Graydon Carter raided Hearst to find a new deputy editor for Vanity Fair.
Mark Rozzo, who was an executive editor at Town & Country, is joining Vanity Fair as deputy editor.
Although technically not a direct replacement, a slot on the masthead opened recently when 82-year-old Wayne Lawson retired.
He had been listed as the executive literary editor, and had been at the magazine from its relaunch in 1983 under short-lived first editor Richard Locke, through all the subsequent editors, including Tina Brown and Carter.
Lawson’s first boss lasted less than a year, but he apparently had a good eye for hiring talent. Lawson spent more than 30 years on the title.
Rozzo, who is only half Lawson’s age, had been at T&C since 2011, but has deep ties to Conde Nast, having earlier served as the deputy editor on the launch of Men’s Vogue, where he was from 2005 to 2008, and an earlier gig at the New Yorker.
“We’re pleased to bring him back to Conde Nast,” said Carter. The mag now has four deputy editors, including Aimee Bell, Dana Brown and Punch Hutton.