Back in March, the
New York Times
ran a
gracious profile of Brandon Holley
, former editor-in-chief of the dearly departed woman’s magazine Jane, detailing her transition from the high-paced, glitzy world of print to the wear-slippers-all-day world of her new online job at Yahoo’s Shine. No longer being wined and dined by obsequious Hollywood agents, she tells the
Times
: “It’s almost like I’m in hiding. Nobody calls me anymore.”
The phone’s about to be ringing again. This morning
Holley was named editor-in-chief of
Lucky
magazine
, replacing Kim France. I can’t say I expect
Lucky
to instantly start running scintillating features like
Jane
did over the years, everything from the
gallery of reader breasts
to the
American Apparel expose that earned mention
during Dov Charney’s sexual harrassment trial.
Lucky,
to some extent, has already set its limitations in that sphere, with the tagline “the magazine about shopping.” But, as far as I know, Conde Nast has never appointed anyone coming directly from the web to editor-in-chief, which is commendable in and of itself. Print stole one away from the Internet. It’s about time.