Breaking! Contrary to popular belief, there IS life after Time Inc.'s now-defunct Office Pirates. Mediaweek reports that former OP editor Mark Golin has been hired as People's online editor, moving next door to a spanking-new position created just for him. Golin will answer directly People Group editor Martha Nelson; his responsibilities will including the site's presence of pink fonts and staging blog-offs against Us Weekly. Golin will not, however, be permitted to post any Photoshop jokes or viral video. Time Inc. already learned its lesson on that one.

Office Pirates/Maxim Vet Golin Named People.com Editor [Mediaweek]

Update: Full memo, wherein Golin goes from King of the Frat Boys to Queen of Gossip Girls, after the jump.

From: Martha Nelson - Executive Administration
Sent: Monday, September 11, 2006 12:06 PM
Subject: Staff Announcement

September 11, 2006

To: Time Inc. Employees

From: Martha Nelson

Re: Staff Announcement


I am pleased to announce that Mark Golin has been named Editor of PEOPLE.com. In this new position Mark will oversee all online editorial operations and site development. He will work closely with me, Fran Hauser and the PEOPLE team to insure the website's continued growth and success.

Currently a Time Inc. Editor-at-Large, Mark was formerly the Creative Director of Time Inc. Interactive where he worked with Ned Desmond, Fran Hauser and Gail Horwood on establishing a flow of content and traffic between Time Inc. websites and AOL. Over the past year, Mark has worked on a variety of projects including Officepirates.com, TeenPeople.com and a PEOPLE.com redesign.

Mark first came to Time Warner as a Senior Vice-President at Moviefone.com and then moved into the central AOL organization as Vice-President/Creative Director, working with channel leads across the AOL network to develop better content, presentation and integrated ad packages.

Mark is equally at home in print. He began his career at Rodale Press opening reader mail for Prevention Magazine. After 10 years at Rodale, he moved to Cosmopolitan where he was Deputy Editor. In January 1998 he took the helm of Maxim where he created a must-read magazine for American men. Before making the jump to digital, Mark also served as Editor-in-Chief of Details at Cond Nast.

Please join me in congratulating Mark on his new position.

M. N.