NEW YORK — Anna Wintour ended weeks of fashion-world speculation Tuesday when she named Chloe Malle her successor as head of editorial content at Vogue — but the most powerful person in the business isn't going anywhere.

Wintour, 75, remains chief content officer for Condé Nast and global editorial director of American Vogue and its 27 editions around the globe. Malle, editor of Vogue.com, may be stepping into Wintour's low-heeled slingbacks but she'll report to the original wearer while taking over day-to-day operations at the U.S. edition. And gone is the storied “editor-in-chief” title that Wintour held for nearly 40 years.

Malle, 39, is the daughter of actor Candice Bergen and the late French director Louis Malle. She joined Vogue as social editor in 2011, moved on to contributing ed

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