When two of The Village Voice‘s top editors quit rather than downsize staffers, it was only a matter of time before those layoffs transpired. The cuts involved three big names. According to Gawker, Michael Musto, Robert Sietsema and Michael Feingold have all been let go.

Christine Brennan, executive editor of the Village Voice Media Group, oversaw the reductions, which included some on the business side of the Voice. She was also the one asking Will Bourne, the Voice’s last editor, to fire or reduce the roles of staffers.

Musto had been writing for the Voice since the early 1980s; Sietsema since the early 90s; and Feingold since the late 90s. When a paper just fires three of their most iconic writers, you know things are bad.

Matthew Zeitlin is joining BuzzFeed’s business vertical. According to Peter Lauria, editor of the business section, Zeitlin will serve as an economics and finance reporter.

Previously Zeitlin served as a business reporter for Newsweek/The Daily Beast. He has also contributed to Bloomberg View.

The BuzzFeed business site hasn’t launched yet, but with the addition of Zeitlin, Lauria tweeted that “the team is complete.”

Ben Widdicombe is joining The New York Observer as a contributing editor. The Observer reports that Widdicombe will pen a regular column for the paper. He will also remain editor of Gilt City.

Widdicombe was the founder of the Daily News’ popular gossip column, GateCrasher. He wrote the column from 2004 to 2008.

“This is just the latest good news for the Observer,” said Rafi Kohan, the Observer’s deputy edior, in a statement. “Ben is the best, so obviously we’re excited to have him.”

Jayne Jamison has been named vice president and publishing director of Seventeen and Redbook magazines, a new role at Hearst Magazines. Jamison was most recently vice president, publisher and chief revenue officer of Seventeen, a role she had held since 2003. This marks a return to Redbook for Jamison, as she was with the magazine from 1997 to 2003.

“Seventeen is the number one teen magazine in the market and Jayne has taken it to new heights, achieving tremendous advertising growth, up more than 11 percent in the first half of 2013,” Michael Clinton, Hearst Magazines’ president, marketing and publishing director, said in a statement. “Her relationships and experience in fashion and beauty are a great asset as she adds the new, style-focusedRedbook to her responsibilities.”

Jamison is taking over Redbook’s publishing duties from Mary Morgan, who is leaving Hearst Magazines.

Will Kahn has been named Town & Country’s accessories editor. He comes to the magazine from W, where he held the same role. He had been with W since 2007.

Prior to his time at W, Kahn worked with Teen Vogue and New York.

Kahn’s appointment is effective immediately.

Carissa Rosenberg Tozzi has been promoted to Seventeen’s entertainment and special projects director. Tozzi has been with Seventeen since 2003.

In her new role, Tozzi will be tasked with expanding TV and video partnerships for the Seventeen brand. She will also oversee print and digital entertainment features.

Tozzi’s appointment is effective immediately.

Michael Hiestand is leaving USA Today after 24 years. According to the Sherman Report, Hiestand has accepted a buyout from the paper. Hiestand said that he decided it was time to try something new.

“The people at USA Today do a good job. There are some good people there. But I’m ready to try some new things. You just want to figure out, ‘What is the right niche for me?’ Having the buyout will give me a little bit of time. It gives me some time away from the everyday deadlines.”

Hiestand’s last column ran Friday.

Kiplinger has named Rebecca Dolan its new community editor. Dolan joins Kiplinger after serving as associate editor at The Huffington Post. During her time there Dolan worked on expanding the site’s social media content, and she will do the same at Kiplinger.

Doug Harbrecht, director of new media at Kiplinger Washington Editors, said of Dolan, “With her diverse experience and fresh approach to social media, she will bring a new level of engagement and interaction for our readers across multiple platforms.”

Dolan’s appointment is effective immediately.

According to The New York Times, Deborah Turness is about to be named president of NBC News. Citing “people with knowledge of the situation,” the Times claims Turness’ appointment will likely be announced by Monday. Turness has been the editor of the UK’s ITV News since 2004.

If Turness gets the nod she’ll be making history by becoming the first female president of an American network news division. Pretty crazy, right? In NBC News’ 73 years of existence, all of its presidents have been men. Steve Capus, who stepped down in February, was the most recent one.

Turness’ colleagues have described her as “ferociously energetic and savvy,” which means after about six months at NBC News, there’ll be a hit piece filled with anonymous sources, complaining about her handling of the job.

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Cyndi Stivers is joining AOL as editor-in-chief of AOL.com. Stivers most recently served the same role for Columbia Journalism Review. She has previously held senior editorial positions at Entertainment Weekly, Time Out New York and Premiere.

In a note announcing the hire, Chris Grosso, senior vice president and general manager of AOL Homepages, wrote, “As we evolve AOL.com as a content destination, we will look to Cyndi to ensure the site showcases the most compelling stories relevant to our viewers and drive a distinctive editorial voice. We’ll also be relying on her creativity to help us ignite our live programming and add more opportunities for visitors to engage with each other around our content.”