Stephanie shuffle at NYTimes biz desk

New York Times business editor Larry Ingrassia made the following announcement of beat changes on Monday afternoon:

“We are pleased to announce that we have found another terrific Stephanie to cover the retailing beat in Business Day.

“Stephanie Clifford, who has been covering advertising, marketing and magazine publishing in the media group, will rejoin Bizday (her original home at The Times) to replace Stephanie Rosenbloom, who is moving to Styles.

“Stephanie C. came to The Times in March 2008 after three years at Inc. magazine, where she was a senior writer covering a variety of topics.  Since joining The Times, she has written about everything from the decline in luxury advertising (goodbye, Marc Jacobs’ annual party with the contortionists and tableaux vivants) to, in a variety of page one stories, how consumers are being tracked online. Her coverage of magazines and editors has included stories on Newsweek’s planned sale, Gourmet’s closing, unrest at Harper’s, cutbacks at Conde Nast, why People StyleWatch is a hit with readers (despite running few full sentences) and how David Remnick managed to write a 600-page book while editing The New Yorker.

“Her advertising coverage has focused on digital strategies and how marketers and retailers are quietly compiling data on consumers — raising privacy concerns among Washington policy makers — a topic she will continue covering on the retail beat.

“Stephanie C. previously worked for Business 2.0 and freelanced for Time, Worth, Us Weekly and Sports Illustrated Women, among others. She was executive editor of the Harvard Crimson in 1999-2000, and she coxed on the freshman crew team.

“Stephanie lives in Cobble Hill in Brooklyn, having recently moved there from the West Village.  She’s trying to master rooftop gardening (so far, she confesses, ‘with limited success, as the cucum-tomato-scallion creation that seems to be taking root suggests’).

“While we will miss Stephanie R. we are very happy to have Stephanie C. back in Bizday. She will rejoin us in early June.”