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Château Sucker
by Benjamin Wallace + Follow
New York | May 2012
Rare-wine collectors are savvy, competitive guys with a taste for impossible finds. So how did the biggest hoax in history take place right under their noses?
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Those Fabulous Confabs
by Benjamin Wallace + Follow
New York | February 2012
Smart talk has never been such a valuable commodity. It’s spawned conferences like TED, Davos, and now a slew of upstart competitors. It has made the eighteen‑minute TED lecture a viral online phenomenon. But are we running out of things to say?
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The Virgin Father
by Benjamin Wallace + Follow
New York | February 2012
Trent Arsenault has never had sex, but he’s the father of fifteen children—and counting. The more he antagonizes the FDA, and unnerves television audiences across America, the more his in-box is flooded with requests for his sperm.
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The Rise and Fall of Bitcoin
by Benjamin Wallace + Follow
Wired | December 2011
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How Two Scammers Built An Empire Hawking Sketchy Software
by Benjamin Wallace + Follow
Wired | October 2011
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Piers Morgan Isn’t Sleeping Well
by Benjamin Wallace + Follow
New York | October 2011
CNN’s new Larry King made his name in the scandal-chasing, privacy-invading British tabloid gutter. He’s now ascended to cable-news royalty, though his past is casting a shadow over the coronation.
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The Comeback That Wasn’t
by Benjamin Wallace + Follow
New York | July 2011
When Martha Stewart returned from prison, the future looked awfully bright.
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The Geek-Kings of Smut
by Benjamin Wallace + Follow
New York | January 2011
After once being the best thing that ever happened to porn, the Internet is now wreaking havoc: destroying some fortunes, making bigger ones, and serving as a stimulus plan, in more ways than one.
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Monetizing the Celebrity Meltdown
by Benjamin Wallace + Follow
New York | November 2010
Tom Barrack, a billionaire investor who made his fortune in real estate, has discovered a market in distressed celebrities. With Neverland Ranch and Miramax under his belt, he's now on a shopping spree—and bringing along his buddy Rob Lowe.