In the always-intriguing world of Condé Nast, sources tell us that The New Yorker Editor-in-Chief David Remnick has joined in the headhunting to replace Graydon Carter at the helm of Vanity Fair.

The search has taken on new urgency, since sources tell us that Carter, who has been keeping irregular office hours for most of the summer, wants to pack up and leave for good by Dec. 1 — even though the announced departure was “year-end.”

His last issue is the Hollywood Issue, which carries a February cover date and hits stands in late January. “It’s eight weeks and counting,” said one source of the Graydon countdown.

That is putting added pressure on Vogue editrix Anna Wintour, who is also doing double duty as Condé’s artistic director, responsible for selecting and presenting the heir to CEO Bob Sauerberg for a final stamp of approval.

Janice Min, the onetime editor of Us Weekly and The Hollywood Reporter, had been in to see Wintour already.

Some candidates on the company short list, including Adam Moss at New York, are not interested. And anyone Wintour was thinking of poaching from Hearst — such as Esquire Editor-in-Chief Jay Fielden — would come with a steep buyout, since all the top editors and even some No. 2 editors at Hearst are said to be wrapped up with long-term contracts. Sources say Condé is likely to skip it.

Wintour is still involved in the search, but wants to hear others who might be recommended. She has also taken recommendations from Carter, who has put in the names of Deputy Editor Dana Brown and Digital Director Mike Hogan as possibilities. GQ Editor-in-Chief Jim Nelson has been lobbying for the job internally.

One name making the circuit recently is Tyler Brule, the founding editor of Wallpaper, which was bought by Time Inc. Brule is editor-in-chief of Monocle in London.

Then there are the purely silly names that have surfaced on the rumor mill, including Huma Abedin, Anderson Cooper and Jon Stewart — none of whom has a shred of editing experience and a serious chance of getting the nod, insiders say.

The search for a VF editor-in-chief is further complicated by Wintour also conducting the search for a new editor-in-chief to replace Cindi Leive at Glamour, and that title is nearly as important a profit-generator in the Condé orbit as VF.

Compounding matters is the fact that Wintour has also been doing the fashion show tour in Europe for part of the past month and more recently attending the Laver Cup in Prague.

A Condé spokeswoman declined to comment.