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Kate Reardon departs as Editor of Tatler

Kate Reardon has departed from her role as Editor of Tatler, it was announced today by Albert Read, Managing Director of Condé Nast Britain.

Under Reardon’s seven-year Editorship, Tatler has captured the zeitgeist and charted the influx of new wealth and shifts in aristocratic fortunes. The magazine has also tackled domestic abuse and championed gay women.

In 2014, BBC2 broadcast a three-part documentary, Posh People: Inside Tatler, featuring Reardon and other staff members. It has now been viewed by nearly seven million people.

Other innovative developments of the brand under Reardon’s leadership include successful B2C events, as well as the annual Schools Guide and Awards, all of which have capitalised on Tatler’s authority in the education sector. Reardon has also steered Tatler into the digital age, growing unique users and page views tenfold and tripling the brand’s following on social media channels.

Nicholas Coleridge, Chairman of Condé Nast Britain, commented: “Kate has been a first class Editor of Tatler, producing a magazine of wit, mischief and glamour. She has an instinctive understanding of her readers. You feel her personality on every page.”

Reardon began her career as a 19-year-old Fashion Assistant at American Vogue, and at 21 was made the Fashion Director of Tatler – the youngest ever at Condé Nast. She was a Founding Advisory Board Member of Net-a-Porter.com, has written three separate columns for The Times – which named her one of Britain’s best writers – and spent a decade as a Contributing Editor at Vanity Fair.

She remarked on her resignation: “I’ve had the time of my life and will be forever grateful to Jonathan Newhouse for the extraordinary experience of being a Condé Nast Editor. I’ve also had the immense good fortune to work with some mind-blowingly talented, hardworking and funny people – it really has been a joy. I will share the news of my new venture when it’s appropriate.”

In 2007 Reardon founded the women’s community site TopTips.com. The business, which was well ahead of its time with a user-generated content model, was a multi-platform success – generating a column in the Daily Mail, a weekly slot on ITV breakfast television and two bestselling books. In 2011 Reardon returned to Tatler as Editor.

Deputy Editor Gavanndra Hodge will oversee the title in the interim and a successor will be announced in the New Year.

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