Overview

• Sean Woods, Rolling Stone’s executive editor for over 20 years, steps into the co-editor-in-chief role effective immediately and remains based in New York.
• Shirley Halperin will join Woods on September 1 as co-editor-in-chief and head of music, splitting her time between New York and Los Angeles.
• Halperin becomes the first woman to hold the editor-in-chief title in Rolling Stone’s nearly 60-year history.
• Maer Roshan assumes sole editorial leadership at The Hollywood Reporter following Halperin’s departure.
• Penske Media Corporation’s coordinated overhaul aims to inject fresh leadership and refine editorial direction across its music and entertainment brands.