EW Editor-in-Chief Mary Margaret to Exit, Patrick Gomez Promoted to General Manager

A yr just after becoming Enjoyment Weekly’s first woman editor-in-main, Mary Margaret is stepping down from the function. She’ll be replaced by EW executive editor Patrick Gomez, who has been named to the situation of Normal Manager, a agent for EW’s mum or dad enterprise, Dotdash Meredith, confirmed to TheWrap.

“Gomez succeeds Mary Margaret, who has made the final decision to phase absent from EW to relocate to Austin, Texas with her loved ones. She will keep on being in her position right up until June 1,” the spokesperson explained.

Gomez has been in cost of Television and new music coverage for the previous yr. He earlier worked for 10 decades at EW’s sister publication, People, and served as editor-in-chief of The AV Club.

Right after 32 decades, EW transitioned to electronic-only very last month, alongside with 5 other Dotdash Meredith houses, including InStyle.

“Patrick is completely the proper person at the proper time to lead just one of our most legendary amusement manufacturers,” stated Leah Wyar, president of Dotdash Meredith’s entertainment group. “His powerful digital know-how, deep expertise of leisure and celebrity news, and pop society prowess make him the fantastic man or woman to guide this following chapter of digital progress.”

Right before EW, Margaret was senior director of product advertising and marketing at HubSpot, oversaw product written content tactic groups for Fb and served as Roku’s to start with editorial director. She started her journalism occupation at Newsweek’s London bureau and went on to maintain senior roles at Individuals and Parade.

“I want to thank Mary Margret for primary in the course of a pivotal time in the brand’s historical past and bringing a lot more than a decade of amusement-insider experience, small business acumen, and multimedia awareness to continue EW’s legacy as the primary authority in enjoyment,” added Wyar.

Margaret loaded the void left by previous EIC J.D. Heyman, who exited in November 2020 following stories of a hostile place of work.

EW’s former parent firm, Meredith, was obtained last last yr by electronic publisher Dotdash. The previous About.com, which was alone obtained in 2012 by IAC, Barry Diller’s keeping business. EW began as a Time Inc. publication in 1990. Meredith bought out Time Inc. in 2018.