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Condé Nast Folds Teen Vogue Into Vogue.com as Politics Desk Disbands

Condé Nast says limited reach prompted the move to fold the brand into Vogue.com.

Overview

  • The standalone Teen Vogue site has been shuttered, with content to live on Vogue.com focusing on career development, cultural leadership and issues important to young readers.
  • Editor-in-chief Versha Sharma exited as seven staffers were laid off, including politics editor Lex McMenamin and features director Brittney McNamara.
  • The politics desk was dissolved in the transition, drawing condemnation from the Teen Vogue union, which said the decision blunts the magazine’s journalism.
  • Condé Nast said Teen Vogue faced persistent scale and audience challenges and that integration offers a larger audience, stronger distribution and more resources.
  • Industry reporting describes the move as part of fashion media’s broader retreat from politics, with outlets such as Cosmopolitan and Glamour reducing or removing those sections.