Radar is already dropping staffers from its masthead. After having a site up and running for a tad over a month, the "magazine's" publisher, Katherine Rizzuto, has broken ties with Maer Roshan's third stab at creating a function space for Radar's existence. She will be leaving the greasy walls of the newly-occupied Hearst left-overs behind to return to the fluffy white and pink halls of Conde Nast's Bridal Media Group.

Rizzuto was publisher at Marie Claire from 2000 to 2004, and the associate publisher of Brides from 1997 to 2000.

As recently as August, Rizzuto was touting Roshan's magnetism:

I was amazed by the loyalty to Maer.

It appears her amazement didn't translate into such loyalty.

Obviously if she found the loyalty to Maer so amazing, it was because either she had never been so loyal to something herself, or could not imagine anyone having such faith in him. Or she didn't want to work in a tree house with a "no girls allowed" sign on it. Either way, when the publisher jumps, it's never a good sign. They're the ones who know how much these little pet projects are actually pulling in.

Radar Publisher Jumps To Condé Nast [Dylan Stableford, Fishbowl NY]