OM Malik Steps Down

Sebastian Rupley has been named the new editor-in-chief of the technology blog. GigaOM founder, Om Malik, stepped down as the editor-in-chief to serve as the site’s senior writer. Prior to joining GigaOM, Sebastian served as a senior editor at PC Magazine. Sebastian has won numerous national journalism awards, including back-to-back Gold awards from the American Society of Business Professional Editors in 2004 and 2005 in the category of Original Web Content, and awards from the Computer Press Association. He is the author of the book Portable Computing and served as co-host, alongside PC Magazine columnist John C. Dvorak, of Ziff-Davis Media’s popular weekly IPTV show Cranky Geeks.