• Forbes, Monday, September 8, 2008 10 AM

Vogue magazine does not have the most powerful American fashion editor. That honor goes to Glamour's editor-in-chief Cindi Leive. Vogue editor Anna Wintour ties for second place with Elle's Robbie Myers.

To establish the rankings, Forbes went beyond traditional factors, such as each magazine's rate base, ad pages and ad prices. It also included,the monthly unique user numbers for each publication's Web site to,determine how well the title is transitioning from print to the online format.

Glamour.com's Web traffic in July 2008 was 862,700 -- an increase of 118% from the year before, per comScore. In contrast, Style.com, the online home of Vogue, saw its unique users decrease by 23% in that same period.

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