Mashable Names Gawker, Vocativ Veteran as Executive Editor

Advertising Age: Mashable, the 11-year-old publisher of news and entertainment content, has hired Jessica Coen as executive editor. She will report to chief content officer Gregory Gittrich, and will run the company’s global editorial team, starting this week. Coen will be Mashable’s first executive editor. Coen is a former editor of Gawker.com and the Gawker Media women’s blog Jezebel.