In a long NYT profile, James Truman,
who resigned as Conde Nast’s editorial director eight years ago, says he
believed that the job would be largely focused on cost-cutting going forward,
and that “the problems magazines faced didn’t and don’t have editorial
solutions.” He adds: “I think magazines are going to be somewhat like
department stores. They’ll stay in business, but you’ll wonder why, since you
get everything in them from other places, usually with a better customer
experience.”
