Anna Wintour’s ‘pivotal decision’ to cede (some) control

Anna Wintour at the 2025 Met Gala last month. (Photo credit: Nina Westervelt for The New York Times)

Anna Wintour shocked the media and fashion worlds on Thursday when she said she would give up her role as editor of American Vogue. It’s a shift in power, but not the end of her run as the world’s most famous magazine editor.

At Condé Nast, where she has worked since 1983, Ms. Wintour has three jobs. Once she relinquishes the editor in chief title, that role will no long exist.

Instead, a “head of editorial content” — a newly created role at American Vogue — will report directly to her.

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