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Lauren Kern is an American journalist and magazine editor. She is the current editor-in-chief of Apple News and the executive editor of New York magazine. [1] Previously, she was the editorial director at New York from 2004 to 2010 [2] and deputy editor of The New York Times Magazine from 2010 to 2014. [3]

As executive director at New York, Kern supervised the magazine's cover story on women who alleged sexual assault by Bill Cosby and its story on sexual harassment allegations against Roger Ailes. [4]

Kern joined Apple in 2017, becoming the first editor-in-chief of Apple News, where she leads a team of around 30 journalists who curate the app's leading stories and feature stories. [5] [4]

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References

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