The Revolving Door

Jay Lauf, Vice President and Publisher of The Atlantic, announced today that Hayley Romer has been named Associate Publisher of The Atlantic. Working closely with Lauf and overseeing the national sales team, Romer will help lead advertising efforts for the brand across all its platforms.

Her past… Romer spent five years at the Condé Nast Media Group, most recently as Executive Director of Corporate Sales. In that role, she managed an integrated team on accounts ranging from Finance to Luxury to Technology across titles such as The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, and Wired. Before joining Condé Nast in 2007, Romer managed the luxury account list at Forbes Media. She began her career in publishing at American Heritage magazine.

Romer begins on May 30.

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WaPo is moving Olga Khazan to the foreign desk to be a producer. She’ll be responsible for daily digital presentation. She joined the publication in October 2011 to work on the Small Business section. As her name suggests, she speaks Russian fluently, which might help in navigating WaPo‘s website since nothing else seems to be working.

Congratulations to Olga!

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After WaPo names a new Pop Culture Editor Joe Heim will move into an editing role for WaPo Magazine. They describe him as a “wordsmith” who “loves to edit.” Heim joined the publication in 2000.

The memo on him, which isn’t half bad as memos go, remarks that “He wrote the memorable Bruce Springsteen profile and recently the story about public clocks for A1, a story he no doubt was inspired to do when he checked a public clock to see how late he was for work.”

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Doug Frantz, former Managing Editor and investigative reporter for LAT, is going to work as WaPo‘s National Security Editor. He was previously an investigative reporter for NYT and was part of the team that covered public service following the 9/11 attacks. That team won a Pulitzer.

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What are the chances?

Those working at the offices of CQ Roll Call may want to bone up on their creative nicknaming skills, especially with the recent hire of Keith White as Managing Editor of daily news. This is the second Keith White at the publication. The first is Managing Director Keith White.

The new Keith White comes to CQ Roll Call from The Hill, where he was responsible for the Monday edition.

Whiles sources tell us they don’t really look alike, they are both white guys.

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Here’s something that should give people pause. Politico has swooped in and hired CQ Roll Call’s Senior V.P. of Advertising Mark Walters. Before CQ Roll Call Walters was Assoc. Publisher of online advertising for Newsweek. As of Thursday we hear Walters was telling people he was weighing more than one option before he opted to jump ship for Politico.

CQ Roll Call Spokeswoman Rebecca Gale told FishbowlDC: “Mark Walters will be missed. He took the advertising team by storm: bringing in quality sales people, expanding CQ Roll Call’s reach and exceeding expectations. No matter where Mark goes, he will use his talents well. In the meantime, the 8th floor of CQ Roll Call will be missing some of his New Jersey swagger.”

Both Politico and CQ Roll Call have issued their respective memos.

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Reuters has hired Fred Barbash away from CQ Roll Call to be the Domestic Policy Editor. He comes to Reuters from CQ Roll Call where he was Managing Editor of CQ Weekly for two years.

Barbash has certainly made the rounds in this town. He has worked at WaPo, Politico, CQ Roll Call, the Medill School of Journalism and now Reuters.

Congratulations to Barbash!

By the way, CQ Roll Call will be looking to replace him…

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Hearst exec Kimberly Lau has joined The Atlantic in the newly created role of Veep and GM for Atlantic Digital.

Lau, who begins on June 15, will oversee audience engagement and expansion; strategic content and business partnerships; mobile and video product development; and new distribution and syndication platforms.

Her past: Before joining The Atlantic, Lau was Vice President of Business Development and Partnership Relations for Hearst Magazines Digital Media, the unit responsible for creating and executing the digital strategy for the company’s 20 magazine brands and 24 websites, including Cosmopolitan, Esquire, and Good Housekeeping. During her six-year tenure there she focused on developing digital growth opportunities and strategic partnerships, working closely with Hearst’s portfolio of Web properties to drive new e-commerce efforts.

Last year, Lau spearheaded the development of two channels for the YouTube Premium Channel initiative—Hello Style, a fashion and beauty channel featuring the content of Cosmopolitan, Harper’s Bazaar, Marie Claire, Seventeen, and Realbeauty.com, and Car and Driver Channel, featuring automotive news.

Brandon Hersh, spokesperson for the American Foundation for Equal Rights, has accepted and offer to join the Glover Park Group as the Public Affairs Director in the LA office.

Hersh was also a spokesman for Media Matters and has consulted for The California Endowment, and worked closely with Partnership for a Healthier America, Jamie Oliver Food Foundation, Dr. Oz’s HealthCorps, Lady Gaga’s Born This Way Foundation, and Cyndi Lauper’s True Colors Fund.

(Please note: You’ll have to excuse our goofy humor today, we’re still delirious and recovering from a weekend of endless WHCD party coverage.) NJ has hired a new technology correspondent. It’s Adam Mazmanian. He comes to the publication from SmartBrief. He’s also something of a foodie and film critic.

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