Los Angeles Magazine

Mondo Times editors    Boulder, Colorado USA

Posted at 3:24pm on Monday, October 19th, 2009

Some background about the editorial leaders at Los Angeles magazine:

Editor-in-Chief Mary Melton started at Los Angeles magazine as a senior editor in 2000, became executive editor in 2002, and editor in 2009. She has overseen the magazine’s theme issues, edited features and service stories, written personality profiles and popular culture pieces, and directed the launch of the magazine’s website. Prior to her position at Los Angeles, Melton was an editor and writer from 1995 until 2000 at the Los Angeles Times Magazine. She began her journalism career as an intern at — and later Managing Editor of — LA Weekly. A fourth-generation Angeleno and a graduate of Hollywood HIgh School, Melton holds a degree in history from UCLA.

Executive Editor Matthew Segal was formerly managing editor of Buzz Weekly and senior editor of Men’s Fitness magazine. He has written for Outside, GQ, and Details, among other publications.

Managing Editor Ann Herold worked for the Los Angeles Times from 1983 to 2007, and was managing editor of the Times’ Sunday magazine for 16 years. The Santa Barbara native has written extensively on her hometown and on homes and gardens, food, travel, and sports, and won a James Beard Foundation Award for a piece that appeared in Saveur magazine. She is also a senior lecturer in journalism at the University of Southern California.

Mondo Times editors    Boulder Colorado USA

Posted at 1:47pm on Friday, June 12th, 2009

In June 2009, Matt Segal was promoted from features editor to executive editor at Los Angeles Magazine. The magazine also promoted Richard Meyer from senior editor to articles editor.

Mondo Times editors    Boulder Colorado USA

Posted at 12:23pm on Friday, May 22nd, 2009

Los Angeles magazine editor-in-chief Kit Rachlis, who has had the job since 2000, decided to step down, publisher Emmis Communications said on May 21, 2009. Executive editor Mary Melton was promoted to editor. An Emmis spokesperson said Rachlis’ departure was not related to the magazine's controversial June cover story which features an open letter calling L.A. mayor Antonio Villaraigosa "a failure."