Newsweek hires new editor of Newsweek Europe, Middle East and Africa

McAllester currently works for Time Magazine as Europe Editor and will start at Newsweek on 17, August. 

Reporting directly to Newsweek’s editor-in-chief, Jim Impoco, McAllester will drive editorial content from the London office. 

Impoco says “Matt and I are in complete sync about the opportunity for long form, hard-hitting, narrative journalism across Europe, the Middle East and Africa. He has a deep and sophisticated grasp of the European conversation and is a risk-taking and entrepreneurial journalist and editor,”

“He has a deep and sophisticated grasp of the European conversation and is a risk-taking and entrepreneurial journalist and editor,”

Johnathan Davis, Co-Founder and Chief Content Officer for IBT Media says “He’s an award-winning journalist with experience reporting on important stories and is going to be integral in ushering Newsweek’s EMEA edition forward and continuing the magazine’s momentum.”

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