New York Magazine Pulls Features Writer From New York Times

New York Magazine will soon have a new voice on fashion in its pages and online. Matthew Schneier is joining as New York’s new features writer, set to contribute to fashion vertical The Cut and related stories for the print magazine. He is coming from The New York Times, where he was a staff writer on the paper’s Styles desk. Prior to that he worked at Style.com when it was owned by Fairchild Fashion Media, then part of Conde Nast. Even though Schneir has spent most of his career at either newspapers or writing for a web site, New York editor in chief David Haskell said in a memo that Schneier’s writing voice is one “made for magazines.” “Ours in particular — he’s a lifelong New Yorker who sees the world in New York stories,” Haskell added. Stella Bugbee, president and editor in chief of The Cut, said she’s been following Schneier’s work for some time and that “he has a great sense of humor and a deep knowledge of the way the industry works.” This is a new role for New York and Schneier isn’t displacing anyone, a spokeswoman said. “While his focus will be on longer form pieces for The Cut, he will

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