Condé Nast Chooses a Digital-First Editor to Run Glamour
When she assumes her post the week of Jan. 15, Ms. Barry — who was most recently the executive producer for social
and emerging media at CNN Worldwide — will become the eighth editor of the women’s title since its founding in 1939 and the first person with an exclusively digital and television background to lead a Condé Nast magazine.
In a statement, Anna Wintour, the editor in chief of Vogue
and Condé Nast’s artistic director, said Ms. Barry was “fearless like so many leaders of the moment.”
“We recognized at once that Sam would be the perfect editor for a new more ambitious era of Glamour’s future,” she said.
In 2016, Glamour endorsed a presidential candidate for the first time in its long history when Ms. Leive backed Hillary Clinton in a piece headlined “In This Election, I’m With Her.”
That year it also published an essay by Barack Obama titled “This Is What a Feminist Looks Like.”
Like many similar publications, Glamour has expanded far beyond its glossy pages.
Started by Condé Nast (the man himself) and originally called Glamour of Hollywood, Glamour
has won numerous National Magazine Awards, including Magazine of the Year in 2010.
“We can not wait to see her vision unfold.”
Last year, Condé Nast brought in $100 million less in revenue than it had in 2016, according to a person briefed on the company’s
finances, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss internal financial matters at the privately held company.