Teen Vogue’s No. 2 publisher is leaving the Condé Nast title – the day after Alexi McCammond, who was due to become editor-in-chief next week, resigned in a storm of controversy over racist tweets she made as a college freshman. decade before.
“I’ve been sitting in this ad for a while, but today is my last day as an executive editor for @TeenVogue!” Samhita Mukhopadhyay, executive editor of Teen Vogue, announced his departure on Twitter on Friday. “Working here has been one of the most rewarding, challenging and important experiences of my life.”
“The work we did at Teen Vogue is historic and I know that the team will only continue this legacy. It was a difficult year and a few weeks especially difficult for us. It will take a while to process everything, ”she continued.
“But I stand firm in my belief in the transformative power of stories and in the importance of amplifying the most marginalized voices, those that liberate us.”
Mukhopadhyay – seen as one of the driving forces behind the digital magazine’s aggressive push to cover LBGTQ issues and the presidential election, broadening its audience beyond the world of fashion and makeup – declined to comment further on Friday.
His departure, however, did not appear to be directly linked to the turmoil surrounding McCammond, and would have been announced internally about six weeks ago.
A source familiar with Mukopadhyay, who joined Teen Vogue in 2018, said she made the decision to resign when former publisher Lindsey Peoples Wagner announced her departure in early January, saying she would return to New York magazine to take over the blog. fashion, The Cortar.
His departure signals that Condé Nast chief Anna Wintour did not have a “Plan B” to promote an in-house candidate to fill the vacant position as editor-in-chief for Teen Vogue, now that Alexi McCammond has retired.
Conde Nast spokesmen did not immediately return calls.