Editor-In-Chief of British Vogue Edward Enninful and Anna Wintour, American Vogue Editor in Chief, spotted at Paris Fashion Week, October 2, 2023, in Paris, France. (Photo by Dave Benett/Getty Images)
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In tonight’s edition, following Anna Wintour’s shock announcement that she is stepping aside as editor of U.S. Vogue, we have reporting from within Condé’s One World Trade HQ as to who is in the running to replace her.
Plus, Andrew Ross Sorkin’s DealBook searches for a new editor, and why Rupert Murdoch was sighted on a Californian university campus.
Mentioned tonight: Edward Enninful, Chloe Malle, Sarah Harris, Chioma Nnadi, Michael Grynbaum, Amy Odell, Edmund Lee, Jodi Rudoren, Sam Dolnick, Jeff Bezos, and Sam Altman.
A Long Wintour
(Exclusive.) The hunt is on for a new editor of American Vogue after Anna Wintour told staff on Thursday that, after nearly 40 years, she would be stepping aside as its Editor in Chief, but remaining as Vogue’s Global Editorial Director.
We hear the move has been in the works for some time, and will allow Wintour, 74, more time to oversee Condé’s portfolio of magazines, as Chief Content Officer (the only publication Wintour does not oversee is the New Yorker, which remains David Remnick’s fiefdom).
The new role comes with the somewhat unglamorous title of “head of editorial content.” Breaker has learned that the early internal favorites for the job are…
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