Veteran newsman Josh Quittner will be leaving Time, the nation’s largest publisher, to join Internet startup Flipboard as its editorial director per a report in the NY Post. Quitner has written extensively about the digital revolution during his fifteen years at Time, Inc., which included stints at Time magazine, the now-defunct Business 2.0, and Fortune.
Quittner is currently Time Inc.’s director of digital editorial development for the news, sports and business magazines. He had been involved in the negotiations to bring tablet editions of Time, Inc. publications to the iPad and Android platforms.
Quittner moves into his new role on July 4. No replacement at TimeĀ has been named.