became a casualty of 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 . </P> <P> 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 Tina Brown (1984--1992) and Graydon Carter (1992 - 2017). Regular writers and columnists have included Dominick Dunne, Sebastian Junger, Michael Wolff, Maureen Orth and Christopher Hitchens . Famous contributing photographers for the magazine include Bruce Weber, Annie Leibovitz, Mario Testino and Herb Ritts, who have all provided the magazine with a string of lavish covers and full - page portraits of current celebrities . Amongst the most famous of these was the August 1991 Leibovitz cover featuring a naked, pregnant Demi Moore, an image entitled More Demi Moore that to this day holds a spot in pop culture . </P> <P> In addition to its controversial photography, the magazine also prints articles on a variety of topics . In 1996, journalist Marie Brenner wrote an exposé on the tobacco industry titled "The Man Who Knew Too Much". The article was later adapted into a movie The Insider (1999), which starred Al Pacino and Russell Crowe . Most famously, after more than thirty years of mystery, an article in the May 2005 edition revealed the identity of Deep Throat (W. Mark Felt), one of the sources for The Washington Post articles on Watergate, which led to the 1974 resignation of U.S. President Richard Nixon . The magazine also features candid interviews with celebrities, including a monthly Proust Questionnaire . Other notable interviews have included: Teri Hatcher, who revealed in the magazine that she was sexually abused as a child; Jennifer Aniston's first interview after her divorce from Brad Pitt; Anderson Cooper, who talked about his brother's death; and Martha Stewart's first interview after her release from prison . </P>

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