Welcome to TFP’s roundup of news highlighting women’s roles in the evolving media landscape. Here’s a recap of some recent media industry moves at Women’s Health, BuzzFeed, Maxim, Politico, Google, and more.
- Amy Keller Laird (right) was promoted to editor in chief at Women’s Health, taking the place of Michele Promaulayko, who left for Yahoo Health in mid-August. Keller Laird joined the Rodale magazine in 2011.
- Theresa O’Rourke and Jacqueline Azria were recruited by Women’s Health‘s Keller Laird to serve as the magazine’s executive editor and creative director, respectively. O’Rourke was previously Victoria’s Secret’s editorial director, and Azria was fashion director at WH.
- Dao Nguyen was promoted to publisher at BuzzFeed, where she had headed up data and growth. In announcing her appointment, the company said Nguyen will now be in charge of “tech, product, data, and everything related to our publishing platform.”
- Kate Lanphear joined Maxim as the magazine’s new editor in chief. Most recently, she was style director at T: The New York Times Style Magazine, and prior to that, she was style director at Elle for several years.
- Susan Glasser was promoted to editor at Politico and will now oversee all of its Washington-based journalism and help develop its planned expansion. She had been editor of the publisher’s magazine.
- Jill Hazelbaker, Google’s head of communications and government relations in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, is moving to Snapchat to lead communications and policy. She previously was senior director of corporate communications and public affairs at Google headquarters.
- Kim Kelleher was named vice president and publisher of Conde Nast’s Wired magazine. Most recently, Kelleher was president of digital publisher Say Media. Prior to that, she was the first female publisher of Sports Illustrated and had also served as vice president and publisher of Self magazine.
- Megan Smith was appointed U.S. chief technology officer by the White House. Smith, a longtime Silicon Valley executive, was serving as vice president of Google[x], the company’s next-generation development lab.
- Suejin Yang joined Time Inc. as vice president and general manager of digital entertainment at People and Entertainment Weekly. Previously, Yang was vice president of Bravo Digital Media at NBC Universal and also held management positions at Viacom.
- Kerri Bergman was hired by Rolling Stone to head up marketing. She was previously executive director of marketing at Billboard, where she worked for six years.
- Lauren Reddy was hired by The Huffington Post as its new social media director. She most recently served as social media and publicity manager at Time Out New York.
- Jennifer Preston joined the Knight Foundation as vice president for journalism. Preston was The New York Times’ first social media editor and helped launch the Times’ “Watching” feature.
- Naomi Zeichner is the new editor in chief at The Fader, which covers new music and fashion. Zeichner had been music editor at BuzzFeed.
- Marne Levine left her role as vice president of global public policy at Facebook to become Instagram’s first chief operating officer. Levine was at Facebook for four years and prior to that was chief of staff for the White House National Economic Council.
- Lisa Gersh is the new CEO at Goop, a lifestyle and e-commerce company founded by actress Gwyneth Paltrow. Gersh was previously CEO of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia.
- Aliya King joined Ebony as its new entertainment editor. Previously, she was a senior content producer at Vibe and Vibe.com and worked at publications such as The Source, Upscale, and Giant.
- Jayne Jamison is now senior vice president and publisher at O, The Oprah Magazine. She had been vice president and publishing director at Redbook and Seventeen.
- Catherine Gunderson was named managing editor at Marie Claire. Gunderson had been GQ‘s editorial business manager.
- Preetma Singh accepted a market director position at Nylon, leaving her role as market director at WSJ. Singh has also worked at Vogue and Marie Claire.
- Lisa Bain was chosen as executive editor at Dr. Oz The Good Life. She left the same position at Women’s Health, where she had worked since 2009.
Let us know in the comments if there are any other recent career moves you’d like us to include in our next Women in Media roundup!
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