Condé Nast is ending the year with a round of
layoffs.
There was no word on the number, but the cuts are expected to reach the C suite, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The reductions will not
affect The New Yorker.
There also will be editorial changes. Jessica Cruel, the editor in chief of Allure, will take on the same role at Self, The
Hollywood Reporter also reports. That magazine’s current editor in chief, Rachel Wilkerson Miller, is stepping down in February.
Earlier this year, the
company announced that Pitchfork will be merged with Condé Nast's men's magazine GQ, resulting in an unspecified number of layoffs.
And last year, at precisely
this time, Condé Nast’s CEO Roger Lynch announced in an email to employees that Condé Nast was cutting its staff by 5%, affecting 270 workers. Lynch blamed the layoffs on
digital advertising pressures, a decline in social media traffic and a move by the audience to short-form video.
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