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country Dapper Men’s Vogue alum Jay Fielden is making Town & Country into a co-ed arbiter of journalism, with just a dollop of society gloss. Since September, publisher Valerie Salembier has been on board to revamp the business side. The Daily checks in on the relaunch… BY ALEXANDRA ILYASHOV photography by giorgio niro
Talk us through the new T&C. JF: The magazine was founded in 1846, so it’s obviously been doing something successful for a while! When I arrived, the command was to make the oldest general interest magazine in America new again,
with a seamless evolution. Which is… JF: I’ve been making the magazine more co-ed and truly general interest. I’ve also tried to give it more of a journalistic voice. Within the one percent, there are currently
revolutions, economic crises, and arguments—whether Greek shipping tycoons helping their country, or taxes for America’s mega-rich. So is it more newsy? JF: I hate the word ‘news’ because it gives