Elizabeth Spiers Taking Over As Editor In Chief of The New York Observer

Elizabeth Spiers is taking over as Editor-in-Chief of The Observer today, overseeing both the print and digital content.

“I am very excited to be working with Elizabeth to further build on the great progress we have made over the past few years. She will be instrumental in taking our print and online products to the next level," said Observer owner Jared Kushner.

Spiers is the founder of Dead Horse Media, which created highly successful blog properties such as Dealbreaker, Above the Law and Fashionista. She has also served as founding editor of Gawker.com and editor in chief of mediabistro.com. On the print side she has been an editor at New York Magazine and a columnist with Fortune.

Outgoing Editor-in-Chief Kyle Pope will stay on until the end of March in an advisory role. “The paper made great strides under Kyle’s leadership,” said Kushner. "I know he will go on to do great things."