Valerie Salembier to Depart Town & Country

Valerie Salembier, the senior vice president, publisher and chief revenue officer of Town & Country, is leaving the magazine industry on December 31. She told The New York Post that she plans to launch a start-up and write a novel.

“At the end of the year, I’ll be leaving the media world,” she explained. “My new start-up will be me.”

Salembier has been with Town & Country since last year. Prior to that she was senior vice president and publisher of Harper’s Bazaar, since 2003.