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Exclusive: Engadget's Top Editors Topolsky and Patel Exit From AOL's Giant Tech Site

Kara Swisher in News on March 12, 2011 at 3:03 pm PT

Josh Topolsky, the editor-in-chief of Engadget, is leaving the AOL-owned property, one of the largest tech news sites on the Web. Also departing is Managing Editor Nilay Patel, said sources.

Fortune Tackles Its Web Site Again, With a High-Profile Hire

Peter Kafka in Media on January 21, 2010 at 4:12 am PT

Here’s what qualifies as a man-bites-dog story these days: A big mainstream business publication hiring an experienced business journalist. Weird, right? But true: Fortune magazine has hired veteran writer Dan Roth to run and revitalize the title’s Web site. He starts as managing editor next week.

Arianna Huffington Talks About New Managing Editor Singh!

Kara Swisher in News on April 28, 2009 at 5:12 pm PT

While in Los Angeles today at the AlwaysOn OnHollywood conference, BoomTown ran smack into blogging empress Arianna Huffington. She was there to give a speech called “Video Killed the Radio Star…But Can the Web Actually Save Journalism?” Her answer was a decided yes, especially with great journalists working online, such as the new managing editor of the Huffington Post the mega-blog has just hired. That would be former CNET Networks Editor-in-Chief Jai Singh, who quit the company last year after a dozen-year run.