Editing John F. Kennedy Jr. (section)

====Decline====
By early 1997, Kennedy and Berman were locked in a power struggle, which led to screaming matches, slammed doors, and even a physical altercation. Berman sold his share of the company and Kennedy took on Berman's responsibilities. Berman's departure was followed by a rapid drop in sales for the already declining magazine.<ref name=Heymann438/>

Hachette Filipacchi Magazines were partners in ''George''. CEO [[David Pecker]] said the decline was due to Kennedy's refusal to "take risks as an editor, despite the fact that he was an extraordinary risk taker in other areas of his life." Pecker also said, "He understood that the target audience for ''George'' was the eighteen-to-thirty-four-year-old demographic, yet he would routinely turn down interviews that would appeal to this age group, like [[Princess Diana]] or [[John Gotti Jr.]], to interview subjects like [[Dan Rostenkowski]] or [[Võ Nguyên Giáp]]."<ref name=Heymann438>Heymann, p. 438.</ref>
Shortly before his death, Kennedy had been planning a series of online chats with the 2000 presidential candidates. [[Microsoft]] was to provide the technology and pay for it while receiving advertising in ''George''.<ref name=Blow274>Blow, p. 274.</ref> After his death, the magazine was bought out by Hachette,<ref name="media">Bercovici, Jeff (2001). [http://www.medialifemagazine.com/news2001/jan01/jan02/5_fri/news1friday.html "Hachette delivers death ax to George"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930180348/http://www.medialifemagazine.com/news2001/jan01/jan02/5_fri/news1friday.html |date=September 30, 2007 }}. ''[[Media Life Magazine]]''.</ref> but it folded in early 2001.<ref name="cnn">[http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0101/06/rs.00.html "Reliable Sources: 'George' Folds"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160418152349/http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0101/06/rs.00.html |date=April 18, 2016 }}. CNN. January 6, 2001.</ref>