The 24-hour news cycle has officially made its way to magazines.
While breaking news has long been a critical part of the content mix for a lot of titles, lifestyle magazines have had the luxury of standing apart to a degree. Mobile and social have muddied the waters, but traditionally, their jobs have been to react, not report.
Hearst Magazines Digital Media is formally tearing down that wall though, naming Michael Sebastian senior news editor. He’ll manage a 24-hour shared news desk connected to each of the company’s 18 magazine sites. Sebastian had been reporting on media for Advertising Age since 2013.
“Michael is a sharp reporter with deep experience and an understanding of our brands and the kind of news that resonates with our audience,” Kate Lewis, vice president and editorial director of HMDM, says in a statement. “ He is as comfortable writing as he is managing and editing, and he will be a strong and steady leader for this team as we build out our newsroom.”
Here’s the rest of this week’s people on the move:
Jeffrey Garten has joined Foreign Policy as a columnist for the brand’s new economic and finance channel. Garten teaches at the Yale School of Management.
Matteo Gabba will rejoin Condé Nast as associate director of Condé Nast Global Development. Gabba returns to Condé Nast having held the position of marketing director consumer for the 24 ORE Group. Gabba previously worked as group marketing director at Edizioni Condè Nast (Condé Nast Italy), across GQ and Wired including organising events such as the first edition of Wired Next Fest.
Kaelyn Forde has been named executive editor of news at Refinery29. She had been a reporter and producer at Al Jazeera America.
Karen Mahabir has been named managing editor of news at The Huffington Post. Previously, she’d been digital products producer at The Associated Press.
Bloomberg Pursuits has named Ali Salama its new publisher. Most recently, she was group advertising director at Bloomberg LP.
Nigel M. Smith has been named entertainment writer at The Guardian. He had been managing editor at Indiewire.
Rachel Jacoby Zoldan has been named senior editor at DailyBurn. She had been senior digital editor at Self.
Jose Valle has been named president, political and advocacy sales, at Univision Communications. He had been president at Univision Radio.
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