Jonathan Karp, editor-in-chief of Random House, has resigned from his position. (Galleycat)

Jane Borden has been named Chill Out editor and Comedy editor at Time Out New York. She was previously Comedy editor and a writer for Around Town. (mb)

Elizabeth Barr has been named executive editor at Time Out New York. She was previously managing editor. (mb)

Jim Nash has been named editor of the website for This Old House. He was previously managing editor of interactive products at InformationWeek. (mb)

Valerie Nome has been named a writer for OK!. She previously freelanced for Us Weekly, Entertainment Weekly, and TeenPeople.com. (mb)

Robert Haynes-Peterson has been named managing editor of Accent magazine. He was previously managing editor at Body. (mb)