Condé Nast Chooses a Digital-First Editor to Run Glamour<br />When she assumes her post the week of Jan. 15, Ms. Barry — who was most recently the executive producer for social<br />and emerging media at CNN Worldwide — will become the eighth editor of the women’s title since its founding in 1939 and the first person with an exclusively digital and television background to lead a Condé Nast magazine.<br />In a statement, Anna Wintour, the editor in chief of Vogue<br />and Condé Nast’s artistic director, said Ms. Barry was “fearless like so many leaders of the moment.”<br />“We recognized at once that Sam would be the perfect editor for a new more ambitious era of Glamour’s future,” she said.<br />In 2016, Glamour endorsed a presidential candidate for the first time in its long history when Ms. Leive backed Hillary Clinton in a piece headlined “In This Election, I’m With Her.”<br />That year it also published an essay by Barack Obama titled “This Is What a Feminist Looks Like.”<br />Like many similar publications, Glamour has expanded far beyond its glossy pages.<br />Started by Condé Nast (the man himself) and originally called Glamour of Hollywood, Glamour<br />has won numerous National Magazine Awards, including Magazine of the Year in 2010.<br />“We can not wait to see her vision unfold.”<br />Last year, Condé Nast brought in $100 million less in revenue than it had in 2016, according to a person briefed on the company’s<br />finances, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss internal financial matters at the privately held company.
