New York Observer Shakes Up Newsroom

The New York Observer is getting a new leader—again. On Friday (Feb. 4), the paper announced that Elizabeth Spiers is taking over, becoming the Observer’s fourth editor in chief since Jared Kushner bought the small, but influential, weekly four years ago.
 
Spiers helped found blog publishers Dead Horse Media and Gawker, and served for a year as editor in chief at Mediabistro. She replaces Kyle Pope, who has been in the job only 14 months. Prior to that, he was an editor at Condé Nast Portfolio, the heavily funded business glossy that Condé Nast folded in 2009 after two years.

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