Sappell named Executive Editor of Times Interactive

Los Angeles Times Editor Dean Baquet has named Joel Sappell to a new masthead position, Assistant Managing Editor and Executive Editor, Interactive.

Sappell, 52, will oversee editorial content on latimes.com and calendarlive.com, as well as new interactive initiatives such as TheEnvelope.com, an entertainment awards site that will launch in November. Sappell will report to Baquet and Robertson Barrett, the newspaper's general manager/Interactive.

"It has become clear over time that interactive is a different animal, but one that should be guided by the same bedrock principles as the newsroom," Baquet said. "It is a testament to the importance of the Web that we are placing one of our most creative and aggressive editors in charge of the editorial part of the site."

Sappell has led The Times' business entertainment coverage as senior entertainment editor since 2002. He has also edited the newspaper's coverage of the groping allegations against Arnold Schwarzenegger during the 2003 gubernatorial recall election, and worked as Metro projects editor from 1997 to 2002.

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