Overview

• Semafor reported that new global editorial director Mark Guiducci has told people he is interested in featuring First Lady Melania Trump on a future Vanity Fair cover.
• Anonymous staff quotes published by the Daily Mail threatened a walkout over a Melania cover, while other employees said the quitting talk is performative and unlikely to materialize.
• Fox & Friends amplified the flap, with Brian Kilmeade urging staff to expose and fire the anonymous complainers and Ainsley Earhardt pledging to buy multiple copies if a cover runs.
• Vanity Fair and Condé Nast have not announced any cover decision, and there has been no new statement from Melania Trump’s team as of Aug. 27.
• Coverage notes Melania’s absence from U.S. Condé Nast covers during Trump’s first term in contrast with Michelle Obama and Jill Biden, and cites Melania’s past comment that she has no interest in magazine covers.