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Revolving Door Newsletter: 03.23.07

Berner Burns Through Ranks Of Former Employers, Hires Faves

March 23, 2007

Mary Berner is determined to put her old Fairchild band back together at Reader's Digest, and is making waves at both her past and present employers in the process. The latest former lieutenant to join her is Alyce Alston, the former publisher of W who left the business a while back to become U.S. CEO of DeBeers. WWD reports that Alston will head up the newly formed Home & Garden and Health & Wellness divisions. She joins Eva Dillon and Suzanne Grimes, the latter of whom was finally replaced at Condé Nast this week by Gourmet publisher Amy ChurginAmy Churgin<...

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