Vanity Fair Editor Radhika Jones to Step Down: ‘I Have Always Had a Horror of Staying Too Long at the Party’

variety.com:

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Radhika Jones will depart as editor in chief of Vanity Fair this spring, after more than seven years at the helm of the influential Condé Nast title.

Jones and Anna Wintour, Condé Nast chief content officer and global editorial director, informed staffers of Jones’ exit Thursday.

Jones, who joined Vanity Fair in November 2017, claimed that she had accomplished “virtually all” of the goals she had set for herself in taking on the EIC job, including “a vast and highly engaging social media audience,” entertainment projects with partners including FX, Amazon and Netflix; and “an epic party machine,” referring to the magazine’s annual Academy Awards afterparty. “Those of you who know me well know that I can be a little restless, once a mission is accomplished,” Jones wrote in the memo to Vanity Fair staffers. “And I have always had a horror of staying too long at the party.

So I’ve made the decision to leave Vanity Fair this spring. It was a difficult decision, because it has been a tremendous privilege to lead this team.” Prior to joining Vanity Fair, Jones was the editor of the New York Times books section, and earlier had worked at the Paris Review and Time, where she oversaw the Person of the Year franchise as well as the Time 100.