Radhika Jones, Vanity Fair’s Surprise Choice, Is Ready to Go

Radhika Jones, Vanity Fair’s Surprise Choice, Is Ready to Go
“One thing I really learned from my father,” Ms. Jones said in an interview on Sunday night, “was the kind of excitement
and rush of discovering new talent and keeping an open mind to new voices and bringing artists together.”
That love of discovery will come into play for Ms. Jones, the editorial director of the books department at and a former top editor at Time magazine, now
that she has accepted one of the most high-profile jobs in media: editor in chief of Vanity Fair.
“We really wanted someone who could do the job and be a worthy successor to Graydon, and I think we found someone.”
“She has vision and energy and a very active mind,” Mr. Newhouse added, “and I think that’s what Vanity Fair needs.”
Ms. Jones was the only candidate Mr. Newhouse met.
Whip-smart and unassuming, with meticulous handwriting and an erstwhile fondness for Tetris, Ms. Jones seems suited to a new era — of transformation
but also of restraint — at Vanity Fair and Condé Nast.