Radhika Jones Officially Named as Next Vanity Fair Editor-in-Chief

Vanity Fair has officially named Radhika Jones as the magazine’s new editor-in-chief.

The New York Times initially reported a few days ago that Jones––currently the editorial director of the Times‘ books department––was going to be named as the EIC, succeeding Graydon Carter, this week.

And now it’s official:

Conde Nast officially announces the appointment of Radhika Jones as Vanity Fair’s next editor pic.twitter.com/EgUByDFM1N

— Jeremy Barr (@jeremymbarr) November 13, 2017

I’m honored and excited to succeed Graydon Carter as editor in chief of @VanityFair.

— Radhika Jones (@radhikajones) November 13, 2017

I’ll miss my @nytimes colleagues tremendously. It’s been a privilege to be part of Dean Baquet’s newsroom.

— Radhika Jones (@radhikajones) November 13, 2017

I’ll especially miss @pamelapaulNYT and the @nytimesbooks desk, outrageously well-read people with great taste in snacks.

— Radhika Jones (@radhikajones) November 13, 2017

And I’m so excited to meet the @VanityFair crew!

— Radhika Jones (@radhikajones) November 13, 2017

Prior to her work at the Times, Jones worked as a deputy editor at Time Magazine.

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