Radhika Jones, a Times Books Editor, Said to Be Next Vanity Fair Editor<br />In anointing Ms. Jones, who holds degrees from Harvard College<br />and Columbia University, Vanity Fair has placed its future in the hands of a woman — the first since Tina Brown served as the magazine’s editor from 1984 until 1992 — who has cultivated the kind of sophistication and prestige that Condé Nast has long valued.<br />In a dramatic changing of the guard, Radhika Jones, the editorial director of the books department at<br />and a former top editor at Time magazine, is expected to be named the next editor of Vanity Fair, according to two people with knowledge of the decision.<br />Before joining the books desk at The Times last year, Ms. Jones was deputy managing editor at Time magazine, where she oversaw the Time 100 issue.<br />In a magazine business that has lost much of its luster in recent years, Vanity Fair has largely retained its glow,<br />and its editorship remains one of the most coveted in the business.<br />While at Vanity Fair, Mr. Carter became a celebrity in his own right, wielding his influence beyond the world of print magazines.<br />Her deep familiarity with celebrity, journalism, art<br />and publishing were probably big draws for Condé Nast, whose editors are often expected to mingle among influential people in the disparate spheres covered by their publications.
