Fairchild takes on a new gloss with Mary Berner at the helm; Former Glamour publisher reshapes company; poaching talent creates rivalry.(Brief Article)

Crain's New York Business, December, 2000 by jon fine From , a Crain publication

Conde Nast Publications executives usually visit S.I. Newhouse Jr. in his office. But a scant three weeks after Glamour Publisher Mary Berner returned from maternity leave for her fourth child last fall, the Advance Publications chairman uncharacteristically popped into her doorway. ``He asked me if I'd like to go to Fairchild,'' recalls Ms.

Berner. ``It was very straightforward.'' At the time, Advance was finalizing its $650 million acquisition of the publishing house and the industry was rife with rumors about who would run it and whether it would remain independent from Conde Nast. In the year since Ms. Berner replaced Michael Coady at the helm of Fairchild Publications, the 41-year-old executive has lived up to her reputation as a hard-driving straight...

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