In April, news that Marie Claire EIC Lesley Jane Seymore was out of a job was all the buzz in media land. Her replacement, Joanna Coles, laid low for awhile, leaving staffers walking on eggshells over her next move. But now that Joanna's gotten a bit comfortable in her EIC chair, she's made her first "move."

Executive editor Patrice Adcroft has been ousted, and Coles is bringing in Lucy Kaylin from Conde's GQ to replace her. Haven't heard of Kaylin? Maybe this will ring a bell.

… she has also done quite a bit of writing, including a cover story on Tom Cruise in May 2006 in which he jokingly said he wanted to eat the placenta of his new child after he cut the umbilical cord.

"I thought that would be good. Very nutritious," she quoted Cruise as saying.

We can think of no higher qualifications for landing second chair at a women's mag than spending 19 years at a men's mag where the highlight was a chat with Tom Cruise on eating Katie Holmes' placenta.

Coles Raid [Keith Kelly, New York Post]
Earlier: Lesley Jane Seymour Out of Marie Claire's hair