They're getting so used to moving publishers around at Si Newhouse's magazine companies that now they can do it virtually in their sleep. Chris Mitchell, publisher of Details since April 2004, quit Wednesday to go make furniture. Already there's a replacement: Paul Jowdy, who's moving from the associate publisher position at Vanity Fair.

Will this set off a whole chain of moves, like when David Carey left The New Yorker last month. We can only hope.

The Jowdy press release is after the jump.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Andrea Kaplan (212) 630-XXXX

PAUL JOWDY OF VANITY FAIR NAMED
PUBLISHER OF DETAILS

NEW YORK, September 16, 2005 — Mary G. Berner, president and CEO of Fairchild Publications, today announced that Paul Jowdy, associate publisher of Vanity Fair, has been named publisher of Details magazine.

He replaces Chris Mitchell who resigned earlier this week to become CEO of BDDW, a furniture company. Mr. Jowdy's appointment is effective October 5th.

For the last two years, Mr. Jowdy was most recently associate publisher of Vanity Fair. Prior to that, he served as advertising director of Cond Nast Traveler. Previously, Mr. Jowdy worked as the sales development manager for Details for three years when it was under the Cond Nast umbrella.

Ms. Berner said, "Paul's track record makes him a perfect choice for this position. Since he's worked at Details before, he has a real feel for the DNA of the magazine."

Mr. Jowdy earned a BBA from the University of Miami, Florida. He resides in Manhattan.

Fairchild Publications, a unit of Advance Publications, Inc., is the world's leading publisher of fashion and retail publications, with 21 titles in six divisions: WWDMedia Worldwide, consumer, business-to-business, Internet, conferences, and books. The company's titles are: Women's Wear Daily (WWD), WWDScoop, WWDBeauty Biz, Children's Business, DNR, Footwear News, Home Furnishings News (HFN), InFurniture, and Supermarket News in the business-to-business division and W, Jane, Details, Vitals Man, Vitals Woman, Brides, Modern Bride, Elegant Bride, Modern Bride Connection, Your Prom, and W Jewelry in the consumer division. Cookie, a luxury family lifestyle magazine, will launch in November.

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