BuzzFeed, which has been on a seemingly endless hiring spree, adds Entertainment Weekly‘s publicist Cat Bartosevich to their roaster. Ms. Bartosevich, who will be the website’s press director, will be in charge of promoting editorial content for the brand’s entertainment, lifestyle and celebrity verticals.
“I’m thrilled Cat, a rockstar in her field, is joining us to help bring Read More
The New York Times announced today that it has hired Rebecca Howard for the new position of general manager of video production. Ms. Howard, who comes from AOL/Huffington Post, will be in charge of developing and expanding video content across platforms. Read More
Amy Rose Spiegel, a staff writer at Rookie, has been named associate editor at BuzzFeed Music. Ms. Spiegel, who literally graduated from college yesterday, will start “building out the vertical and putting a unique BuzzFeed stamp on the music world” in January.
“I’m so excited to start at BuzzFeed. I’m looking to help create a place on the Internet Read More
The New York Times is beefing up their social media S.W.A.T. team; one comes from inside the building, the other, ProPublica. A memo from inside the Times, in which we learn what the social media masters at the paper of record need: A great understanding of Reddit. Read More
John Williams has been hired to edit the New York Times‘s online book blog, Paper Cuts. Alex Star, an editor at the Book Review, announced the news earlier today.
“He’s replacing Blake Wilson, who was promoted to be the deputy editor of the Metropolitan section a few months ago,” wrote Mr. Star in an Read More
Last month, Robert Mackey, editor of The Lede blog at The New York Times, wrote that “after most of a decade at The New York Times, and nearly three years and more than 1,360 posts as The Lede’s editor, I am leaving to join The Guardian, where I will be a reporter and blogger.” Today, not even a month later, his editor at the Times, Jim Roberts, announced that the new lead blogger of The Lede would be… Robert Mackey. Read More
The Politicker has learned about a number of new hires in the local political scene in recent days.
T.J. Helmstetter will be replacing Dan Levitan as the spokesman for the Working Families Party. Levitan left the WFP to go work for the lefty PR firm Berlin Rosen.
Helmstetter comes to the WFP from Blue State Read More
Andrew Cuomo announced a number of staff appointments this morning, filling out the statehouse with loyalists from his time as attorney general.
Among those making their way across town are Joseph A. D’Amico, a chief investigator at the AG’s office who will be superintendent of police; Alphonso David, who will serve as deputy secretary for Read More
