Dana Thomas
Paris
Luxury fashion houses have begun to trumpet their eco-friendliness, but contributing editor Dana Thomas views their efforts as a little hypocritical. “It’s funny that fashion, which thinks of itself as the trendsetter in everything, is so behind the curve on the most important trend of all time,” she says. Thomas’ book, Deluxe: How Luxury Lost Its Luster, came out in paperback this summer.

Amy Wallace
Beverly Hills
Senior writer Amy Wallace profiles Haim Saban, the Power Rangers billionaire and one of America’s top Democratic Party contributors. “He’s an irresistible salesman, a master tactician, a ruthless dealmaker, and a major political and philanthropic force,” Wallace says. “But his childhood—growing up poor in Tel Aviv—still guides him.” Wallace profiled Elevation Partners’ Roger McNamee for the January issue.

Jeffrey Rothfeder
Paris
As he investigated a rash of suicides among workers at French carmaker Renault, Jeffrey Rothfeder came to view the tragedy as a symbol of the state of the auto industry. “They cut back and cut back to death in business, yet they want more and more productivity,” he says. “The ultimate nightmare is people killing themselves.” Rothfeder’s book about the building of the Tabasco empire, McIlhenny’s Gold, comes out in paperback this month.

Gary Weiss
New York
Gary Weiss, who profiled Merrill Lynch’s John Thain for the May issue, sees a different style in Citigroup C.E.O. Vikram Pandit. “He was actually a rather cordial gentleman—old-world cordial,” Weiss says. Can Pandit rescue his bank? “You have to ask that question in one year,” Weiss says. “If he hasn’t significantly improved Citi by that time, the answer is no.”

Mark Harris
New York
This month, Entertainment Weekly columnist Mark Harris prescribes a strict regimen for the troubled broadcast networks. As ABC, CBS, and NBC struggle to compete with cable and the internet, Harris foresees a middling future: “I don’t think the networks are going to vanish, but I don’t think they’re going to return to their glory days either.”

Finlay MacKay
East Hampton, New York
While photographing the U.S. Olympic team, Finlay MacKay found he often had to coax athletes out of their shells. That wasn’t a problem when he shot this month’s cover subject, NBC Universal’s Jeff Zucker, at the Racquet Club of East Hampton. “Jeff was really going for it,” MacKay says. “He was pretty much acting as referee as well as playing.”