Indian American named Editor-in-Chief of Pitchfork |
Indian American journalist Puja Patel has been named the editor-in-chief at Pitchfork, the company said in a Sept. 17 news release.Patel will be responsible for the 23-year-old brand`s editorial content across all platforms and events, it said. The Spin editor-in-chief begins her new role on Oct. 15, replacing founder Ryan Schreiber, who stayed on in the top editorial job following Pitchfork`s sale to Condé Nast in October 2015. Puja is a highly respected and innovative editor who has spent her career covering the music industry, said Schreiber, who will remain as a strategic advisor and contribute to projects, events and other opportunities, the release said. Puja hopefully will bring new perspectives and ideas to Pitchfork`s incredibly talented editorial team. She will help further solidify Pitchfork`s standing as the most esteemed music brand in the industry. Pitchfork is coming off another successful music festival in July, which has seen attendance grow by more than 10,000 over the past five years. Traffic to its website of news, reviews and deep-dive features is up 65 percent year-over-year, according to comScore, and it recently further committed itself to enhanced hip-hop coverage with the launch of a new vertical to the genre, called Levels, it said.
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