Categories: OLD Media Moves

Impoco named editor of Newsweek

Longtime business journalist Jim Impoco has been named the editor in chief of Newsweek, which was acquired earlier this year by IBT Media.

Impoco was most recently at Thomson Reuters, where he spent four years as both enterprise editor and executive editor for Thomson Reuters Digital. In his most recent role, Impoco was responsible for revamping the company’s consumer-facing digital platforms and overseeing the award-winning redesign of NewsPro.

“We are thrilled to have Jim on board,” said Etienne Uzac, co-founder and chief executive officer of IBT Media, in a statement. “Jim has a remarkable track record of leadership in journalism and a deep understanding of the digital industry, which is the exactly what will take Newsweek to the next level. We look forward to his many contributions as editor-in-chief.”

Prior to Impoco’s time at Thomson Reuters, he held leadership positions at Conde Nast Portfolio, New York Times, Fortune magazine, and U.S. News & World Report. At the Times, he edited the Sunday business section.

Impoco will be reporting to IBT Media’s chief content officer, Johnathan Davis.

As announced previously, IAC will continue to operate Newsweek for a period of 60 days. IBT media will take over the operation on Oct. 1.

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Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.