Relief: Jane Pratt's Career Crisis Nearly Resolved

Women’s Wear Daily reported last Friday that, contrary to previous reports, Jane Pratt did not leave her magazine voluntarily.

In the eight months since Pratt was forced out of her namesake magazine after endless antics…

We don’t mean to be flippant (well, not overly so), but is this news? If you’re so self-involved as to name something after yourself—like, oh, a building or a child—you’re in it for the long haul. Was Jane Pratt already so exhausted by her revealing monthly notes and “cute” comments scattered throughout the magazine that she had to leave? Of course not. Of course she left involuntarily.

Anyway, since the “antics” that resulted in her departure are unlikely to be revealed for a while yet,  we’re currently more intrigued by reports that Pratt may launch a magazine with popstar-cum-cultural force Gwen Stefani.  Might this be the long-awaited Elizabeth?  The erstwhile No Doubt lead singer may not have any magazine experience, but that doesn’t matter. Clearly, a woman with a music career and a not-unpleasant-but-way-overpriced clothing line needs one more way to promote herself—or, we suspect, Jane.