Gervino Appointed Editor-In-Chief for ‘Billboard’

Tony Gervino

Tony Gervino

Guggenheim Media Entertainment Group has appointed Tony Gervino as the new editor-in-chief of the music trade publication Billboard, effective April 28.

Gervino was previously executive editor at Hearst Magazines International, where he oversaw editorial direction of magazines within the company’s home design, men’s enthusiast, teen and women’s network groups. These publications included Esquire, Car & Driver, Popular Mechanics, Seventeen, Robb Report and House Veranda. Gervino has contributed to the New York Times, and served as contributing editor to the New York Times Magazine from 2010-2011.

He will report to Janice Min, co-president and chief creative officer of Guggenheim Media Entertainment Group.

Current Billboard editor Joe Levy will assume the role of editor-at-large; Levy was previously chief content officer of Maxim, and, prior to that, editor-in-chief of Blender.

Billboard recently announced the hire of Mike Bruno as VP of digital content from Entertainment Weekly.

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