[PREVIEW] ‘The Devil Wears Prada 2’ Vs. Bad Billionaires

About this episode

The episode discusses the impact of the media industry's decline as depicted in 'The Devil Wears Prada 2' and the challenges faced by journalists today.

In 2006, “The Devil Wears Prada” was already on the brink of being a paean to the bygone glory days of magazines. The hollowing out of print media was already well underway. The brief boom of digital media was in the offing, but that would quickly collapse as well. The prosperous era of Vogue that the original movie was satirizing has ended. Twenty years later, we are all – magazine editors, digital journalists, freelancers and self-employed newsletter purveyors – fighting over the meager scraps that remain. This is the world that “The Devil Wears Prada 2” places us in. A world where plucky journalist Andy Sachs has found professional success and acclaim, neither of which protect her from her insolvent publication laying off its staff. A world where Miranda Priestley’s Runway still has prestige and cultural impact, but must chase web traffic and produce fashion spreads on shoestring budgets. And a world where, just as in this one, tech billionaires treat vital industries like playthings. It is the sad state of the media that brings Andy, who has just been laid off via text while receiving an industry award, back to Runway. The magazine has been savaged online for spotlighting a…

People in this episode

Host: Emma Gray

Topics covered

• media industry
• journalism
• fashion
• digital media
• billionaires
• layoffs

Keywords

• The Devil Wears Prada
• media decline
• journalism
• fashion industry
• billionaires
• layoffs
• digital media
• Andy Sachs
• Miranda Priestley

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Vogue, Elias-Clark

Books & works: The Devil Wears Prada, The Devil Wears Prada 2

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