Friday, September 21, 2012

Keija Minor Named 'Brides' Editor-In-Chief, First African-American To Head Up A CondeNast Magazine

Keija Minor Named 'Brides' Editor-In-Chief, First African-American To Head Up A CondeNast Magazine: Keija Minor has been named the editor-in-chief of Brides, making her the first person of color to ever hold the title at a CondeNast Publications (CNP) magazine.

To put it simply--Minor's new appointment is major news.

CNP, the privately owned company that produces 18 magazines including Vogue, Glamour, Vanity Fair and GQ, has been in existence since 1909. That's 103 years that no black editor has ever been named to the top of an editorial masthead at the company--until now. Yikes!

Minor fills the top spot at Brides that was left vacant after the announcement earlier this month that Anne Fulenwider would be leaving the title to become the new editor-in-chief of Marie Claire.

Minor's new gig got us wondering: Are there or have there ever been any other black editor-in-chiefs at mainstream publications?