Jones top VF editor
Condé Nast officially unveiled Radhika Jones as the new editor-in-chief of Vanity Fair, succeeding Graydon Carter, who is stepping down after 25 years at the helm.
In picking Jones, the publishing giant is banking on an editor with literary ties and experience developing digital businesses, but who has no profile in the fashion world or in Hollywood, where Carter had established himself as a kingmaker.
Her appointment shows the pivotal role that New Yorker Editor David Remnick played in picking a successor to Carter. It was Remnick who championed her and brought her to the attention of Anna Wintour, the Vogue editor-in-chief and Condé Nast artistic director, and Condé Nast CEO Bob Sauerberg.
“Yes, that is fair to say,” said Sauerberg when asked about Remnick’s fateful introduction.