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Katie Atkinson

Executive Digital Director, West Coast

Katie is Billboard’s executive digital director, West Coast and has worked for Billboard.com as an editor in the Los Angeles office since 2014. In addition to leading fan-facing coverage and breaking news on the website, Katie has also reviewed dozens of music festivals and concerts, with a special focus on the ever-growing Las Vegas music scene. She helps oversee Billboard’s commerce content and works closely with its global partners to highlight their coverage online. Katie co-hosts and co-produces Billboard’s Pop Shop podcast, a weekly discussion about the latest pop news and chart moves and has interviewed everyone from Dua Lipa to John Mayer for the show. Katie previously worked as a digital editor at Entertainment Weekly, where she co-hosted the Editor’s Hour show on SiriusXM’s EW Live. Before that, she was deputy managing editor at MTV News and an intern-turned-copy editor at The Detroit News after earning her degree in journalism from Michigan State University. (Go green!)

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