Vanity Fair will discontinue its The Hive and Hollywood Daily verticals and reduce news-aggregation, reviews and trade coverage as part of a sweeping editorial overhaul unveiled in an internal memo on 12 August. Newly installed editorial director Mark Guiducci said the magazine will instead treat every article as a core Vanity Fair story focused on entertainment, culture, money, politics and style. The reorganisation includes the creation of 13 positions, among them correspondents for Hollywood, Washington and style, a global creative director and social-media staff. At the same time, several employees are being let go, including chief critic Richard Lawson and Hollywood correspondent David Canfield. Guiducci, 37, took charge of the Condé Nast title on 30 June after the departure of former editor-in-chief Radhika Jones.
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New: Vanity Fair is sunsetting The Hive and other sections/verticals, per memo from new editor Mark Guiducci. “We will no longer think of something as a ‘Hive post’ or a ‘HWD post.’ We will treat each story as a Vanity Fair story.”
Mediagazer Internal memo: Vanity Fair will move away from news aggregation, reviews, and trade coverage, phasing out The Hive and Hollywood Daily (@xpangler / Variety) https://t.co/bUANclUOJU https://t.co/jVBnaPnHF8
Todd SpanglerVanity Fair is hiring 13 new staffers under Mark Guiducci’s leadership. At the same time, several VF staffers have been let go including chief critic Richard Lawson and Hollywood correspondent David Canfield https://t.co/lCz5ikjtwj via @variety
