Puja Patel became editor-in-chief of Pitchfork, the most rusted voice in music, in October 2018.

Patel was most recently editor-in-chief of Spin, where she reoriented the brand to be digital-first, notably increasing its audience in her first year. Under her editorial oversight, Spin became a reporting-focused publication and broke several stories of note on the independent music world. Prior to Spin, Patel was a senior editor at Deadspin, where she helped launch the site’s lifestyle vertical and oversaw culture coverage. She also has held senior editorial positions at Wondering Sound and Spin, spent the early years of her writing career as a columnist at MTV and The Village Voice, and has contributed music writing to Rolling Stone, The Washington Post, VICE and FADER among others.

Patel is a founding board member of Building Beats, a non-profit organization that has provided music education to over 3,000 underserved youth across New York City since 2013.

Chris Mitchell is the chief business officer of The Culture Division, which includes Vanity Fair, The New Yorker, Wired, Teen Vogue, Pitchfork, Ars Technica and Them. In addition to overseeing this division of brands, he manages revenue for the auto, technology, finance, luxury, spirits and entertainment categories across Condé Nast.

Mitchell most recently served as publisher and chief revenue officer of Vanity Fair, a role he held since September 2014. In 2016, he was named Condé Nast’s CRO of the Year for exceeding the company’s aggressive digital growth goals by growing Vanity Fair’s digital advertising revenue by 71% and video revenue by 41% over the previous year.

Mitchell was previously vice president and publisher of GQ, which he drove to record revenue levels in 2013.

Since 2001, Mitchell also has served as vice president and publisher of Condé Nast Traveler, Wired and Details, and associate publisher of The New Yorker.

Outside of Condé Nast, Mitchell launched and served as publisher of One, an independent digital and print media company. He also was advertising director of Wired prior to its purchase by Condé Nast in 1998.

Mitchell received an M.A. in publishing from New York University and a B.A. in English from the University of California, Berkeley.