Entertainment Weekly Editor-in-Chief Mary Margaret Exits After a Year

Mary Margaret will exit her function as editor-in-chief of Entertainment Weekly, and she’ll be changed by EW executive editor Patrick Gomez, who has been named to the placement of Standard Manager, reported a spokesperson for Dotdash Meredith. Margaret will continue to be on as EIC until Gomez commences his new function on June 1.

The information comes following EW printed its last print difficulty final month, section of Dotdash Meredith’s decision to cease print editions for six of its titles, such as EW and InStyle. EW will continue as a electronic-only outlet.

Gomez has overseen Tv set and songs protection at EW for a yr, prior to performing as the editor-in-main of The AV Club and operating for a 10 years at EW’s sister publication, Persons.

“Patrick is unquestionably the appropriate individual at the right time to direct one particular of our most legendary entertainment brands,” mentioned Leah Wyar, president of Dotdash Meredith’s Enjoyment Team, in a assertion to Assortment. “His potent electronic know-how, deep awareness of enjoyment and celebrity news, and pop tradition prowess make him the perfect human being to direct this upcoming chapter of digital expansion.”

Just before her yr-extensive tenure at EW, Margaret labored at the sales-software program platform HubSpot as senior director of products promoting, following top product or service information system teams for Facebook’s leisure solutions and working as Roku’s editorial director. She also labored as a journalist at Folks, Parade and Newsweek’s London bureau.

She will relocate from Los Angeles to Austin, Texas with her spouse and children.

“I want to thank Mary Margret for foremost through a pivotal time in the brand’s historical past and bringing much more than a decade of enjoyment-insider skills, business enterprise acumen, and multimedia know-how to continue EW’s legacy as the top authority in leisure,” Wyar stated.

Margaret was EW’s first feminine EIC in its 32-year historical past, adhering to former EICs like J.D. Heyman, Henry Goldblatt, Matt Bean, Jess Cagle and Rick Tetzeli. She stepped into a complicated landscape for the publication, months right after Heyman left quickly adhering to described problems by staffers of a hostile office, and just two years immediately after the journal shifted to a every month format, inspite of trying to keep its title.

EW’s father or mother company, Meredith, was acquired in December by Dotdash, the electronic publishing arm of IAC, Barry Diller’s holding enterprise. The all hard cash offer was valued at roughly $2.7 billion.