from nypost.com
Yesterday was the Condé Nast annual Christmas luncheon, which kicks off the annual Kremlinological analysis of the seating chart to see who falls where in the pecking order of the magazine conglomerate, as established by proximity to top dog Si Newhouse. NYPost Media Inkster Keith Kelly has the breakdown, and reports that Glamour editorCindi Leive snagged the all-important seat to Newhouse's right, signalling her ascendance to the top echelons of the organization, at the power table along with Vogue editor Anna Wintour (a fixture near Newhouse at these luncheons) plus Domino editor Deborah Needleman, plus new Vanity Fair publisher Edward Menicheschi. Meanwhile, his VF colleague Graydon Carter held down the fort at Table 1 (what Kelly called "the bleacher seats"), while Jane editor Brandon Holley and the New Yorker editor David Remnick were no doubt placing bets on when 30-Year Old Virgin Sarah diMuro will lose it. The only person who seems not to care is Newhouse, who told Kelly that seating didn't matter "as long as you're in the room." Easy to say when you make the seating chart, but whatever. Assess and analyze more fully here.
