New Editor-in-Chief at Billboard

Danyel Smith, formerly the Editor-in-Chief at Vibe, has been named to the same position at Billboard magazine. This is actually Smith’s second stint at Billboard, in 1993 she was the mag’s R&B Editor. Smith’s writing has also appeared in The New Yorker, Rolling Stone, and the New York Times, and she’s written two novels, More Like Wrestling and Bliss.