Adweek’s Barwick hired by Morning Brew

Adweek reporter Ryan Barwick has been hired by Morning Brew to work on its marketing email newsletter. Barwick has been at Adweek since 2019. He had been covering the travel sector, including news regarding airlines, hotels, and cruise ships. Barwick was a broadcast associate for CBS News in his previous role, from July 2018 to July 2019. Prior […]

Adweek brand editor Pearl departing for Business of Fashion

Adweek brand editor Diana Pearl is leaving the publication to join Business of Fashion. She will start her new job next week. “Covering the fashion and beauty industries has been one of my favorite aspects of my job at Adweek,” she wrote on Twitter. “I’m really looking forward to focusing on it and working at a publication […]

Adweek names Griner its international editor, hires UK bureau chief

Adweek announced Tuesday an effort to grow its global audience. David Griner, Adweek’s creative and innovation editor, has been promoted to international editor, a new position. As Adweek’s first international editor, Griner will lead coverage of the trends shaping creativity, marketing and agencies across global markets. In addition to Griner, Stephen Lepitak, the former executive […]

Adweek hires Cahillane as a reporter

Adweek has hired Mollie Cahillane as a reporter covering convergent television. Cahillane has been an associate editor at CableFix since July 2018, covering anything in media and cable. Her main beats included ad tech, streaming media, and anything related to sports. She previously was a reporter for the DailyMail.com in New York and also interned at People […]

Variety hires Adweek’s Zorrilla as a reporter

Variety has hired Mónica Marie Zorrilla as a TV reporter. A story on Variety’s website states, “Zorrilla most recently served as a breaking-news reporter at Adweek. At Variety, she will cover the television-programming business, including streaming services, studios, networks and development for all Variety platforms. She will be based in Los Angeles and report to Daniel Holloway, Variety‘s executive […]

Adweek names chief content officer, editor in chief

Adweek has promoted its editor to chief content officer and named a new editor in chief. A story on its website states, “Lisa Granatstein has been promoted to Chief Content Officer, and is responsible for Adweek’s content across the business. Her responsibilities include overseeing editorial and events, while also acting as a brand steward in […]

Publishing editor Jerde departs Adweek

Sara Jerde, a publishing editor at Adweek, has left the publication. “The people make a newsroom and it was a privilege to work alongside such talent,” she wrote on Twitter. She had been in that role for the past year. She had also been reporting on the business of news organizations, while taking on some […]

Adweek hires Southern as media editor

Adweek has hired Lucinda Southern as media editor. She started on Tuesday. She has been with Digiday for the past five years, first as a  senior writer and then UK media editor. Before coming to Digiday, Southern was an associate editor at The Knowledge Engineers. She also held the post of an editorial assistant at Eve White Literary […]

Adweek hires Kaplan as story desk editor

David Kaplan is returning back to Adweek as a story desk editor. Kaplan first joined the company in 2001 as a media reporter and left in 2004. His new role starts Oct. 12. Kaplan is also the founding editor of Kambr Media Group (KMG), which is the content arm of Kamb, Inc. and publisher of “kambr.media”, […]

Adweek lays off diversity and inclusion reporter O’Hara

Adweek magazine laid off diversity and inclusion reporter Mary Emily O’Hara, who started in February. “My strongest skills stem from 15+ years of reporting and editing coverage of underrepresented communities, but I am also interested in branded content, affiliate link and partnership content, copywriting, diversity and inclusion consulting and community-building with purpose,” she said in […]