US EditionVanity Fair Staff Threaten to Quit as New Editor Proposes Melania Trump Cover
New Vanity Fair editor Mark Guiducci's plan to feature Melania Trump challenges prior editorial norms, sparking staff threats to quit amid concerns over political normalization.
- In June 2024, Mark Guiducci took over as editor of Vanity Fair and contemplated placing Melania Trump, the First Lady, on the magazine’s front cover.
- This proposal followed Trump's 2024 election victory and Guiducci's mandate to broaden Vanity Fair's coverage to include cultural right figures.
- Some Vanity Fair staff strongly opposed the idea, with a mid-level editor threatening to quit and claiming, "Half my staff will follow me."
- In a December 2024 interview with Fox News, Melania Trump stated that she has appeared on numerous magazine covers in the past and emphasized that there are more important matters for her to concentrate on than being featured on magazine covers.
- The potential cover sparked division, suggesting tensions at Vanity Fair could impact editorial direction amid broader cultural debates on representation.
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Revolt at 'Vanity Fair' as Whining Staff Threaten 'Team Walkout' After New Editor Weighs Up Featuring Melania Trump on Cover: 'We Are Not Going to Normalize This Despot and His Wife'
Vanity Fair is facing a mass staff revolt over plans put forward by the magazine's controversial new editor Mark Guiducci to make Melania Trump a cover star.
Vanity Fair's editor-in-chief wants to put Melania Trump on the cover. But a middle manager at the magazine claims that "half" of the staff will quit then. - Just the thought of it disgusts me, the middle manager tells the Daily Mail.
Vanity Fair editor rages over potential Melania Trump cover, predicts half the editorial staff ‘will walk’
One Vanity Fair editor expressed outrage at First Lady Melania Trump being potentially featured on the magazine’s cover, according to the Daily Mail. The UK outlet reported that several anonymous staffers claimed there would be a meltdown at the fashion magazine if global editorial director Mark Guiducci went through with his idea of putting Trump on its cover. "I will walk out the motherf----- door, and half my staff will follow me," one editor…
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