Thrillist.com adds travel contributor manager

Mike Barish has recently joined Thrillist.com as a travel contributor manager. Barish comes to the website from ShermansTravel.com, where he had served as executive editor since November 2012, and before that, as an associate editor since April 2012. He has also worked as a contributing writer for Gadling.com. Thrillist.com is a daily men’s interest newsletter [...]

Carrasquillo abandons NBC Latino for BuzzFeed

Social media manager and producer Adrian Carrasquillo is leaving NBC Latino on May 29 to work as a breaking news reporter for BuzzFeed. He will also help manage BuzzFeed’s Twitter account. Carrasquillo joined NBC Latino as a reporter and Web producer in October 2011. Prior to that, he was a social media manager, writer and [...]

The Pawling News names editor

Bob Dumas has joined the Pawling News as an editor. Most recently, he was a reporter for the Lewisboro Daily Voice in Lewisboro, N.Y., and Pound Ridge Daily Voice in Pound Ridge, N.Y. Dumas has also served as an editor for the now-defunct Pawling News-Chronicle and a deputy editor for the North County News in [...]

Buzzfeed brings on editor for its new business section

Buzzfeed is expanding its website to include a business section. It is part of an attempt to expand the company’s social reach to online communities such as LinkedIn. The vertical will include coverage of Wall Street, media, technology and entertainment. Peter Lauria, formerly the editor in charge of technology, media and telecom for Reuters, will [...]

Flavorpill names editorial director

Elizabeth Spiers has been named editorial director at Flavorpill.com. Spiers formerly served as editor in chief of the New York Observer from January 2011 to August 2012, when she left to pursue her own ventures. She previously assisted Flavorpill co-founders Mark Mangan and Sacha Lewis in launching Flavorwire a few years ago, and she has [...]

Fox News Latino hires senior editor

Hernán Rozemberg is now the senior editor of the news website Fox News Latino. He is based in New York City and replaces Alberto Vourvoulias, who left in July. Rozemberg most recently worked as a freelance journalist for the Associated Press in San Antonio, Texas, and has worked in the industry for more than 15 [...]

New assistant managing editor joins CBSSports.com

Mack Browning has joined CBSSports.com as assistant managing editor. Most recently, he served as the digital content manager for Fox Sports in Atlanta. Prior to that, Browning was assistant content editor and assistant news editor for the Sun Sentinel. He has also worked for the Tampa Tribune and the Ledger-Enquirer. Mack Browning CBSSports.com (954) 489-4000 [...]

PandoDaily adds editor

Tech news site PandoDaily has added Adam Penenberg as editor. He will work with managing editor Nathan Pensky under the website’s founder and editor in chief Sarah Lacy. PandoDaily covers Internet start-ups in Silicon Valley. Adam Penenberg PandoDaily tips(at)pandodaily.com http://pandodaily.com  

CBSSports.com adds editor

Tim Stephens has recently joined CBSSports.com as an assistant managing editor. Stephens arrives from the Orlando Sentinel, where he served in the same position. He will manage the coverage of college football and basketball for the website. Tim Stephens CBSSports.com (954) 489-4000 pr(at)cbssports.com www.cbssports.com

Yahoo! appoints two to editor in chief

Aaron Task has been named editor in chief of Yahoo’s financial website, Yahoo! Finance. He had previously been a correspondent and blogger for the site, contributing regularly to The Daily Ticker. At Yahoo! News, managing editor Hillary Frey has been promoted to editor in chief. Aaron Task Yahoo! Finance (408) 349-3300 http://finance.yahoo.com Hillary Frey Yahoo! [...]

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