1) Conde Nast owns them. To say they don't have some involvement in all of their decisions (even if not directly) is a bit naive. 2) You're right, I mis-spoke

1) Conde Nast owns them. To say they don't have some involvement in all of their decisions (even if not directly) is a bit naive. 2) You're right, I mis-spoke and should have said "they may be" instead of "they're". That being said, I would hope any frequent internet dweller wouldn't argue semantics and would give me the benefit of the doubt with respect to tone and inflection.