Aww: NYT exec editor Bill Keller is "sad" that Adam Moss is leaving the NYT for NY mag. Actually, the only thing interesting in the official memo from the New York Times is that Adam's last day will be this Friday. That's intriguing: Adam's desk is apparently already cleared off and the decision has been in the making for a while, eh? Secretive bastards.

Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2004 11:34:06 -0500
>To: Newsroom
>From: Bill Keller
>
>To the Staff,
>
> I'm sad to announce that the new owners of New York Magazine
>have persuaded Adam Moss to take over their magazine and infuse it
>with his journalistic magic. Friday will be his last day, and I miss
>him already.
> Since he took over the newly created job of features czar
>last summer, Adam has been an enthusiastic and inventive partner. He
>has helped us propel a number of ambitious projects from conception
>toward realization: a major enhancement of our culture coverage, a
>search for a new editor to preside over an overhaul of the Book
>Review, a redesign of our real estate coverage. Adam is one of a
>handful of editors I know who is equally (and remarkably) adept at
>high-end journalism and popular culture. He has brought fresh
>thinking and fresh energy to The Times and, for me and many others,
>has contributed mightily to the fun of working here.
> But he is, in his heart, a conceiver and inventor of
>magazines. I wish him happiness and success.
>
> Bill