Why Jane Pratt Left 'Jane'
This week has been all about Jane: Why Pratt left her eponymous magazine, whether or not the glossy has an identity crisis, and its future under new EIC Brandon Holley. Interestingly, Folio suggests that perhaps Pratt didn't leave as voluntarily as she might have us think:
[A]ccording to sources close to the magazine, her leaving had less to do with her wanderlust and more to do with a power struggle between Pratt and Fairchild s upper ranks that had been brewing for more than a year.
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A source close to the magazine says that a tearful Pratt told her staff in a closed door meeting following the announcement of her departure, I just hope you can read between the lines.
Frankly, there might be even more reading to be done. The power struggle between indie Pratt and her corporate overlords was, as Folio mentioned, evident in her monthly columns. But we also know Pratt was experiencing some serious health issues (not related to work, we'd say, but we all know these things are hardly mutually exclusive). In our clammy little heads, we see a long power struggle finally ending with Pratt walking away, for the sake of her health and sanity (or "wanderlust," as she put it). And, sad as we are to see her go, you can't fault a woman for taking care of herself.
Now, let's leave Jane Pratt be and focus on her successor, Brandon Holley, and whether or not she can make drag-racing "so Jane."
