Yesterday's surprise announcement that Conde Nast will be starting a business magazine, and that New Yorker publisher David Carey — the man who finally brought Eustace Tilley & Co. to profitability — will be overseeing it, left a hole in the CNP org chart. We thought we had a hot tip on who's moving where to fill it, but when we called communications veep Maurie Perl to get confirmation we learned she'd already issued a press release. (This is why we don't like talking to people; if we don't, no one can shatter our illusions.) Here are the new appointments:

• Lou Cona, publisher of Vanity Fair, has been named publisher of The New Yorker.

• Alan Katz, publisher of Cargo, has been named publisher of Vanity Fair.

• New Cargo publisher TK soon, Perl promises. So get moving quick, boys; this could be your chance to get close to foxy Ariel Foxman.

Two press releases after the jump.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 25, 2005

LOUIS CONA NAMED VICE PRESIDENT AND
PUBLISHER OF THE NEW YORKER

Louis Cona has been named Vice President & Publisher of The New Yorker, it was announced today by Charles H. Townsend, President and C.E.O. of Cond Nast Publications, Inc. His appointment is effective in September.

Mr. Cona has been Vice President & Publisher of Vanity Fair magazine since March, 2001. In the past five years, Vanity Fair was named to the AdWeek Hot List in 2001, 2002, 2004, and 2005. Prior to joining Vanity Fair Mr. Cona was publisher of In Style magazine since 1996. Cona joined Time Inc. in 1989 and spent four years at People, first as a sales representative and then as advertising division manager. Before joining Time Inc., Cona held several positions in advertising sales at USA Today and Scholastic, Inc.

Mr. Cona graduated from New York University and lives in Long Island with his wife and their three children.

Cond Nast Publications, Inc. currently publishes eighteen magazines. It is a unit of the Advance Magazine Group, which includes Cond Nast Publications, Fairchild Publications, Parade Publications, Golf Digest Companies, and Cond Net.

PRESS CONTACT: Maurie Perl, Senior Vice President, Corporate Communications (212) 286-XXXX

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 25, 2005

ALAN KATZ NAMED VICE PRESIDENT
AND PUBLISHER OF VANITY FAIR

Alan Katz has been named Vice President & Publisher of Vanity Fair, it was announced today by Charles Townsend, President and C.E.O. of Cond Nast Publications, Inc. His appointment is effective in September.

Mr. Katz became Publisher of Cargo in May, 2003, where he oversaw the 2004 launch of the magazine. Katz joined Cond Nast from New York magazine, where he was named Publisher in 1999. Previously, he held various advertising positions at New York after joining the company in 1989 as a sales representative.

Mr. Katz graduated from William Paterson University. He lives in Manhattan with his wife and three children.

Cond Nast Publications, Inc. currently publishes eighteen magazines. It is a unit of the Advance Magazine Group, which includes Cond Nast Publications, Fairchild Publications, Parade Publications, Golf Digest Companies, and Cond Net.

PRESS CONTACT: Maurie Perl, Senior Vice President, Corporate Communications (212) 286-XXXX