• by Sara Guaglione , August 6, 2018

Joanna Coles, Chief Content Officer at Hearst Magazines, is taking measures to exit the magazine publisher, according to a report from the New York Post.

“Coles gave Hearst President and CEO Steve Swartz her resignation in recent days and on Friday was negotiating her exit package,” the report reads.

Heast did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

Coles has been at the company since 2006. She has served as Hearst's first Chief Content Officer since 2016. She was previously editor-in-chief of Cosmopolitan, and became the face of the brand during her four years there. She has also previously served as top editor of Marie Claire.

This news comes just over a week after Troy Young was promoted to president of Hearst Magazines, succeeding David Carey.

Immediately after the promotion of the former president of Hearst Magazines Digital Media, Young told the Post that “nothing has been decided” regarding the future of Coles. The publication reports Young and Coles butted heads at Hearst.

Coles, a native Brit known for her straightforward and often wry comments, is the inspiration behind Freeform TV show's “The Bold Type,” based loosely on her life in the magazine industry, and “So Cosmo,” the now-canceled reality show on E!

If Coles does leave Hearst, she will join a growing list of NYC-based celebrity editors moving away from the magazine industry. Last year, Cindi Leive left Glamour, Graydon Carter stepped down from Vanity Fair and Robbie Myers left Elle.

Rumors were circulating recently that iconic Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour was also thinking of leaving her post, but those whispers have been quelled by Condé Nast CEO, Bob Sauerberg.