• New York Post, Wednesday, April 13, 2011 2:30 PM

American Media Inc. has reshuffled the top of the Star magazine and Radar Online mastheads. At Star, former Radar Online editor David Perel became editor-in-chief and Candace Trunzo was fired after four years in that job. Perel is a 25-year veteran of AMI who spent most of that stint at the National Enquirer, leading to some concerns that the Star could take on "a meaner tabloid tone," writes the New York Post's Keith Kelly.

To replace Perel at Radar Online, AMI also hired Jose Lambiet, formerly editor of the Palm Beach Post's gossip column.

The company, which went through a "prepackaged bankruptcy" in November, also fired nine editorial employees from both publications, though it should replace three of the nine, Kelly notes.

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