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Opinion: who will buy Condé Nast?

The wave of layoffs currently sweeping through editorial staff belonging to Condé Nast is officially a classic restructuring measure intended to restore the group's financial health. Health made fragile due to the structural decline in sales of printed magazines and the advertising revenues that accompany these number sales - a decline not met...

Fashion

Condé Nast launches Vogue Man Hong Kong

Condé Nast has debuted new style publication Vogue Man in Hong Kong. The men’s edition of the famous fashion magazine will be published together with the April and September issues of Vogue Hong Kong and run biannually. Its latest regional magazine dedicated to men’s style will join the editions published in France, Italy, UAE, Ukraine and the...

People

Condé Nast names new chief financial officer

Jackie Marks has been named Condé Nast’s new chief financial officer. She succeeds Mike Goss, who previously held the role from 2019 until his recent departure. Marks comes from the finance world, recently holding a position at asset management firm Mercer. She does have media experience, having held leadership roles at Thomson Reuters. Marks...

People

Vogue China appoints Margaret Zhang as editor in chief

Vogue China has appointed Austrialian-Chinese blogger Margaret Zhang as its new editor in chief. Zhang replaces founding editor Angelica Cheung, who helmed the Asia style publication for 16 years. Zhang, who is 27 and has not previously edited a magazine, becomes the youngest Conde Nast editor to be in the role. The shift in strategy may be see...

Business

Condé Nast appoints Edward Enninful as Vogue's European editorial director

A sea of change at Condé Nast has seen a myriad of departures at Vogue magazine around the world. While it was by no means a mass exodus as some news outlets reported, a number of company’s highest-level editors and executives in key European markets, together with Germany, Spain and Italy, have indeed left. Edward Enninful, British Vogue editor...

People

Anna Wintour becomes chief content editor of Conde Nast

Anna Wintour has been promoted to the position of global chief content editor at Condé Nast. The role was created to help unify the publisher's international and U.S. operations. Wintour will continue her existing duties as editor in chief of Vogue U.S., while overseeing the 25 global editions of the magazine. She will report to chief executive...

Fashion Featured

Models sue Vogue and Moda Operandi over ‘pervasive’ image misuse

An alliance of 44 models is suing Vogue publisher Condé Nast and online fashion retailer Moda Operandi for “broadly” using their images to sell high fashion garments without authorized permission. A complaint filed on September 4th at the US District Court for the Southern District of New York accuses the fashion publisher and luxury e-tailer of...

Fashion

Vogue Business introduces paid membership program

From retail to content, membership programs are the way forward. Vogue Business has just announced the launch of its new membership program, which will give its readers new data-driven insights for industry professionals. The Vogue Business membership program is formed into three tiers, allowing members benefits that fit their specific...

Fashion Featured

UK Vogue Editor in Chief is victim of racial profiling

When Edward Enninful was appointed Editor in Chief of British Vogue in 2017 the last thing he expected was to be obstructed from walking through the building’s front door. Yet that is precisely what happened on Wednesday when a doorman to the Conde Nast London office on Hanover Square prevented Enninful from entering and instead directed him to...

Business

Suzy Menkes exits Vogue

Suzy Menkes, the coiffed critic who put catwalk fashion on the map at the International Herald Tribune and later New York Times, is exiting her role at Vogue International. The news comes as the 2020 Condé Nast Luxury Conference is canceled, of which Menkes was curator and host. A statement on its website said: “After five successful editions of...

Fashion

British Vogue pays tribute to frontline workers

British Vogue for its July issue will feature three frontline workers on its coveted covers. Photographed by Jamie Hawkesworth, the Conde Nast-owned publication sees a community midwife, a train driver and supermarket worker grace its coverstory, a tribute to key workers providing essential services during the Covid-19 crisis. In a statement...

Fashion

British Vogue publishes oldest cover star in its history

British Vogue’s June issue features the magazine’s oldest cover star in its history. The Conde Nast owned publication celebrates 85 year-old actress Dame Judi Dench, as photographed by Nick Knight. “The shoot meant an awful lot to her,” Dench’s daughter, Finty Williams told Vogue. “This age thing, I think, affects very much how she feels about...