More Big News from OK! Susan Toepfer Takes Over As Editor in Chief

On Wednesday, CoverAwards reported exclusively that Bonnie Fuller was consulting for OK! Magazine and that she was overseeing the hiring of new PR people.  On the same day of our exclusive news, Lisa Dallos, who used to work with Bonnie at Us Weekly, confirmed that she and her PR firm Freud Communications were hired by OK!

Today, the NY Post is reporting that Susan Toepfer, who was most recently editing the now-defunct Hearst weekly Quick & Simple and former deputy managing editor of People, will become OK magazine’s new editor-in-chief.

Toepfer brings a tremendous amount of celebrity weekly experience to OK!  She spent nearly 15 years at People Magazine, from senior writer to deputy managing editor.

She replaces Sarah Ivens, who had come from the British version of OK! to launch the US version three years ago, reports Keith Kelly.

Meanwhile, Tom Morrissey is out as publisher and Lori Burgess, who had most recently been a senior vice president and publications director at Niche Media before she resigned suddenly in March.

OK! has also hired Trey Speegle, who had been working freelance at Radar, to be the new executive creative director. He had earlier worked at Us Weekly under Liz Betts.