Carla Buzasi appointed global director of HuffPost Lifestyle

Huffington Post UK editor-in-chief Carla Buzasi has been appointed global director of HuffPost Lifestyle.

Buzasi will continue as editor-in-chief of the UK edition while taking up the newly created position.

Editor-in-chief of The Hufffington Post Arianna Huffington said: “Carla has overseen the successful launch of The Huffington Post UK in one of the world’s most competitive media markets and continues to take it from strength to strength with an audience of 8.1 million UK readers and an active community of over 8,000 bloggers.

“With the incredible interest from our readers in The Third Metric and our Lifestyle content, we have an amazing opportunity to expand our coverage and drive a global conversation across our platform that redefines success beyond money and power. With her background, Carla is perfectly positioned to steer the global editorial strategy across all our lifestyle output.”

Said Buzasi: “Having worked closely with Arianna launching The Huffington Post UK, I am looking forward to building on the success of our lifestyle and Third Metric content and ensuring it becomes a key part of the DNA across our ten international sites and in turn our readers’ lives.”