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Edward Enninful to exit as editor-in-chief of Vogue for new role

Edward Enninful is to step away from his roles as European editorial director of Vogue and editor-in-chief of British Vogue, to embark on a new chapter at Condé Nast in early 2024, according to Vogue Business. Enninful shared this news in a memo with his Vogue House team, extending his message to the heads of editorial content at Vogue France,...

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Condé Nast announces new finance chief

Fashion media conglomerate Condé Nast has announced the appointment of Nick Hotchkin to the position of chief financial officer, effective from May 15. Hotchkin joins the group from WW International, formerly WeightWatchers, where he was a senior executive, and served as chief operating officer, a member of the interim office of the CEO and...

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Condé Nast College acquired by BrandEd, plans to expand programmes

Education company BrandEd has announced the acquisition of the Condé Nast College of Fashion and Design, with new locations and programmes to be launched under the group’s ownership. Through the acquisition, BrandEd is looking to explore further expansion in association with brands under the Condé Nast umbrella, such as Vogue, Wired,...

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Condé Nast establishes global content partnership with Pinterest

Condé Nast Entertainment (CNE) and Pinterest have unveiled a new global content partnership with two of the media company’s brands, Vogue and Architectural Digest. The deal will see the two publications produce over 160 exclusive videos aligned with Pinterest’s key seasonal and cultural moments, beginning with Fashion Month in February and...

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Vogue magazine to reduce print issues to 10 editions per year

The future of printed fashion magazines has once again come under scrutiny, as Vogue, arguably the world’s most recognisable style publication, is to shrink its schedule to 10 issues per year. The number of publications will be reduced from 11, a schedule Conde Nast has adhered to over the past three years, prior to being a monthly release. With...

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A Vogue cover with Ukraine’s First Lady Zelenska garners criticism

Vogue has long been a magazine to feature political first ladies and leaders. American Vogue covers, by example, have featured most of its first families, from Dr Jill Biden and Michelle Obama to the debut of its first photographed political spouse in 1929, Lou Henry Hoover, the wife of then president Henry Hoover. Controversially, Melania Trump...

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Condé Nast to cease publishing Vogue Russia and other local titles

Condé Nast is to cease publishing Vogue Russia and all its local portfolio titles after new censorship laws came into effect. In a memo last week CEO Roger Lynch also cited the “senseless war” in the Ukraine as the reason to shutter operations. Vogue Russia had been suspended since March, just like many international businesses which halted...

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Condé Nast to suspend Russian publications

Condé Nast, the international publisher of fashion publications including Vogue, GQ and Glamour, is to suspend its Russian publishing operations. The media giant joins a host of news outlets, magazines, online and video news stations that are forced to pause reporting under Russia’s new stringent propaganda laws. In a memo Condé Nast CEO Roger...

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André Leon Talley, the pioneering American fashion journalist, dies at 73

André Leon Talley, the pioneering American fashion journalist, has died at the age of 73. A giant in terms of persona, industry presence and height – he was 6 feet, 6 inches tall -Talley died after a heart attack, as was first reported by Air Mail, the digital publication founded by Graydon Carter. Talley spent decades at Vogue, where he was the...

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Condé Nast to launch Vogue Phillippines

Condé Nast has launched Vogue Philippines, the 29th edition of the global fashion magazine. The title will launch with English-language print, digital and social platforms in September 2022, and will be published under license agreement with MEGA Global Licensing. Inc. “We’re thrilled to launch our 29th edition of Vogue in the Philippines, a...

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Former US Vogue editor-in-chief, Grace Mirabella, has died

Grace Mirabella, an American fashion journalist who helmed American Vogue from 1971 to 1988, has died at the age of 91. Mirabella, the predecessor to Anna Wintour, created a more modern magazine, reflective of the 70s, after she was promoted to editor-in-chief after the flamboyant years of Diana Vreeland. The seventies were a time of economic...

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Condé Nast names new chief business officer of style division

Elizabeth Webbe Lunny has been named Condé Nast’s new chief business officer of the company’s style division. She succeeds Susan Plagemann, the former publisher of Vogue, who recently exited the company after 11 years. In her new role, Lunny will oversee fashion and luxury advertising and lead the business strategy for Vogue, GQ, and Vanity Fair...