cover headline stated the magazine would change to the digital format, and Tina Brown wrote an editorial about it. The digital format was short-lived: the print edition returned after Brown's departure. On 11 September 2013, Editor-in-Chief Tina Brown announced her departure. Initial reports of her contract not being renewed were refuted in a statement issued by Barry Diller, IAC/InterActiveCorp's Executive Director: Brown's resignation caused much speculation in the media in regard to the future of the website. Her hand-picked successor as executive editor, John Avlon, addressed the question succinctly with his quip: "The Daily Beast roars on." Women in the World Women in the World was a live journalism platform that was produced from 2010 to 2020, founded by Tina Brown to 'discover and amplify the unheard voices of global women on the front lines of change,' First held at New York’s Hudson Theater, and thereafter at Lincoln Center’s David Koch Theater, the summit convened women leaders, activists and political change-makers from around the world to share their stories, and offer solutions to building a better life for women and girls. Former ABC news producer Kyle Gibson was senior executive producer and managing editor of the event. The inaugural summit took place from March 12–14, 2010 and included appearances by Queen Rania of Jordan, Meryl Streep, Valerie Jarrett, Christine Lagarde, Hillary Clinton, Madeleine K. Albright, Nora Ephron, and Katie Couric. At the second summit, held from March 10–12, 2011, participants included Hillary Clinton, Dr. Hawa Abdi, Condoleezza Rice, Sheryl Sandberg, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Diane Von Furstenberg, Melinda Gates, Ashley Judd and more. The three-day summit at Lincoln Center was attended annually by more than 2,500 ticket buyers. Other featured guests included Angelina Jolie, Oprah Winfrey, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Ressa, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Leymah Gbowee, Barbra Streisand, Nancy Pelosi, Gloria Steinem, Zainab Salbi, Christiane Amanpour, Justin Trudeau, Masih Alinejad, Nikki Haley, Lynsey Addario, Cecile Richards, Priyanka Chopra, Melinda Gates, Chimanada Ngozi Adiche, Nicholas Kristof, Ajay Banga and Anna Wintour. "Progress, one conference at a time... Women in the World, which features women from diverse cultures and backgrounds, brings in celebrities, media stars and fashion figures. Since it started in 2010, it has leaped to the forefront of the scene, drawing thousands of chief executives, world leaders, artists and activists to a tightly packed program at Lincoln Center," wrote Luisita Lopez Torregrosa in The New York Times. In 2012,