Tom Florio, the long-time publisher of Vogue, is leaving Conde Nast Publications Inc. at the end of the month, Mr. Florio said Thursday. Mr. Florio said in an interview that he has been talking to Conde Nast Chief Executive Chuck Townsend for some time about leaving the company to explore opportunities to run a business. “I want to be CEO of my own company,” he said, adding, “we already have a really good CEO.” He said he has not made a decision on his next move. Mr. Florio, 54 years old, has been at Conde Nast since the mid 1980s and spent most of the last eight years as publisher of Vogue. During that time, he lifted Conde Nast’s flagship to new advertising heights. Vogue topped 3,200 pages in 2007, when the creation of its September issue became the basis for a motion picture. – from WSJ