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Quartz editor Delaney, publisher Lauf named co-presidents

Kevin Delaney, the editor of the Quartz business news site, and Jay Lauf, the site’s publisher, have been named co-presidents of the Atlantic Media property.

Delaney and Lauf, who founded and have since led Quartz, have been promotedin recognition of the brand’s remarkable growth and success since it launched a year and a half ago.

“With these promotions, we are all but complete in installing a next generation of leadership at Atlantic Media,” said Atlantic Media CEO David Bradley in a statement.

Delaney joined Atlantic Media from the Wall Street Journal in 2012 as editor-in-chief and co-founder of Quartz, the company’s global business news brand. He will continue to serve as editor-in-chief as well as co-president. Previously, he was managing editor of WSJ.com, leading efforts that helped greatly expand the publication’s online presence. Prior to that, he was a senior special writer at the Journal with postings in Paris and San Francisco. He began his career as a television producer in Montreal and New York.

“Kevin is as visionary a talent as I have met in my 15 years in media,” said Bradley.

As both co-president and founding publisher of Quartz, Lauf will continue to oversee Quartz‘s business operations. Prior to his role at Quartz, Lauf led The Atlantic’s revitalization as its publisher. Under his direction, the publication attained its first profit in decades and transitioned The Atlantic to a “digital-first” brand. In 2010, he was named Ad Age Publishing Executive of the Year and in 2011, he was Adweek Publisher of the Year. Before joining Atlantic Media in 2008, Lauf was with Condé Nast and served as publisher of Wired.

Quartz now averages close to five million readers monthly, with nearly half of its readership outside of the US and a similar percentage accessing it via mobile and tablet devices.

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.