Donovan Hohn has left Harper's for GQ, where he will be a features editor. "I've long admired GQ's journalistic storytelling and am excited to be headed there," Mr. Hohn told The Observer. Mr. Hohn was a senior editor at Harper's, where he oversaw the Readings section for a time and later edited essays and... MORE >
Crushable deputy editor Drew Grant will leave for a staff pop culture writer position at Salon beginning Monday. She's taking part in the site's new initiative to increase coverage in that area, she told The Observer. Expect high-volume short pieces aimed at a younger, internet-savvy audience. Grant is like the decathlete of blogging, having written and/or edited The Huffington Post, Jossip, Nerve.com, The Frisky, Fishbowl NY, Mediaite, among others.... MORE >
Stephen Adler has been named editor in chief of Reuters News, the company announced today. Adler previously oversaw editorial products for professional clients, though only for less than a year, reports The Cutline. He was editor in chief of BusinessWeek for five years, leaving when Bloomberg bought the... MORE >
Michael Carl left his post as fashion director at Allure to take the fashion market director position at Vanity Fair, reports The Daily Front Row. "A popular front-row fixture, the fitness guru is especially beloved for the group abs classes he occasionally leads in his hotel rooms during the European collections," The Daily Front Row says. W's former market director Treena Lombardo has been picked to fill his old... MORE >
Alex Gonzaelz, formerly of GQ and L'Uomo Vogue, will join W magazine as Creative Director, Conde Nast announced... MORE >
New York investigative reporter Wayne Barrett, whose laying off at The Village Voice led his colleague Tom Robbins to quit, has found a new home at Tina Brown's Newsweek, reports The New York Times' Jeremy Peters. He will be a special contributor for investigative... MORE >
Meet the new boss, same as the old boss. After a long day in which thousands of Egyptians took to the streets to demand a new government, President Hosni Mubarak just appeared on television and promised to give it to them...sort of. Speaking on Al Jazeera, the long-serving president—who looks remarkably young for 82—said he would immediately dissolve the government (which he appointed) and have a whole new one up and running... MORE >
Michael Cohen is stepping down as publisher of The Village Voice, the company announced today. Cohen, who came on board in 2006, will be replaced by Josh Fromson, who held the same position at its San Francisco sister publication SF Weekly. Cohen did not say where he was headed. "I'm proud to say we also expect to see more revenue growth in 2011," Cohen said in a statement. "I'm hoping a few people will miss... MORE >
Right-leaning news magazine and website Newsmax has brought on Steve Coz, formerly of American Media Inc., as editorial director, reports Keith Kelly. According to company chief Christopher Ruddy, Newsmax revenue has grown 50 percent this year, from $34 million to $51 million, and it's doing so by targeting a demographic advertisers are historically allergic to: senior... MORE >
Former Men's Vogue editor in chief Jay Fielden has been named editor in chief of Town & Country, Hearst Magazines president David Carey announced today. He replaces Stephen Drucker, who has decided to leave the company. Since Men's Vogue closed, New Yorker alum Fielden served as a contributing editor at Vogue and has been working with Vogue fashion editor Grace Coddington on her... MORE >
Kirsten Danis is leaving the New York Daily News, where she has been a deputy and managing editor for nine years. She is headed for The Wall Street Journal, she told The Observer this morning. Danis will be a deputy editor on the Greater New York desk, under John Seeley. Prior to the Daily News, Danis was a reporter and editor at the... MORE >
Longtime New York Post crime reporter Jamie Schram has been named Police Bureau Chief, The Observer has learned. Schram fills the role that legendary investigative reporter Murray Weiss vacated in June. Weiss left for personal reasons, and has since started writing online for... MORE >
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CNN is considering replacing Parker Spitzer co-host Washington Post columnist Kathleen Parker, sources familiar to the situation told the Wall Street Journal. "We aren't going to engage in speculation," a CNN spokeswoman... MORE >
Talent and media giant IMG has sold their eight year-old fashion week newspaper The Daily to founder Brandusa Niro, reports Jeff Bercovici. So, yeah, not the super-hyped Rupert Murdoch tablet newspaper The Daily. Any confusion would be warranted, according to... MORE >
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