Emmis Communications Corp. (EMMS) said Friday that Kit Rachlis, editor-in-chief of Los Angeles magazine since June 2000, has decided to step down. Mary Melton, executive editor of the magazine, has been promoted to editor.
Melton came to Los Angeles magazine as a senior editor in 2000, and became executive editor in 2002. 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 web site, LAmag.com. Prior to her position at Los Angeles, Melton was an editor and writer from 1995 until 2000 at the Los Angeles Times Magazine.
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