HuffPost Editor-in-Chief Lydia Polgreen Joins Gimlet Media As Head Of Content

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HUFFINGTON POST Editor-in-Chief LYDIA POLGREEN has announced on TWITTER her exit after three years to join SPOTIFY's GIMLET MEDIA as Head of Content.

POLGREEN wrote, "This morning I told my team at HUFFPOST that I'll be stepping down as Editor in Chief later this month. These last three years have been the adventure of a lifetime, and I stand in humbled awe at what we've achieved together. I'm incredibly grateful to my extraordinary colleagues, and to the leadership of VERIZON MEDIA, which has championed HUFFPOST at a time when aggressive journalism that holds power to account is more necessary and more under threat than ever. HUFFPOST is a thriving global news organization with newsrooms across the world that will continue to break news, raise hell and help people live their very best lives. I'm going to miss my HUFFPOST and VERIZON MEDIA family very much.

"As for me, I'll be taking on an incredibly exciting new role: Head of Content at GIMLET, a podcast company founded by ALEX BLUMBERG and MATT LIEBER that became part of SPOTIFY last year. I've been an audio obsessive since I was a little expat kid glued to the shortwave radio in our kitchen in KENYA, yearning to connect with the far flung world. GIMLET has built the greatest audio team in the world, and I'm so lucky to have the chance to learn from them. Together we have the opportunity to chart the future of the spoken word on the world's most powerful audio platform. I can't wait to get started later this spring."

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