Memo Pad: Special Exit... All Hal, All The Time... Publisher Shuffle...
Published: Wednesday, February 07, 2007
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PUBLISHER SHUFFLE: Speculation about a publisher shuffle at some of Condé Nast's underperforming titles has swirled for months, but the company instead came up with a surprise swap between publishers at two of its better performers. Vice president and publisher Giulio Capua is leaving Gourmet to join Architectural Digest, while Amy Churgin is leaving Architectural Digest to go to Gourmet. The changes are effective immediately.Both publishers are well-liked within the company, according to insiders, and the switch was in the works for some time. Gourmet's Capua had a strong year in terms of ad pages in 2006, finishing up 7.3 percent at 1,352 pages. Architectural Digest's pages finished flat at 1,709 pages, according to Publishers Information Bureau.
Capua joined Gourmet in June 2002, and was named vice president in 2004. Prior to Gourmet, he spent 12 years at GQ, working his way up from sales representative to associate publisher. Churgin has served as publisher of Architectural Digest since November 1999, and was named a vice president in 2001. Prior to joining Condé Nast, she was group publisher at Primedia, where she oversaw New York, Chicago, and Automobile, and also held positions at Seventeen, Elle and European Travel & Life. — S.D.S.
WHERE'S ROGER?: Last season, Vogue editor in chief Anna Wintour conspicuously squired tennis champ Roger Federer around the shows — including in the front row at Marc Jacobs — and he later ended up being profiled in Men's Vogue. Not this time round, though, for the champ. At Monday night's Marc Jacobs show, Wintour accompanied singer and actor Harry Connick Jr. So is a Men's Vogue cover or profile in the works? No, a spokesman said. "They're just friends. They've known each other for a long time. It's a consequence of their friendship and not out of any forthcoming editorial," he explained. But one thing was clear from the chuckles between the duo: Wintour doesn't hold a grudge against Connick ribbing her at last year's CFDA Awards, when he swiped her trademark Chanel sunglasses and evening clutch and proclaimed while presenting the Menswear Designer of the Year Award: "Anna, how do you see out of those things?"— S.D.S.



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