Article: Conde Nast shake-up widens race for crown; With top CEO contender Fox out, Wackermann, Florio join the shortlist.(News)(Mitch Fox, Bill Wackermann, Tom Florio)

Byline: NAT IVES

For a few hours last Monday morning, Conde Nast seemed like the rumpus room of yore: Ad Age and BusinessWeek were told of executives losing their jobs before the company could announce the news; magazines were reassigned en masse; and, despite longstanding rumors anticipating some of the moves, almost everyone was caught off-guard. Conde was once again the talk of Michael's.

But the changes actually signify the end of the rumpus-room days. The executives ousted might have found favor under former chiefs, such as the recently deceased Steve Florio, but the current regime could see no place for them. A person within the company also said ...

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