Mary Margaret Out at EW, Patrick Gomez In

A year soon after turning into Leisure Weekly’s first woman editor-in-main, Mary Margaret is stepping down from the role. She’ll be replaced by EW govt editor Patrick Gomez, who has been named to the place of General Supervisor, a agent for EW’s mother or father firm, Dotdash Meredith, confirmed to TheWrap.

“Gomez succeeds Mary Margaret, who has produced the final decision to move away from EW to relocate to Austin, Texas with her relatives. She will continue to be in her role until June 1,” the spokesperson explained.

Gomez has been in demand of Television set and music protection for the past yr. He earlier labored for 10 years at EW’s sister publication, Folks, and served as editor-in-main of The AV Club.

Following 32 decades, EW transitioned to electronic-only previous month, together with 5 other Dotdash Meredith attributes, which includes InStyle.

“Patrick is completely the right individual at the ideal time to lead just one of our most legendary enjoyment brands,” explained Leah Wyar, president of Dotdash Meredith’s entertainment group. “His potent electronic know-how, deep know-how of leisure and superstar news, and pop tradition prowess make him the best man or woman to guide this next chapter of digital progress.” 

Before EW, Margaret was senior director of item marketing and advertising at HubSpot, oversaw merchandise information approach teams for Facebook and served as Roku’s first editorial director. She began her journalism career at Newsweek’s London bureau and went on to hold senior roles at Folks and Parade.

“I want to thank Mary Margret for leading all through a pivotal time in the brand’s record and bringing additional than a decade of entertainment-insider skills, organization acumen, and multimedia know-how to go on EW’s legacy as the top authority in amusement,” included Wyar.

Margaret crammed the void still left by previous EIC J.D. Heyman, who exited in November 2020 subsequent stories of a hostile office.

EW’s previous dad or mum organization, Meredith, was acquired last past year by digital publisher Dotdash. The former About.com, which was itself acquired in 2012 by IAC, Barry Diller’s holding enterprise. EW began as a Time Inc. publication in 1990. Meredith bought out Time Inc. in 2018.