LA Magazine Editor-in-Chief Maer Roshan to Exit (Exclusive)
thewrap.comNew York for nearly seven years, and was later hired hired by Tina Brown as editorial director of Talk where he oversaw double-digit circulation gains in his first year, according to the press release at the time of his hire.
Roshan confirmed his exit but declined to elaborate on the reason or terms of his departure. Like many print publications, Los Angeles magazine has been struggling for both readers and advertisers in recent years, but it saw an even steeper decline during the COVID pandemic.
Roshan was recruited to Los Angeles when the publication was at a crossroads as print revenue continued to decline. He reimagined the publication with harder-hitting news cover stories in place of “The 10 Best Hikes in LA” or “10 Best Burgers In LA” that had dominated.Among some of his biggest story exclusives were a profile on Yashar Ali, an expose on a private school in Brentwood, an interview with Charlotte Kirk the woman at the center of the scandal that brought down Warner Bros.
chief Kevin Tjusihara and a investigative report by Michelle McPhee on the Armenian Mafia.Geragos and Meiselas formed a new company, Engine Vision Media, to run Los Angeles, Orange and Pasadena magazines.
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