Newsweek/Daily Beast Names Michael Moynihan Editorial Director of 'Beast Weekend'

Newsweek/The Daily Beast has promoted Michael Moynihan to editorial director of “Beast Weekend,” which will launch this fall. According to a memo from Tina Brown, Beast Weekend will offer readers content that caters to a Saturday/Sunday mind. “Beast Weekend will refresh and refocus our weekend content towards culture as well as longer reads,” explained Brown.

Moynihan has been with Newsweek/The Daily Beast since September of last year. He most recently served as cultural news editor.

Below is the full note from Brown.

I’m thrilled to announce the promotion of Michael Moynihan to the position of Editorial Director of the new Beast Weekend, which is in the works for a fall launch along with our new-look homepage update.

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