Connie Anne Phillips, a star publisher at Time Inc.’s InStyle until just recently, is returning to Condé Nast, where she will take over for Bill Wackermann as publisher of Glamour magazine.
Wackermann — a “Mr. Fix It” who didn’t quite get the job done this time — will move to Condé Nast Traveler as executive vice president and publications director.
Last week, Traveler’s former publisher, Carolyn Kremins, was moved to Condé’s Epicurious.com as senior vice president and general manager, replacing Beth-Ann Eason, who moved to Condé-owned Ziplist.
Phillips announced May 9 she was leaving, telling friends she wanted to be with her ailing father, who died of a heart attack on May 31.
Now that she has landed at Glamour little more than a month later, some industry sources are flabbergasted that there was not a non-compete in place at Time Inc.
Phillips spent 14 years at Condé before jumping nearly five years ago to In Style, where ad pages climbed steadily during her tenure.