The New York Observer Editor-in-Chief Resigns, Successor Named
Posted: 8/2/2012  |  By: The Observer
The Observer Media Group announced today that editor-in-chief and editorial director Elizabeth Spiers is leaving her post at the end of August to launch a new company.

Executive editor Aaron Gell has been appointed The Observer’s new editor-in-chief, overseeing the weekly paper, Observer.com, and the websites Betabeat, Politicker, GalleristNY and VelvetRoper.