The Guardian offers some much-needed details on the growing (and to many, perplexing) exodus at Granta, which began last month with editor John Freeman’s departure, followed swiftly by the resignation of three additional magazine staffers and earlier this week, the exit of Granta Books/Portobello publisher Philip Gwyn Jones, with additional departures possible. In an emailed statement, Freeman said that Granta owner Sigrid Rausing “decided a while back she wanted to run the magazine and books on a very reduced staff” and he “didn’t want to be part of that change, or the smaller ship, because I’ve seen us make huge […]
