Conde Nast sticks with who they know

No wonder people can't even get an interview there. Conde Nast has filled two vacant posts with familiar faces. Paul Jowdy, vp, publisher of CN's Details, was named vp, publisher of Bon Appétit. Jowdy replaces Leslie Picard, who left the company this week to become senior vp, sales for Time Inc. Replacing Jowdy at Details will be former publisher Chris Mitchell. Mitchell had been vp, publisher at the men's monthly until leaving last September, at which time Jowdy took over the position. Mitchell left Conde to become CEO of a furniture company. We wonder why such a strange change of course, but he beat everyone to the punch and tried to explain himself: "It was something that I felt compelled to do at the time. Everyone has that one thing lurking at the back of their mind of what they should be doing. That one idea for me was, 'What would it be like to run your own business?'" Hmmm come to think of it feel like I should start a phone sex service!! [MW]