• by Ray Schultz , April 6, 2025

Radhika Jones, saying she has “always had a horror of staying too long at the party,” is stepping down as editor in chief of Vanity Fair.

Jones is leaving after seven years in the post, effective this spring. The announcement was made last Thursday by Jones and an emotional Anna Wintour, chief content officer of Condé Nast, according to a report by New York magazine. 

Condé Nast is in the process of seeking a replacement. 

Jones feels that her mission at Vanity Fair has been accomplished. "Vanity Fair is a thriving modern publication with incisive, lively reporting; a vast and highly engaging social media audience; a studio business with terrific projects under our belt and in the works on FX, Amazon, Netflix, and more; a video powerhouse; and an epic party machine, to which this year’s Oscar party (my seventh!) was testament," she wrote. 

New York Magazine suggested that Vanity Fair was suffering from “a deepening malaise.” But Wintour told the staff that “Radhika has shown herself to be as much at home on the red carpet as sitting front row, and has graciously hosted the most legendary party in Hollywood. She has done it all with poise and wit and wisdom.”