Editing Billboard (magazine)

Bill Werde was named editorial director in 2008,<ref name="one"/> and was followed by [[Janice Min]] in January 2014, also responsible for editorial content at ''The Hollywood Reporter''.<ref name="one">{{cite news |last=Lewis |first=Randy |title=Billboard Shakeup puts Hollywood Reporter's Janice Min in Charge |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/posts/la-et-ms-billboard-hollywood-reporter-janice-min-20140109,0,2774613.story |date=January 9, 2014 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |access-date=January 13, 2014 |archive-date=January 12, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140112181529/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/posts/la-et-ms-billboard-hollywood-reporter-janice-min-20140109,0,2774613.story |url-status=live }}</ref> The magazine became more of a general-interest music-news source rather than solely an industry trade, covering more celebrity and fashion news.<ref name="Tsioulcas 2015"/><ref name="Sisario 2014"/><ref name="Sisario 20142"/> Min hired Tony Gervino as editor although he did not have a background in the music industry.<ref name="Sisario 20142">{{cite web | last=Sisario | first=Ben | title=Billboard Names Tony Gervino as Editor | website=The New York Times | date=April 7, 2014 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/08/business/media/billboard-names-tony-gervino-as-editor.html | access-date=November 6, 2015 | archive-date=December 13, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201213225945/https://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/08/business/media/billboard-names-tony-gervino-as-editor.html | url-status=live }}</ref> Gervino was appointed editor-in-chief in April 2014.<ref name="Steigrad 2014">{{cite web | last=Steigrad | first=Alexandra | title=Billboard Names Tony Gervino Editor in Chief | website=Women's Wear Daily | date=April 7, 2014 | url=http://wwd.com/globe-news/fashion-memopad/billboard-names-tony-gervino-editor-in-chief-7632887/ | access-date=November 5, 2015 | archive-date=December 5, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201205074636/https://wwd.com/globe-news/fashion-memopad/billboard-names-tony-gervino-editor-in-chief-7632887/ | url-status=live }}</ref> An [[National Public Radio|NPR]] item covered a leaked version of ''Billboard''{{'}}s annual survey, which it said had more gossip and focused on less professional topics than had prior surveys. For example, the magazine polled readers on a lawsuit that singer [[Kesha]] filed against her producer, alleging sexual abuse.<ref name="Tsioulcas 2015"/>