Jay Fielden Out as Editor of Esquire Magazine

Jay Fielden is the latest magazine veteran to exit Hearst Magazines. The editor in chief of Esquire, the core men’s title at Hearst, is leaving the role almost immediately, WWD has learned, only remaining to oversee the complete rollout of the just revealed June issue. There have been murmurs of changes at Esquire and its operations since last year, when new Hearst Magazines president Troy Young started his overhaul. Talk turned to the imminent departure of Fielden in the wake of the publicized late-stage rejection by the publisher of an investigative story on sexual misconduct allegations against the director Bryan Singer that Esquire was initially set to publish. The chatter was renewed after some public blowback for a cover story on a white, politically conservative teen. Nevertheless, Fielden’s exit is said to be mutual, insofar as both sides are said to have issues with the other. He is possibly going to serve as a contributor to the title going forward, but not in an editor capacity. The move comes just a week after Hearst’s longtime sales and marketing executive Michael Clinton revealed plans to take a big step back into an advisory role and there have been many other changes to the editorial and

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