After BuzzFeed sale, Complex names Aria Hughes editor in chief and Noah Callahan-Bever returns as chief content officer

Complex, the youth-culture and music media brand that BuzzFeed sold to ecommerce company Ntwrk, has named new editorial leadership.

Complex promoted Aria Hughes, formerly editorial creative director, to the role of editor in chief. She’s the first EIC for Complex since former editor in chief Maurice Peebles exited in March 2022 to join ESPN. Hughes will oversee newsroom and content strategy alongside Noah Callahan-Bever, formerly an EVP at Def Jam Records and Complex’s one-time EIC and chief content officer, who has rejoined the company after a six-year hiatus.

In addition, Complex has acquired Callahan-Bever’s Idea Generation media company, which he founded in January 2020. Idea Generation “seeks to understand and explain how the greatest creators, innovators and entrepreneurs come up with, develop and operationalize the ideas that move and impact society,” according to Complex.

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