This is the latest according to Gawker:
“The Waverly Inn was crawling with Condé Nast insiders earlier tonight, some of whom had been waiting as long as 20 years for the appetizer: The hot, delicious rumor that Si Newhouse was meeting in Paris with Carine Roitfeld to work out the final details of the French Vogue editor’s move to New York, where she is expected to take over flagship Vogue from Anna Wintour immediately after New Year’s. It did not go unnoticed when Condé Nast overlord Newhouse departed early for his annual three-week December vacation in Vienna; it turns out he needed time for his meeting with uptight Wintour’s chic Parisian counterpart.
“Corporate colleagues also arched their eyebrows when Wintour told a reporter at the National Magazine Awards to ‘Just go away’ after she asked about rumors of the editor-in-chief’s impending retirement. The touchy reply added to their suspicion that Wintour, who just this past June celebrated two decades atop Vogue, was worried about being pushed out by Newhouse before she’d lined up a soft landing elsewhere. Her purported $2-million-per-year salary is seen as a hindrance, given the state of the economy, in lining up a follow-on fashion gig of the sort that seems natural, post Vogue: creative director at LVMH, that sort of thing.
“Whether the palace intrigue at the world’s fashion bible unfolds according to the Waverly buzz or not, it is clear the Vogue masthead is not at equilibrium. Wintour in recent years positioned herself as a sort of mini-mogul over various baby Vogues. But this fall, she’s fallen back down to earth. The closure of Men’s Vogue was a major personal embarrassment. It followed a possibly fatal blow to the Vogue Living experiment and the cancellation of Fashion Rocks. Worst of all, it came amid slipping numbers at Vogue itself, as competitors leveraged reality television to undermine the title’s dominance over the world of fashion.
“The poor performance surely undermined Wintour within Condé Nast. But even if the legendary editor-from-hell still had Si Newhouse’s full support, there’s the issue of personal satisfaction: Wintour could hardly be expected to content herself with a downgrade from “editorial director” of a magazine collection to mere editor-in-chief of a single title, shrinking in ad pages and influence. Even if Wintour does not yet realize that, Newhouse surely does. Thus we see the unwelcome rumors of her retirement in the tabloids. And so it may be that a French revolution comes to Vogue in January 2009.”
Source: Gawker
I think Anna Wintour had a good run. Vogue is not doing half as well as they have in the past- especially with sales and ads. I think an overhall is much needed for them to succeed.
Let’s admit it: She has done an amazing job for Vogue and the fashion industry which cannot be compared to anyone else in the industry. Yes, she is a tough woman, but that’s why she is successful. Had she been a man, her leadership style would never have been an issue. That’s equal opportunities for you.
Anna Wintour is fashion! She is vogue! Whatever happens Anna is what people buy vogue for sure she might have made mistakes but haven’t we all she is the embodiment of fashion firing her would mean the end of not only vogue, not only conde nast but fashion itself
i love anna wintour!! she is a fashion icon and nobody can ever replace her. yeah she’s tough but what do you expect?? thats why any body who comes out of vouge will be highly succesful
Laughable article now, isn’t it? Anna’s Fashion’s Night Out tops any cheesy reality show and has a much better intended purpose, something actually adhering to the industry and current times, perfectly replaces all other “failures” and is not Project Runway tacky. Nothing beats Vogue and Anna will step down when she decides especially now with her increasing stardom, 60 minuets, The September Issue film and issue itself making Vogue History and the constant promoting of FNO on late nights has projected her status ten times. She’s got the fashion industry, Si and Conde by the balls. Carine is nothing more than a stylist who worked for Vogue in 2001 and was handed a job not by Conde but by Anna whilst she keep a watchful eye. A woman who is known for pumping up her competition and then pulling the rug from under their feet leaving them destitute is not going to be overrun by someone she promoted alongside a designer (Tom Ford), jut look at Kathy Betts.